Sentences with phrase «said was impossible»

He said it was impossible to clean the place up with his son there and claimed that the son was the smoker and that he couldn't get him to stop partying and smoking in the house.

I asked to speak to my claims analyst, but she said that was impossible.

Or will they will ask, «How did you find the moral courage to rise up and solve a crisis that so many said was impossible?»

Zhou Fengqi, a former energy official, said it was impossible for the country to radically slash coal consumption in the coming decades.

Dr Spash said it was impossible to publish research in his field that did not have an impact on government policy.

While most scientists believe extreme weather events will be more frequent as heat - trapping carbon dioxide emissions cause global temperatures to rise, Baddour said it was impossible to say with certainty what the second half of 2007 will bring.

«Grassroots activism accomplished what many environmental leaders and media pundits said was impossible: we put a revenue - neutral carbon tax on the ballot,» said Yoram Bauman, founder and co-chair of Carbon Washington.

On BSE all the government scientists said it was impossible for humans to get it, even though the cows clearly contracted it by being fed diseased sheep — a scandal in itself.

I know they've always said it was impossible and it would never happen, and even if it did I know you'd be disappointed... but what if?»

After I came back to play it, it said it was impossible for me to play without updating... An update that required iOS 8.

The book then becomes a fascinating account of the efforts of Tommy Thompson, the young visionary engineer who explodes boundaries of various disciplines — oceanography, computer science, information theory, and advanced robotics — to accomplish what everyone said was impossible: penetrate the deep ocean.

Shelly from accounting even on - sighted that 5.14 a that Ned said was impossible.

Tesla has rattled the entire automotive industry by doing what most manufacturers said was impossible — or at the very least unreasonable.

He said it was impossible (right they on the spot without checking any numbers) and that was it.

As for cybersecurity, up to now the cyber experts I interviewed said it was impossible to stop a determined hacker.

He welcomed the idea that grammar schools provide test preparation classes to all pupils, but said it was impossible to design a written test that was not amenable to coaching.

Rebecca Williams, of Welsh education union UCAC, said it was impossible to guarantee the translated text would capture the precise meaning pupils intended.

Thrasher said that was impossible because Senate rules prevented the meeting from being extended except on the Senate floor.

I can definitely say that this tops the list of the most unbelievable things that have happened to me this Fashion Week (which after sitting front row at Jenny Packham on Monday among other craziness I would've said was impossible).

Ruina knew Papadopoulos was right, but he has conducted several experiments over the years in which the «athlete is smarter than the natural scientist,» where a human did something that a hypothesis said was impossible.

Meanwhile, the firm acknowledges its PLCs remain vulnerable — in a statement to ProPublica, Siemens said it was impossible to guard against every possible attack.

new chairman of the Scottish Conservatives said it was impossible to predict what Scotland's funding would be under a Cameron government.

I am proud to say that, together, we proved that we could achieve what some said was impossible under the burden of government mandates, high taxes, and a faltering economy.»

I distinctly remember (read: Googled) what Harriet Harman used to think about being a Conservative and a feminist: she said it was impossible.

Earlier in the day, at a breakfast at Gracie Mansion where the mayor's emerald - clad guests mingled amid a breakfast of soda bread and tea, Ms. McCray said it was impossible to talk about the history of New York City without talking about its Irish roots.

Javid said it was impossible for people to play a «positive role» in public life unless they accepted basic values such as democracy and equality.

He said it was impossible for Airbnb to have a material effect on housing prices in the city, as the majority of Airbnb hosts rent only a portion of their home and are using the site to earn a modest supplemental income.

He was asked to list the contracts, which he said was impossible at that point but that all transactions were duly documented.

The Employment Related Services Association made clear in evidence to MPs that «fraud at any level is completely unacceptable», but said it was impossible to «design or manage out all risk of individual instances of fraud».

Also, I had already had four beautiful, vaginal singleton births; births which I had fought through hours of excruciating pain to accomplish, in which I had proven doctors wrong who said it was impossible for a woman my size to have a baby any bigger than my first baby's 7 lb.

Robert's idea for a «central kitchen» involved picking up wasted food (which people said was unwise), turning it into balanced meals for shelters and nonprofits (which people said was unsustainable), and using that process to train jobless adults in the culinary arts (which people said was impossible).

On the third day of a high fever, I believe I may have complained a little about having such a high fever for so long, and he said it was impossible.

I'm totally heartbroken and mad that he's pushing to do the last thing on earth I want to do... today we were betting about something and i said if I won I wanted sex everyday and he said that was impossible so I said once a week... he turned away... we were in public and I just couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my face...

In his pre-game press conference, Van Gaal listed 6 potential causes of Luke Shaw's injury, and said it was impossible to pin down one factor.

Asked whether it was an advantage to play the return game at home, Villaverde said it was impossible to say in advance.

It has been over 12 years now since Arsene Wenger and that incredible and invincible Arsenal team lifted the Premier League trophy after doing what almost everyone said was impossible and completing the Premier League season without a single defeat.

I never said it was impossible.

He said it was impossible for them to get into heaven.

Francis Bacon said it was impossible to be in this state and at the same time be wised.

No one said it was impossible.

The story of his previous startup, Mako Surgical, could be a blockbuster movie («RoboDoc») about a dreamer from Hollywood (Florida) living hand - to - mouth, overcoming all odds to build something the experts said was impossible: A futuristic robot that gave surgeons the real - time «feel» of flesh, sinew and bone.

They said it was impossible to account for who may have handled the wallet during that time.

Ethereum has achieved what some said was impossible.

A third involved a claim that 5,000 people had voted in the 2,200 person town of «Bordalama,» which he said was impossible because the town does not exist.

But because the issue is so politically charged, Hicks said it was impossible to tell whether the laws were responsible for the changes, or whether the economy was on the move for other reasons.

Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland, Speth said it was impossible to be concerned about the prospect of a brewing trade war at this stage because «hardly any» information on how it would play out was available.

When Musk announced his intention to create reusable rockets, space industry veterans said it was impossible, but Musk remained coolly confident and responded that he thought he could do it.

People aren't coming to me to say it's impossible to develop anything because you haven't given us enough data.

Heck says it's impossible to have a regulated market for legal pot sales when everything is done in cash.

«He is very much the person who, when someone says it's impossible, shrugs and says, «I think I can do it.»