Example sentences of "it is impossible for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Compton Mackenzie truly said that while it is easy for a woman to behave like a man , it is impossible for her to behave like a gentleman .
2 But was she trying to confuse the plot by saying : ‘ I know that it is impossible for me to win four Grand Slam tournaments this year . ’
3 She wrote to him quite sharply , not caring who read her letter , that : — it is impossible for me to post a gun as you ought to know you foolish man for what would the post office officials think were I to turn up with a gun to send ?
4 I am saving up a full account until our return , for it is impossible for me to give it in writing .
5 But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I , that I inhabit it like a house , and that my face is a mask which , with or without my consent , conceals my real nature from others . ’
6 It is impossible for me not to be absolutely certain of it .
7 According to his account to the House of Commons , Baldwin replied : ‘ Sir , that is most grievous news , and it is impossible for me to make any comment on it today . ’
8 A.I 'm afraid it is impossible for me to guess what was wrong with your Ram .
9 It is impossible for me , for reasons of space , to do more than summarise the most relevant parts of the judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada .
10 It is impossible for me to work the way I want to work when she is on the stage . ’
11 Bankers retaliate by pointing out that accountants ' advice is invariably based on historic record rather than future possibility , and that it is impossible for them to give impartial advice if they have been auditing their clients ' books over the past years .
12 Some diets may emerge so hard that it is impossible for them to be eaten by weanling mice .
13 mainly in those areas which concern women ; it is impossible for them to disappear from one day to the next .
14 If the mud flats freeze over , it is impossible for them to find sufficient food .
15 Reforms aimed at refashioning the welfare state , so that it acts as a floor on which the underclass can build by their own efforts , rather than a ceiling through which it is impossible for them to pass , are considered in Part IV .
16 They need those decision structures because it is impossible for them to know enough to control activities directly .
17 Since no man is an island it is impossible for him not to ‘ participate in the Hi sā that the very existence of society involves . ’
18 This means that the worst score a Forest Goblin can get on the ‘ Eadbangerz Chart is 2 ( ‘ I fink I 'm gon na … ’ ) and it is impossible for him to ‘ Eadbang .
19 But it is impossible for him in his findings not to interpret events .
20 Precisely for this reason it is impossible for us to have an ideal plan .
21 It is impossible for us to know exactly what circumstances combine to bring these extreme rarities to the islands : after breeding in north-eastern Siberia , they should be on their way to Manchuria for the winter .
22 It is impossible for us to appreciate the impact of this dramatic change amongst people who for more than 40 years had been rigorously controlled by a centrally planned economy , implemented by a national and local bureaucracy .
23 It is impossible for us to understand the conclusion , then , without realizing that it is false .
24 Indeed it is impossible for us to imagine a social system operated by human beings which was not ordered by language ; human culture , as we know it , could not have been invented by a society of deaf mutes .
25 yet without answers to these questions and others like them , it is impossible for us fully to understand our own history and , more importantly , impossible to advise today 's emergent nations on the routes they should be following .
26 I am not arguing therefore that metaphors should not change , but that it is impossible for us to change them organically unless we understand them in the first place .
27 It is impossible for us to be nearer to Wembley than we were tonight , ’ he said .
28 If it is impossible for you to release them there make sure they are given their freedom in an area with abundant supplies of nectar .
29 If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department .
30 However , if the department or faculty you are interested in is not listed , or it is impossible for you to come on the given dates , then we will do our best to arrange an individual visit for you provided you give us plenty of advance notice .
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