Sentence examples for is impossible only from inspiring English sources

This, I'm afraid, is impossible – only by making this abomination "shorterer" (preferably by about 85 minutes) could the currently interminable stream of arse, wee and spunk gags be made more enjoyable.

This does not mean that successful investing is impossible; only that the more we learn about market behavior, the more it seems that trying to deal with uncertainty is more important than pretending that we can have any certainty.

He does not say that the kind of quasi-universalizing abstraction Aristotle has in mind is impossible, only that it will not have the required scope and accuracy unless one assumes that we already possess a clear conception of mathematical accuracy.

A military solution is impossible; only a diplomatic settlement could lead to a viable, enduring political balance capable of marginalizing terrorism and guaranteeing security.

Each of us is connected with large groups of people in ways that were impossible only a few years ago.

These tools and more are generating reams of data as they explore the brain in ways that were impossible only a few years ago.

"So many times predictions are made that certain things are impossible only to find them becoming possible a decade or a few decades later," he said.

(To quote a retro P.S.A., "Don't copy that floppy!") I caught up on "Halt and Catch Fire" on my phone, streaming on Amazon, as I lay in bed with earbuds in, which would have been impossible only three years ago.

Managing all this without the advertising revenues of ITV would have been impossible only a few years ago, but the wonders of the web bring it within reach of even tiny charities such as ours.

There's something incredibly satisfying about following a child on a quest we know to be impossible, only to be proved otherwise – hah! Whimsical, gentle, charming, all the things you'd expect from Oliver Jeffers, this is a story I defy you not to fall for.

This would have been impossible only nine years prior.