Example sentences of "it was possible for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The case highlights the extent to which it was possible for the religious intellectuals to misjudge exactly where the consensus lay , as well as the extent to which an evolving historical situation which created areas for new decision-making provided the field for a new power contest .
2 However , in the new urban environments it was possible for the young and fit to earn good wages and therefore to be independent of their families .
3 With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light .
4 The new generation of producers that subsequently emerged came to believe it was possible for the British film industry to ‘ take on ’ the Americans , although this grand ambition had more to do with a desire to efface their inferiority complex than any serious resolve to face reality .
5 She subsided wordlessly , wondering ironically how many times it was possible for the same heart to break before there was nothing left of it .
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