Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [pers pn] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite apart from the availability of incidence information , a longitudinal study makes it possible to see if certain events regularly precede others , e.g. ‘ Do people with a certain laboratory report consistently develop liver disease ? ’ |
| 2 | The provision of multiple points of entry makes it possible to react to market forces especially in the areas of retraining , returning to science , and widening access to Higher Education . |
| 3 | Detailed analysis of the BARB data makes it possible to develop the next , valuable set of information . |
| 4 | The microprocessor makes it possible to pick out ore-bearing rocks fast enough for 64 separate air jets to deflect them . |
| 5 | We consider that this PABA-UDCA disulphate incubation test makes it possible to express the severity of bacterial peritonitis quantitatively within 90 minutes . |
| 6 | The Act makes it possible for the properties to be transferred from the local authorities to housing associations , tenant co-operatives , or private landlords . |
| 7 | It has already been noted that interactions between infant and adult lead to the development of pre-verbal communicative exchanges in which adult and child are able to refer to objects and events ; successful joint reference makes it possible for these external objects and events to become ‘ topics ’ for further exchanges . |
| 8 | Hindsight makes it possible to distinguish ideal from reality , illusion from conceivable outcome . |
| 9 | The warm spring climate makes it possible to produce early market garden crops before those in other parts of Britain . |
| 10 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 11 | As far as I am aware , no senior officer in the Navy considers it possible to maintain the nuclear deterrent without four submarines — and certainly no senior naval officer would support the suggestion of the Labour candidate for Barrow and Furness that the fourth submarine should be turned into a 17,000 tonne sub-sea supply vessel delivering oil instead of missiles . |
| 12 | The way in which the film provokes these questions makes it possible , even today , to understand why this film was such a hit , selling 385 prints at £10 apiece . |
| 13 | The use of complex lexical structures makes it possible to use simpler grammars . |
| 14 | A combination of history , tradition and resources makes it possible for the cathedral to set high standards , musically as well as liturgically . |
| 15 | The reason why communication is achieved here by lexical means only is of course because the context of shared knowledge makes it possible to use minimal cues . |
| 16 | Knowledge of the addressor in a given communicative event makes it possible for the analyst to imagine what that particular person is likely to say . |
| 17 | However , by providing a description of the norms speakers operate with in conversation , Grice makes it possible to describe what types of meaning a speaker can convey by ‘ flouting ’ one of these maxims . |
| 18 | Advance planning makes it possible to write the essay in sections and put the sections together only at the end — with the result that you do not have to write the sections in the order in which they will finally appear . |
| 19 | Using a recognition test to measure memory for the stimuli makes it possible to assess any general biases in responding separately from subjects ’ actual ability to correctly recognize individual stimuli . |
| 20 | Genetic engineering makes it possible to join the promoter of one gene to that of another . |
| 21 | Genetic engineering makes it possible to cut and splice DNA . |
| 22 | This snapshot of the corporate environment makes it possible to analyse the way in which such organisations approach the management of information resources . |
| 23 | By creating favourable situations and environments in this way , the physiotherapist makes it possible for the patient to move actively and specifically without effort . |
| 24 | This sectoral approach makes it possible to take into account the redistribution of IT production activities between firms that may cut across existing industrial categories ( eg between manufacture and scientific services ) and its human resource implications . |
| 25 | The gluteus maximus muscle in the buttocks makes it possible to pull the legs back , push the hips forward and stand up straight . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , the very low variability in ratings on this scale makes it possible that the task was not successful in measuring this . |
| 27 | However , their multiple condensation at the level of the state makes it possible to speak , not just of a set of regional problems but of a general crisis of hegemony . |
| 28 | The shape of a tapir makes it possible for it to push its way through the thick undergrowth at considerable speed . |
| 29 | This innovation makes it possible to produce rugs that are almost twice as long as the distance between the horizontal beams . |
| 30 | But this growth makes it possible to obtain an additional supply of goods . |