With no help, finishing the job in a day was well-nigh impossible.
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Once you get behind, it is well-nigh impossible to catch up.
It would be much better to leave the matter on the terms of the last well-nigh 900 years.
I, for one, look upon such a future as something well-nigh appalling.
It clears away a measure of the cluttered confusion of procedures of well-nigh a century ago.
The task of the police and the park-keeping staff, already very heavy, would be made well-nigh impossible.
It is well-nigh impossible to continue considering this subject if the data are not made available.
They have not proved the cause or connection, although their verdict is well-nigh conclusive.
Both you and we knew that you were taking on a well-nigh impossible task.
In those days there were moments when the problem seemed well-nigh insoluble.