Sentence examples for they were unworkable from inspiring English sources

IPPs were scrapped in 2012, basically because they were unworkable.

They pressed ahead with their proposals even when campaigners and NHS staff argued they were unworkable.

The Bank's then chief economist, Mervyn King, wrote to me to explain they were unworkable and intellectually wrong.

The rules were put on hold after Colonel Colwell objected that they were "unworkable" and would "unreasonably and unlawfully" interfere with the lawyer-client relationship.

Clegg denied his plans were so expensive that they were unworkable, pointing out that the government already spent £6bn annually on early years support.

"They now have the minimums so low," Mr. Tunick said, "they're unworkable".

Proposals to license opium may seem like a practical solution but given the limits of government authority they are unworkable and would not reduce the size of the illicit crop.

Housing associations say the changes will affect the north of England worse than the south, and that they are unworkable.

When Montgomery was appointed Commander in Chief Land Forces for the invasion, in December 1943, he declared that Morgan's original plans were unworkable; they had originally been limited by the availability of landing craft, but Montgomery insisted it would require more men attacking over a wider front.

But the events of the years 1781 to 1787, including the national government's inability to act during Shays's Rebellion (1786 87) in Massachusetts, showed that the Articles were unworkable because they deprived the national government of many essential powers, including direct taxation and the ability to regulate interstate commerce.

Otherwise, they said, Congress would need to make the changes because some of the rules were unworkable.