Example sentences of "is that [pron] is impossible [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty is that it is impossible to draw the line , by appealing to any abstract ideal of the market , between the degree of constraint and the degree of discretion which will be accorded to corporate managers through , for example , the device of the take-over bid . |
| 2 | The view expressed here is that it is impossible to quantify either the costs or benefits of insider dealing in any meaningful sense . |
| 3 | What we do know is that it is impossible to write any human being off as permanently damaged . |
| 4 | The disadvantage of the Helblaster is that it is impossible to reload on the battlefield — each barrel has to be removed and fitted with a new charge before it can be replaced on the gun . |
| 5 | The problem with this argument , however , is that it is impossible to discover , in practice , a ‘ pure ’ use of English syntax that does not , also , similarly oblige its users to indicate a view on what is uttered . |
| 6 | The obvious problem with the designs of these experiments is that it is impossible to know whether the difference observed in the test depends on positive transfer in the distinctiveness group , negative transfer in the equivalence group , or both of these . |
| 7 | What emerges from the history of the Councils is that it is impossible to determine a pattern . |
| 8 | The problem with any general behaviouristic account of knowledge is that it is impossible to make sense of any behavioural description without being able to make sense independently of statements about how the world is . |
| 9 | The problem for Customs staff is that it is impossible to check every cross-border vehicle for illegal diesel . |
| 10 | And Hume 's point is that it is impossible to have any reason for that last belief . |