Ah, that would be unthinkable, in "The Future".
Like Bank of England independence, it is now unthinkable that any future government will reverse it.
My teammates had found themselves reduced to a state that was birthplace and hermitage and brier patch to me -- a despair with no windows or exits, a futility that made hope vain and the future unthinkable".
Tucked away at the end of the Guardian's leader column today is a suggestion that Alistair Darling is no longer "unthinkable" as a future Labour leader – and should certainly keep his job if Gordon Brown wins the coming election.
Considering the recent deal between pharmacy chain Walgreens and the HMO United Healthcare, in which the two giants joined forces to offer one of the new Medicare prescription drug plans, a collaboration between Walgreens and Fidelity Investments may not be unthinkable in the future.
In doing so, we might prevent the unthinkable in the future.
The past and present memories are strong; the future is unthinkable.
Over the day I learnt that projection into the future was unthinkable.
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels The idea of an outside force controlling his future was unthinkable to the dancer, whose mantra was always "You make your own luck".
