Example sentences of "possible [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obviously advantageous to record those events and the aftermath as quickly as possible to preserve them for the benefit of those who came after us . |
| 2 | When questions , for example on morbidity , had been validated in the General Household Survey , it would be possible to include them in the Resource Allocation Survey . |
| 3 | If there was no shot in or among the human remains , in the cavities of the skull for instance , would it be possible to find it in the soil , among the sand and gravel and pine needles ? |
| 4 | However , it is possible to discover something about the relationship between clause structure and the processing of written language by using a subject-paced reading task . |
| 5 | Where written pupil work is produced , it obviously contains a great deal of information ; something can be learnt about the general stage of understanding of the class by looking through such work after the lesson , while more is revealed if it is possible to discuss it with the pupil concerned . |
| 6 | The novice flyer will normally require that the model 's response to the transmitter is at a minimum , to avoid any tendency to overcontrol , while the gyro has as much effect as possible to help him during the learning process . |
| 7 | We 've got certain rules that say all children must sit certain exams at certain times , it has n't been possible to do it in the labs |
| 8 | But , as we have just said , it usually does n't seem possible to do anything about the job . |
| 9 | In fact there was no paradox , for it was the theoretical assumption that speech and writing were fulfilling the same functions and the inability to recognise their separate characters that made it possible to use one as the model for the other . |
| 10 | And the fact is that with the money available erm the Gardener Centre I should think it 's not possible to use it in the kind of flexible way in which it was planned in the first years . |
| 11 | It would have been quite possible to put something into the pockets of my dressing gown and then put it back into my clothes when I took the dressing gown off . |
| 12 | So it is not possible , not practically possible to leave everything to the people . |
| 13 | The general principle is shown in the photograph , and with a little ingenuity it should be possible to devise something of the sort . |
| 14 | The idea has effectively been ruled out by the Commission 's clear reference to the need for a ‘ common economic policy ’ , but the myth that it is possible to separate one from the other persists in Britain . |
| 15 | Throughout Iraq and even in neighbouring Kuwait , it was possible to share something of the flavour of the front line through the early evening transmissions of Suwar min al-maarakah ( pictures from the battle ) , which followed the news and which , in addition to depicting the bombardment of distant Iranian positions by Iraqi artillery , contributed some human interest with groups of soldiers , sometimes regulars , sometimes from the People 's Army , having a brew-up in some operational area , waving to the camera and generally putting on a show . |
| 16 | If it is possible to mention something in the programme it will allow other fans who perhaps have little contact with the club , to use this excellent free facility . |
| 17 | The wall opposite the sink and the window was covered with an oak dresser , very old and probably valuable , if it had been possible to remove it from the wall without its collapse , and the original row of bells still hung over the door each with its Gothic script ; drawing room , dining room , study , nursery . |
| 18 | As to whether change is necessary or not one can not help pay some regard of that phenomenon of the post war world , Japan : If time travel was a fact and it was possible to transport someone from the middle of the social scale of Victorian Britain to the present time , he would think a revolution had taken place ; but the basic ground rules of social life and commerce would shortly become comprehensible to him . |
| 19 | In nine years as leader , Neil Kinnock had done everything possible to tailor himself to the demands of the electorate . |
| 20 | However the picture is not absolutely clear , as will be obvious from Figure 6.8 , since some of the ellipses are rather large and some overlap : without additional information it would not be possible to say which of the pair ( or more ) of overlapping quarries was the true source . |
| 21 | In view of the results on spreading it becomes possible to say something about the amount of new material seen as exposure increases . |
| 22 | Also , it was no longer possible to take it into the Sadler 's Wells repertory , as had been intended . |
| 23 | It is still possible to adapt oneself to the atmosphere of the romantic , chivalric adventure provided we can be genuinely captured by the characters . |
| 24 | When combined with archaeological evidence of settlement distribution , age and function it will be possible to reconstruct something of the lives of people since the first settlers arrived in the area over 7,000 years ago . |
| 25 | Its mystery does not affect the understanding of the Created God , for , to accord with the aims and claims of this book that mystery still rests in the pre-life period ; furthermore , it is possible to associate it with the concept of ‘ desire ’ put forward in the hypothesis associated with the Second Period . |
| 26 | Another problem with the method of Riemann is that it is not practically possible to generalize it to the case for non-colinear collisions . |