1.   But it was two-wheel drive and was tough to stop on packed snow and impossible on ice.

2.   California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Virginia drivers cannot get access to their records because T.M.L. said a signature was needed and this was impossible on the phone.

3.   Dan Sullivan has done the nearly impossible on Broadway during the past few years.

4.   Half a century later, it is impossible on almost every count to identify with those smug and self-congratulatory perceptions and claims.

5.   The new Mario is three-dimensional, with spinning moves that were impossible on less-powerful consoles.

6.   Winds, rainstorms and hurricanes made shooting impossible on many days.

7.   Because of differences in regional air quality standards, the transferability of coal contracts is next to impossible on a national scale, Simons said.

8.   But passing is nearly impossible on the narrow Belle Isle course, meaning Montoya had to take chances.

9.   He was lying in fourth place at the Atlanta Olympics last year, when he also attempted the seemingly impossible on his last jump.

10.   That omission seemed a concession that bipartisan consensus this election year is impossible on those politically charged programs.