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They said the bill could once again pick up support if the rules proved unworkable.

When the 8-day week proved unworkable, Rust went back to the former system.

"We hope you will avoid a political compromise that is very likely to prove unworkable."

He said the scheme could still be abandoned if it proved unworkable.

This big band was intended to continue touring, but proved unworkable.

The 90-day timetable established by the February 1989 agreement proved unworkable.

What if the compromise of 1850 ultimately proved unworkable?

Nevertheless, the combination proved unworkable; fact and fiction refused to mix.

If his earlier intentions had proved unworkable, he still did not want to go back to Earth empty-handed.

It's a rotten plan, though, and may prove unworkable.

And the Senate could still ultimately agree to some changes, particularly if a misaligned system proves unworkable.

However, her complex machinery arrangement proved unworkable and the boat was not accepted for service.

The interior was heavily modified to serve as classroom space, but that proved unworkable.

While the program may save people some money, the detailed rules may ultimately prove unworkable.

Despite the lure of an increase of 10s in pay, the scheme proved unworkable.

Finally, I think the tests will simply overburden an already hard-pressed system, and prove unworkable.

The public-private partnership model adopted for Galileo quickly proved unworkable.

Additional rules were added in years to come, but the process of joint rules proved unworkable.

His Biblical ideal of congregations' choosing their own ministers had proved unworkable.

The result was a $193 million, computer-operated system that has thus far proved unworkable in tests.

However, the scheme proved unworkable, and the re-legalization went ahead without any such profit-sharing.

Often decisions made at headquarters have proved unworkable in the field, and budgeting has been murkier than it could be.

The overlapping boundaries, multiple governments, and confused deed claims soon proved unworkable.

This proved unworkable and they were trained to be elite skirmishers while retaining their original name.

This arrangement proved unworkable, however, and in 1894 the University officially assumed responsibility for the Press.