Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been equally possible to operate the procedures in such a way as to leave all the issues open and so reveal very little to the other party about the case he or she would have to meet . |
| 2 | Screening of newborns for Duchenne muscular dystrophy by measurement of blood spot creatine kinase activity has been technically possible since a suitable assay was devised in the mid 1970s . |
| 3 | My guess is that you would draw a comparable , but equally misleading , conclusion from similar analysis of the human game of chess where cheating is not possible . |
| 4 | He considers himself an expert on the subject now and confirms that what Horatia says is entirely possible . " |
| 5 | She did not rage so much against Aunt Emily but more at herself for being so naive as to agree to and promote a plan that any less raw and unworldly creature than herself would have seen was hardly possible . |
| 6 | As shown above , direct comparison between the different types of investigation used is not possible and ony immunohistochemical techniques provide direct demonstration that the tumour cells do indeed contain xenobiotic metabolising enzymes . |
| 7 | Day trips from Orgon , Cavaillon , or even Buoux are equally possible . |
| 8 | Mind you , this is not quite as unsatisfactory as the ‘ Piano Quartet ’ set where it would have been just possible to confine Op. 26 and Op. 60 to the second disc , rather than breaking after the magical slow movement of the earlier of these two works . |
| 9 | If the geothermal gradient was as low as 25° C/km preservation of condensate and even oil would have been theoretically possible in parts of the hanging wall . |
| 10 | Whilst they are heavy , it would have been quite possible , by co-operative effort , to move them into the right position to mark ‘ the line ’ . |
| 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 | And with a little give and take it would have been perfectly possible to share Water Gypsy , she thought resentfully . |
| 13 | And it would have been entirely possible with the right companion . |
| 14 | Nor would it have been constitutionally possible for me to have become head of the Church of England . ’ |
| 15 | Often compromise is not possible : a choice has to be made between diametrically opposed policies . |
| 16 | But , as we have seen , there are many situations in which compromise is not possible , and some in which it is not desirable either . |
| 17 | The 320 is a good sized board on which to learn funboard manoeuvres since uphauling is still possible . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I suppose that 's possible … but what I think is more possible … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What I think is more possible is that I 'm right . ’ |
| 20 | The broad support that the ECSC Treaty did receive was perhaps possible because , despite its complexity , it was rather inchoate : because it was couched in rather vague and ambiguous terms , it could be interpreted in different ways . |
| 21 | I had just as much percentage in attracting that plane if it had been humanly possible . |
| 22 | It may not in all cases be sufficient to advise a client that the action which he desires to take is not possible under the existing law ; circumstances may arise in which the proper answer is that if the law does not allow the action to be taken then the law itself should be changed . |
| 23 | The scope of the evaluations undertaken was only possible through the use of perfused sleeve manometry of the UOS . |