Example sentences of "it 's [adv] impossible [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's practically impossible to say no to someone who 's actually loaded their rucksack into your boot and clipped on their seatbelt .
2 I mean , it 's practically impossible to know that
3 It 's generally impossible to compress such files — the program sees each overlay as corrupt data .
4 what they are doing you see , an authorized dealer , well even a non-authorized dealer get hold of a piece of kit and then somebody say want this system , right okay , and they just have a big load of forms for maintenance agreements and all they do the dealer 'll go along and put this kit in , B T 'll come along and say yeah that conforms to regulations , sign here , the customer er sign here , the dealer send the maintenance agreement to us , we signed it , send it back , we 've never even seen it , then we turn up and find that the main control unit 's high up in the attic or in a damp cellar , in a cupboard where you ca n't see it , there 's no light and stuff like that and we 're taking jobs on like that and it you know , it 's just impossible to work on them
5 Of course , it 's also impossible to predict revolution , and we can only recognise the revolutionary character of a particular development after it has happened .
6 At the beginning of this talk we found Marcel asking the question , ‘ Who am I ? ’ , and personality , whether it be the self or other selves , is seen by Proust as something so changeable and mysterious , that it 's virtuously impossible to pin it down .
7 It 's almost impossible to sell anything to do with politics ’ , said Mr Weston , barely containing his excitement ; ‘ but North touches a deep wellspring in the American spirit .
8 It 's almost impossible to cope . ’
9 Without a crystal ball , it 's almost impossible to say which it will be , but we can offered some informed opinions .
10 It seems to me it 's almost impossible to do so , because what is threatening and abusive in one situation would n't be in another .
11 It 's almost impossible to put him down in the tackle , and there are few players about who you an say that .
12 It 's almost impossible to tail a bike in London unless you 're on a bike yourself , and that 's a definite if it 's rush-hour .
13 IT 'S ALMOST impossible to define exactly what constitutes House at the moment .
14 In fact some of the Republics have such such a mixed population , it 's almost impossible to see how they could be separated out , Russians and Tartars erm , and all the rest of it , all intermingled to some extent .
15 In the final analysis , if someone wishes to injure himself it 's almost impossible to prevent .
16 But it 's almost impossible to separate it from thinking of Alexander Pope the man .
17 Well , as Georgina Meinertzhagen 's father calls for the law to be tightened on under age drinking , landlords say it 's almost impossible to tell how old some of their customers are .
18 I find TV particularly demanding , but it 's almost impossible to avoid it .
19 It 's almost impossible to play golf in ski boots , ’ he said .
20 Ralph , who first went to the school with Ian Woosnam in 1976 , said : ‘ It 's almost impossible to play your natural game , there is so much pressure .
21 It 's almost impossible to catch it from your dentist ! ’
22 It 's almost impossible to get water in a bar since they do n't make any money out of it . ’
23 ‘ Well , as I know from personal experience it 's almost impossible to get to the rear of this house from the front when the door at the end of the passageway between the garage and the house wall is locked .
24 Cos it 's almost impossible to get at it .
25 Such books are ideal for planning a day 's walking but if you stray off the designated route it 's almost impossible to find your way back .
26 Sipping a gin and tonic and lighting up another Camel cigarette , he says : ‘ It 's almost impossible to find a decent barman in England .
27 If you drop the sickle in the water for example , it 's almost impossible to find again .
28 And I do think that sex is so private it 's almost impossible to write about .
29 He ordered a second bottle ; ‘ It 's almost impossible to prove anything in the spying world .
30 WRU 's position from Dr. John Davies was recently quoted in the South Wales Echo : ‘ It 's virtually impossible to stop , and what those people who use steroids do n't consider is the harm they do to themselves ‘ .
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