Sentence examples for not only impossible from inspiring English sources

We don't need expertise with every invention; that is not only impossible, it's not very useful.

Utter objectivity, however, is not only impossible when judging literature, it's not exactly desirable.

This intellectual snobbery would have made my job not only impossible, but also soul destroying.

But trying to rank them by fries alone was not only impossible in one visit each, but perhaps also unnecessary.

Once I realised this – realised that detachment was not only impossible, but also detrimental – I started making progress.

But even the civil service acknowledges that in the modern world this is not only impossible but undesirable.

Once he was born, I realized that wasn't only impossible, it wasn't at all what I wanted.

Under the plans, a woman bishop would be able to ordain priests which some opponents say is not only unacceptable but theologically impossible.

That was not only technically impossible but also unnecessary in the past.

Proponents argue that ex ante constraints on collection not only are impossible to enforce but will stifle the enormous potential of AI and big data.

The answer to students' failing math classes, as Hacker points out, is not to teach those classes more effectively or seek ways of bringing students up to a standard that is not only not impossible but attainable by Canadians.