Sentence examples similar to made passage impossible from inspiring English sources

Kirk told Reuters that telling the public what the deal contains would make passage impossible.

Despite clear skies and temperatures climbing into the 40s, many residents remained snowbound because residential streets packed with 5- and 6-foot-high drifts made passage nearly impossible.

Months before Medicare passed, opponents proposed a large and popular increase in Social Security benefits (and taxes) which would have made passage of new Medicare taxes almost impossible.

The Joban train now does not run any further than Mito City; past this, the tsunami has battered train tracks and highways, making passage nearly impossible.

"The elimination of the Planned Parenthood [funding prohibition] is very puzzling since it passed the parliamentarian's scrutiny in the past," Meadows told HuffPost Friday afternoon, "but today's ruling as it relates to the life issue will make passage almost impossible".

The political realities in Congress have made passage of expansive gun control legislation seemingly impossible.

It became a dead letter the moment Massachusetts voters sent Scott Brown (R) to the Senate – an event that made passage of even a compromise between the House and Senate bills impossible.

And Robert Kelchem, an assistant professor of higher education at Seton Hall University, pointed out that the massive price tag would make passage all but impossible.

Together they have cajoled enough conservative Republican senators to believe that multilateral treaties represent a grave threat to American sovereignty and democracy (and to their re-election) - making passage close to impossible.

The increased width of the ships (to beyond 106 feet) makes passage through the Panama Canal impossible.

And after the recent rains, it becomes quite treacherous — really making passage to the Fire Road impossible.