Sentence examples for unlikely if not impossible from inspiring English sources

Before the Deepwater Horizon disaster, industry insisted that offshore drilling technology had become so advanced that a blowout was unlikely, if not impossible.

unlikely if not impossible".

That seems highly unlikely, if not impossible.

That seems quite unlikely if not impossible.

This is unlikely, if not impossible, without major federal assistance.

Nonpartisan analysts consider that unlikely if not impossible.

And trying to stop an unlikely event is very difficult if not impossible.

Gay rights groups have said that if that occurs, repealing "don't ask, don't tell" would be difficult if not impossible this year and even more unlikely in 2011, when Republicans will be in control of the House.

This makes reform hard if not impossible.

Proving motive is difficult, if not impossible.

This is notoriously difficult, if not impossible.