Example sentences of "is possible [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to live with wild animals , if we give them a little space . |
| 2 | He speaks of a kind of intellectual pessimism , a ‘ despair of knowing anything ’ , into which it is possible to fall after repeated failures in the search for knowledge . |
| 3 | Contrary to approaches influenced by Lacan , there seems little reason to suppose that the unconscious is structured largely in relation to language or some other grammatical form , since in the intellectual representation of the external world it is possible to account for symbolic processes through a variety of other cognitive mechanisms ( e.g. Sperber 1975 ; 1979 ) . |
| 4 | Armour-plated like giant turtles , humped and unruly and gashed with ferocious battle scars , yet in other places so biscuit-thin that it is possible to look at distant landscapes or clouds through the pierced form of a perforation in the ridge ( rather like one of Henry Moore 's outdoor sculptures ) . |
| 5 | These two groups of animals are quite unrelated , but both still have living representatives in the oceans , and so it is possible to look at living animals to help with the interpretation of fossil examples . |
| 6 | Not all solicitors work in private practice of course , and it is possible to train in other areas such as local and central government and in commerce and industry . |
| 7 | In addition to the Japanese environment , it is possible to switch to other languages such as Korean and Chinese , with instantaneous conversion of the desktop language , and without rebooting , in much the same way as the Macintosh 's System 7 WorldScript . |
| 8 | According to Perrin ( 1988 ) it is possible to budget by subjective costs ( such as staff , supplies and equipment ) , functions ( such as nursing , catering and estates ) , specialties ( such as neurology , geriatrics and general surgery ) , or by the units that comprise the district . |
| 9 | However , it is possible to think of other things to add in such as ‘ one shake of the elbow ’ but it is a matter of choice . |
| 10 | Over a two-day residential course , it is possible to start with recent trends in the workplace , go on to analyse a variety of management styles and approaches , consider strategies , and then develop what the course manual describes as ‘ a sense of solidarity and optimism in ‘ Hard Times ’ ' . |
| 11 | Thus it is possible to speak of cheerful colours and melancholy sounds ( Gombrich , 1963 ) or of the mood of an entire painting or piece of music . |