Sentence examples for impossible to contend from inspiring English sources

Other black fighters found it difficult or impossible to contend for championships, as white boxers refused to face them.

In particular, the authorities ought generally to have non-lethal riot-prevention equipment at their disposal, otherwise it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to contend that lethal force was strictly justified in the circumstances.

The commissioners argued that buildings based on Kempthorne's plans would be symbolic of the recent changes to the provision of poor relief; one assistant commissioner expressed the view that they would be something "the pauper would feel it was utterly impossible to contend against", and "give confidence to the Poor Law Guardians".

At first glance, this solution may appear unfeasible, given that the increased cost of providing special training for home-based assistants would be nearly impossible to contend with in the current environment of socio-economic crisis and budgetary cuts.

The Trail Blazers saw how impossible it would be to contend in the Western Conference and decided to look ahead to the future rather than doing anything stupid.

As long as we are debating this issue of necessity for a health-of-the-mother exception on the basis of Casey, it is really quite impossible for us dissenters to contend that the majority is wrong on the law any more than it could be said that one is wrong in law to support or oppose the death penalty, or to support or oppose mandatory minimum sentences.

As if this were not nigh on impossible, there is another factor to contend with, if Abramovich intends to take any notice of it: Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules.

In the quest to achieve these impossible standards, it's easy to see food as something to contend with rather than to enjoy.

"We warned that the staff, often inexperienced, being recruited to the hubs, especially at Newport, were placed in an impossible position by the company with lack of training and support and having to contend with vast numbers of titles".

There were greater things to contend with.

"You have to contend with it.