Example sentences of "possible for [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , since there had been open and vigorous debate about what everyone wanted , it had been possible for her to exercise considerable discretion on the department 's behalf when ordering , or selecting at book suppliers .
2 in making it possible for me to do part-time research .
3 Equality brings emancipation : according to Marx it will be ‘ possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow , to hunt in the morning , fish in the afternoon , rear cattle in the evening , criticise after dinner , just as I have a mind without ever becoming hunter , fisherman , shepherd or critic ’ .
4 If we have such a debate , it will be possible for him to raise this matter , as he will be able to do on other occasions .
5 Yet there is striking evidence that carts and wagons had been much improved , and that bridges were being built in many parts to make it possible for them to go longer distances .
6 She considered approaching him and asking if it might be possible for them to spend more time together , but the difference of nine years in their age put her in awe of him still , and she decided it was not her place to make such suggestions .
7 At last it was possible for them to achieve absolute precision .
8 From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either .
9 It was only possible for us to teach four girls and five teachers .
10 The Anglo-American special relationship , on the other hand , is as alive as ever , and has made it possible for us to buy advanced US weapon systems like Polaris and Trident on very favourable terms .
11 In Newham there were better domiciliary services in 1984 than in Ipswich ( for example it was possible for someone to have seven-day-a-week home help and meals-on-wheels cover ; there were day centres and day hospitals , and a good deal of voluntary organisation provision ) .
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