It would be hard to imagine Blade Dynamics testing in a GE or Siemens lab.
It would be hard to imagine a better way of blighting the euro's birth.
Mr Robinson said it would be hard to imagine a more democratic process.
In any country, it would be hard to imagine the former head of the domestic counter-intelligence service becoming president.
In the highly choreographed, highly status-conscious world of diplomatic protocol, it would be hard to imagine a more blatant snub.
Most terror organizations disappear with the death of their charismatic leader, and it would be hard to imagine Al Qaeda remaining a coherent entity without Osama bin Laden.
Aldo Ajello, a Sicilian with Mozambique's successful peace already under his belt, would have been prepared to come and it would be hard to imagine a better qualified candidate.
When the Home Affairs Select Committee completes its inquiry it will find itself treading that narrow line between condemning and contextualizing the unrest, but it would be hard to imagine any such investigation not wanting to consider what policies will be most effective in ensuring England's social landscape does not have parts left tinder-dry and combustible.
It would not be hard to imagine such a figure closing down democracy in the interests of order and anti-corruption.
It would be hard for me to imagine that doctors could be susceptible had it not been for a friend who called me in a panic after her gynecologist recommended the test.
"It would be impossible to reconstruct 40 years ago, but I find it hard to imagine this could ever happen again at the AP, " says Paul Colford, the AP's chief spokesman.
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"Frankly, if they were to go forward with this launch, it's very hard to imagine how we would be able to move forward" with food aid, she said.
Yet without foreigners, says Mr Sakamoto, it is very hard to imagine there would be a town or his family company at all.
Even if police were present, respect for - and indeed fear of - the security forces has certainly diminished since the revolution and it is hard to imagine women would be safe from harassment in a large crowd here.
It is hard to imagine an outcome that would be more certain of failure, not only in Iraq but in the wider world, to say nothing of a more lasting stigma.
When I moved to Indonesia, it would have been hard to imagine a future in which the prosperity of families in Chicago and Jakarta would be connected.
Somehow, it is hard for me to imagine that Jesus would be against much of anything that might help out a person in need of healing.
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It is hard to imagine an international financial measure which would be as potent a reminder to Beijing of China's dependency on Western capital to modernize its economy.
It is hard to imagine that the Senate would wish to be a party to the hoax that the Clinton non-proliferation policy in general, and its Comprehensive Test Ban in particular, constitute effective measures for dealing with the burgeoning nuclear threat.
It is true that in most countries a foreign-born leader would be hard to imagine.
It is not hard to imagine circumstances, many in which Japan would be a by-stander, where sea-lanes could be blocked.
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It is hard to imagine, in this context, that Colombia would not be forced to make some concessions over the disputed areas.
It isn't hard to imagine how handy that multi-user support would be in a retail store setting or even a crowded bar.
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It is hard to imagine that union-employer debates in any other industry would be resolved with such low expectations of performance.
It is not hard to imagine that, in the days following the attack, there would suddenly be unexplained pipeline explosions in Iraq, possibly by pro-Iranian militias, which might remove another million barrels per day from the market.
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