Sentences with phrase «unthinkable in»

«The vast scope of the Government's search and seizure here would be unthinkable in the physical world,» Facebook argued in their opening statement.

This would unthinkable in other industries.

It held a public consultation on its INDC that is still considered unthinkable in other developing countries.

More hurricanes one year, and one year we might get none at all (which would have been unthinkable in the 20th Cent.).

Such a pitiful social - media plea would have been unthinkable in Painter's prime, when he lorded over the L.A. scene like the bastard son of P. T. Barnum and Suge Knight, a street - styled autodidact art savant who was mentored by a Who's Who of legendary dealers, including Leo Castelli and Walter Hopps, by day and by night scandalized cities from L.A. to Berlin alongside art gods like Mike Kelley and Martin Kippenberger.

As he spoke, the more superficial trappings of the week dropped away to reveal the soul of an art community that had created ACT UP — a movement, Andrea Rosen observed, almost unthinkable in the complacent art world we have today, where artist - citizens are a nearly extinct species.

This exhibition, which was unthinkable in the artists» lifetimes, assembles nearly 60 works from public and private international collections.

You had ceramic sculpture, which would have been unthinkable in New York.

Rean and select other students, however, get picked to become part of the new Class VII, a special class where its members come from different social backgrounds, something unthinkable in the Erebonian society where classes are extremely important.

I found it nigh impossible to play without being able to talk to my teammates in the competitive mode and completely unthinkable in the co-op.

One major impact: its inclusion of multiplayer, which was then nigh - unthinkable in story - driven games.

Through the use of an in - game clock, MM was able to use its plot device of an ever - encroaching moon to put the player in a position that had thus far unthinkable in the series and even in games in general: one of powerlessness.

The targeting reticle — provided for secondary weapons and some non-targeting special weapons — makes aiming easy, but then at times it's hard to aim, especially if you're moving and shooting at the same time, which is unthinkable in a car combat game.

Through Eagle Mount, persons with special needs are challenged to achieve the previously unthinkable in skiing, ice skating, swimming, horseback riding, golfing and more.

Cats need their claws to be cats, and the routine surgical amputation of all their first digits is considered unthinkable in the UK and many other countries where people love and respect their cats.

As a result, their portfolios typically fell 30 % to 40 %, which is unthinkable in a bond portfolio.

Also, by partnering with other writers, internet startups and companies, smaller initiatives can reach a scale which would have been unthinkable in the past.

Her admission releases the weight of oppression of marital, social, and religious norms, and she leads her story up to the great secret that is unthinkable in a country such as Afghanistan.

Even five years ago, this sort of power would have been unthinkable in a factory four - cylinder.

The seats and interior materials are of a quality that would have been unthinkable in a compact hatchback ten years ago, and cargo capacity of 51 cubic feet (with the rear seats folded down) is great for the class.

According to Red Bull's extensive simulation work the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro will be capable of achieving lap times to rival those of a contemporary F1 or LMP1 car - pace previously unthinkable in a car derived from a fully homologated road car.

One can take liberties with the Rapide that would be unthinkable in traditional sedans.

And while that prospect would have been unthinkable in the hybrid's early days, I'm pretty good with any that work the way this Acura MDX does.

The romance she stumbles into with a smitten surgeon (Bill Hader, thoroughly charming) forces her to face the fear of intimacy that has made long - term relationships unthinkable in her life.

Vostrikov must ask his men to do the unthinkable in order to salvage the sub, but the men are in a mutinous mood due to his frequent challenges to their honor.

He was relentless, almost to a degree of provocativeness that is unthinkable in contemporary cinema.

The type of character I have long been waiting to see onscreen, he's both familiar and novel, and his presence gives way to moments heretofore unthinkable in mainstream cinema, like the museum scene, which would make Martinican poet Aimé Césaire proud, as it seems like the direct illustration of a paragraph from «Discourse on Colonialism.»

It isn't easy to do that and you certainly have to admire her for it, but really doing anything else is unthinkable in these circumstances once it is certain that there is no chance of getting an ex back.

Delivering in an upright or squat position is unthinkable in most hospitals.

Managers can subject employees to harsh public ridicule that would be unthinkable in Western workplaces.

Last week, at a Conservative event in support of Gay Pride (a gathering that would have been unthinkable in the old Conservative party), David Cameron apologised for the party's introduction two decades ago of the infamous section 28, which banned local authorities from portraying homosexuality in a positive light.

The nation's largest city and financial center going bankrupt seems unthinkable in 2013.

In Scotland, Labour gained one seat from the SNP — Edinburgh Southern — but failed to take other targets and was beaten into third place by the Conservatives — a result that would have been unthinkable in the past.

«That is called «prior restraint» and it is unthinkable in the US, where the New York Times and Washington Post have been widely applauded - along with the Guardian - for reporting on the Snowden files.

The Chancellor has achieved tax cuts, something that has been unthinkable in recent years, in an attempt to win a crucial by - election.

First, whilst nuclear crises and stand - offs are close to unthinkable in the short - term, they could return in the future, as American hegemony declines and nuclear technology spreads amongst middle powers like Iran, North Korea or Pakistan.

This would be unthinkable in the US or the UK.

Such an initiative would have been unthinkable in the 1980's.

Fulham were the hosts, and the lucky side to have faced a clearly uninterested and lacking in motivation Wigan Athletic, who as a result of their lethargic afternoon display down at Craven Cottage threw away a promising run of four matches unbeaten in the league which had seen them do something of the unthinkable in Greater Manchester; string a run of results together.

What seemed unthinkable in December could become a real possibility if they inflict another defeat on their cross town rivals Inter, matching their early season aspirations and fighting for a Champions League spot.

If United are to enjoy a trophy - filled climax, Lindelof could find himself unexpectedly cast as a key figure in Mourinho's plans — something that looked unthinkable in his early months in Manchester.

Arsenal had blown away Manchester United at home and Watford and Swansea away all by a 3 - 0 scoreline and we had done the unthinkable in beating Bayern Munich to keep the Champions League dream alive.

Heidegger's radical link between — up to an identification of — Being and Time would have been unthinkable in a mediaeval and even a modern context: to talk about Being and Time would have been something like talking about God and the world, or about the (eternal) Infinite and the (temporal) finite.

It was unthinkable in my family to get one's interests served or desires met at each others» expense.

While such a law would be unthinkable in the United States, this sort of measure stems from a long and complex relationship between the Russian Church and the Russian state.

For evident reasons, however, such praying was unthinkable in the early beginnings of Hebrew religion.

Foodless worship is unthinkable in the Bible and has been unthinkable through most of Christian history.

Whatever its origin — and I myself agree with Wellhausen and others in attributing the identification to the primitive Christian community, as their least inadequate and only possible term for one who was thus both human and divine and yet not God (which would have been unthinkable in their realm of ideas)-- whatever its origin, this first great step in the advance of Christology was of endless significance for the later development of Christian doctrine, and it was of paramount importance for the Gospel of Mark.

Any divine being equivalent to Yahweh was UNTHINKABLE in Judaism.

Such measures were unthinkable in the GOP - controlled Legislature before the school shooting in Parkland.