Sentence examples for prove impracticable from inspiring English sources

Some people thought that while it might be possible in theory, in practice it would prove impracticable.

But the notion proved impracticable.

This project has haunted the rulers of Britain ever since, despite having repeatedly proved impracticable.

This device proved impracticable, but Mergenthaler became dedicated to the problem involved setting type by machine.

I've been allocated the job of keeping order in the bedding department but it's proving impracticable.

An alternative canal, cut across the neck of the Shandong Peninsula from the harbour of Qingdao (Tsingtao) to Yixian, also proved impracticable and was abandoned.

After the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI; also called "Star Wars") proved impracticable, theatre missile defense platforms such as the U.S. Patriot and Aegis systems were developed to provide a measure of security from short-range ballistic missiles.

The policy of neutrality, however, proved impracticable, and the Flemish towns, under van Artevelde, openly took the side of the English, with whom a close alliance was concluded (Jan . 26 , 1340

Initially the victims were killed with gas vans or by firing squad, but these methods proved impracticable for an operation of this scale.

Initially the victims were killed with gas vans or by Einsatzgruppen firing squads, but these methods proved impracticable for an operation of this scale.

Three twin turrets mounting the new 57-caliber 180 mm B-1-K gun under development also proved impracticable and the Soviets had to settle for four MK-1-180 MK-1-180 MK-1-180 turretsingle at each end.