Sentence examples for was once possible from inspiring English sources

It was once possible to distinguish the G.O.P. circus from the G.O.P. horse race.

It was once possible to go for months, even years, without a random stranger abusing you.

So, naturally the focus is shifting to whether surface life was once possible.

As springtime walking weather approaches, I am reminded that it was once possible to circle Manhattan Island on foot.

We must remember that acts which we now reject were also possible within our community, as we work to make what was once possible impossible.

But the most beguiling pages of all describe a journey it was once possible to make, and which I wish I could do now.

After all, other ways of understanding Abstract Expressionist paintings were once possible, for images are highly malleable (one of the reasons they make poor instruments for propaganda).

Platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber allowed individuals in conservative, rural areas to engage in discussions that were once possible only for students and urban intellectuals, unconstrained by the conservative norms of their communities.

Opponents of this accord have often talked about a "better" deal, but if that were once possible, it's not possible now.

The current need for increasing documentation (ethics, NHS Research and Development, local paper trails) where simple local solutions were once possible and the insistence that Good Clinical Practice training is needed for everyone contributing to clinical trials inevitably present obstacles.

Few are celebrating in Sana'a, the capital, but more has been achieved than was once thought possible.