Example sentences of "is possible [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In fact it is possible to repeat entire serial note-groups and thereby give the theme more definition ( Example 128 ) : Note the repetition of note-groups and individual notes , which allow one to ‘ stretch out ’ the music so that the series covers a fair area , resulting in music of greater definition and memorability than would otherwise be possible .
2 Biotechnology , in the form of plant and animal breeding , also has a long history , beginning with the first agriculturalists c. 10 kyr BP , but developments in genetic engineering in the 1970s and 1980s are opening up possibilities that have no historical parallels and thus there are no base-line data against which it is possible to predict future environmental changes that genetically engineered organisms may promote .
3 It is possible to use advanced biochemical techniques to look for comparable ion channels and catalytic units in the mammalian brain , without directly studying the role of cells in learning .
4 It is possible to foresee other evidential problems .
5 In the same way , it is possible to screen explicit safer-sex videos from abroad at the Institute for Contemporary Arts ( ICA ) as part of a one-off cultural event , but not on a routine basis to punters in gay bars .
6 Again , the contingency reserve and the block method of funding of grants provide means by which it is possible to accommodate limited extra calls , as in the case of the Falklands war .
7 And it is possible to make new electronic texts by scanning printed texts into a computer .
8 The internal structures of some of these galeaspids are beautifully preserved such that it is possible to make detailed anatomical comparisons with cephalaspids and gnathostomes .
9 If these restrictions to free movement are reduced and a polymer is allowed to crystallize from a dilute solution , it is possible to obtain well-defined single crystals .
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