Sentence examples for what intractable from inspiring English sources

Welby, an experienced conflict negotiator, drew the loudest applause when he urged members to compromise and vote for the measure, citing bloody conflicts in the Middle East and Africa as examples of what intractable differences can lead to.

After all, the solution to what seems an intractable problem is sometimes right under your nose.

He acknowledges what a "massively intractable" problem Syria is ("I know David Cameron will not be taking these things lightly"), however there is a "but".

David Cameron would be welcome to visit our bureaux to see how much effort our volunteers put in to helping solve what seem like intractable problems to clients.

And the state legislature has spent much of its energy since Bush left for Washington trying to fix what now seem intractable problems in the state education system that somehow didn't seem so when Bush was running for President.

Widney Brown and Vincent Iacopino Physicians for Human Rights New York City George Black's article on attempts to clean up the highly polluted Ganges River touches on, but doesn't explore, the real reason that India's "democracy" is so corrupt and intractable ("What It Takes to Clean the Ganges," July 25th).

Michelle de Kretser (who was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia when she was 14) has taken this theme and, through a rich family history replete with joys and tragedies, adroitly demonstrated just what a baffling, intractable, multifaceted thing one person's life can be.

Factoring is what mathematicians call an intractable problem.

In the face of such intractable opposition, what can we do?

"It is a permanent solution, to what has been an intractable problem," said Stephen P. Younger, the president of the New York State Bar Association.

"He had the passion, the energy and the practical skills to develop solutions to what once seemed an intractable problem".