Assertion: prohibition's enforcement | /r/CapableOf | prove to be impossible
Facets:
value: almost
type: DEGREE
value: with only 2500 federal prohibition agents
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Enforcement proved to be almost impossible with only 2500 federal prohibition agents and was very expensive.
text: The federal government was incapable of stemming the tide: enforcement of the Volstead Act proved to be a nearly impossible task and corruption was rife among law enforcement agencies.