Example sentences of "it [was/were] possible [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only it were possible to avoid these difficulties , and go island-hopping where they speak English , where the controllers are friendly and helpful , where all kinds of services are readily available , taxes are low and fuel plentiful . |
| 2 | I wondered how it was possible to love many men when you had once loved one more than your immortal soul , and whether Lili had ever loved like that , or whether this was a torment saved for ridiculous people like myself . |
| 3 | It was possible to classify rectal sensations into a group with no sensation , a group with intermittent need for defecation , and a group with continued need for defecation throughout the distension period . |
| 4 | As a result , it was possible to draw certain conclusions : |
| 5 | However , because the New Range project is very recent in history , it was possible to interview key participants who were able to elaborate on the minutiae of the planning process . |
| 6 | In the gloaming it was possible to glimpse passing lights identical to those of a carriage in a moving train , altogether it was an eerie happening — crossing a long-abandoned railway in the Vale of Nightshade ! |
| 7 | However , having had the benefit of the pilot study , it was possible to identify specific areas that restrict my practice and so limit my effectiveness : |
| 8 | In a study describing ten of these children it was possible to identify three groups of children : |
| 9 | Except that in the capital city of Palestine , a city covered with soldiers , it was possible to have Arab riots in which six Jews were slain and no soldiers around to prevent it . |
| 10 | It was possible to establish plausible relationships between what is known about normal language acquisition , especially learning to read , and what is known about developmental disorders of language , especially developmental dyslexia . |
| 11 | The abandonment of the 1956–62 IRA military campaign was highly ambiguous and from outward appearances it was possible to interpret republican actions as either preparation for a renewed onslaught or as a delicate operation to keep the movement together while its direction was fundamentally changed . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , both Weber and the interactionists did think it was possible to produce causal explanations of human behaviour so long as an understanding of meanings formed part of those explanations . |
| 13 | The largest indigenous groupings occurred further south still , in the wooded steppe and the immense grasslands , where it was possible to herd large numbers of domestic animals , as well as engaging in hunting and primitive forms of agriculture . |
| 14 | They were confident that it was possible to make general statements about improvements across a year group , despite individual differences . |
| 15 | Although electrical excitability in the nervous system had been demonstrated before the beginning of the nineteenth century , it was not until the late nineteenth century that it was shown that the brain was spontaneously electrically active Jeannerod 1985 ) , and it was only in the 1930s , after the invention of the valve amplifier , that it was possible to make meaningful records of this activity . |
| 16 | By placing a tethered owl under a tree , the branches of which had been covered with sticky lime , it was possible to trap small birds as they gathered to mob the bird of prey . |
| 17 | He believed that it was possible to apply scientific principles to each task which would replace the old rule-of-thumb method of working . |