(1) He explained: ‘We are facing a radical ideology with inalterable objectives: to enslave whole nations and intimidate the world.’(2) Surely an anniversary is not a matter of discretion, but determined by the stipulated period of time elapsing in its usual and inalterable course?(3) As a woman, I believe that the right to control my body is an inalterable right.(4) Letters, numerals, dots, squiggles and lines have inalterable meaning in the eye of the reader; each new combination and arrangement of these parts carries new visual and linguistic meaning.(5) Are things truly inalterable , rendering the erasure pointless?(6) Antoine tries to catch up with his wife at the station but is too late, leading to another bar detour and an encounter with a morose young man who inalterably changes the lives of the unhappily married couple.(7) The record spins slowly, wobbling on the turntable, emitting crackly waves of virtually unrecognizable music, the melodies inalterably splintered and the rhythms disrupted.(8) We've not only introduced new animals and plants, but we've also inalterably paved and built on vast expanses of former wilderness.(9) And for those of us (a dwindling band) who as journalists covered the two conclaves that year, the memories are etched inalterably in our minds.(10) The belief in the inalterability and permanence of the symptoms underlies the hopelessness that is one of the most painful symptoms the authors describe: ‘It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul’.(11) But this isn't just a matter of a carefree spirit oppressed by the inalterably closed minds of a tight-knit, traditional community.
