Sentence examples for prove virtually from inspiring English sources

Coordinating a credible multinational response to the financial crisis will prove virtually impossible because politicians make policy choices that serve the needs of their constituents and protect their personal political capital.

This may prove virtually impossible.

It proved virtually impossible, however, to run it at a profit...

In his memoir, Grant justifies his decision to attack the city, despite the shrewdly placed defenses that proved virtually impregnable.

First offered in 1906, the Silver Ghost proved virtually indestructible and, as its wealthy patrons demanded, infinitely adaptable.

Companies and mortgage buyers, riding the tide, took out sizeable loans that then proved virtually impossible to pay back.

They obtained the theoretical right to seek judicial review, but in most cases that review has proved virtually meaningless.

In the case of Vietnam, however, it proved virtually impossible to tell which Vietnamese were to be protected and which excluded.

As a result, it is proving virtually impossible for Holder to make mid-course legal corrections without sparking political fights over the Bush legacy.

It has also proven virtually impossible to conduct in districts where the Taliban are relatively strong, thereby inevitably penalizing farmers in pro-government districts".

It would have been difficult enough to handle a dry ball, given the brutality of the tackling, but retaining control of a bar of soap proved virtually impossible.