Example sentences of "[adv] possible [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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1 | It is only possible to give a general description above on how to go about it , since every helicopter requires its own particular technique to produce the desired result . |
2 | Here it is only possible to give a general flavour of this case-history : |
3 | At this high level , it was only possible to make a broad assessment of these requirements , and further ideas were developed as the study progressed to lower levels of detail . |
4 | Within the space of this article it is only possible to review a very limited range of these beautiful Basslets . |
5 | And from its summit it is entirely possible to see a stretch of water which — whether to a sixteenth-century viewer innocent of the details of geography , or to a well-versed wanderer five centuries later — could only be an ocean . |
6 | In other words , in the literature of a given subject area , it is normally possible to identify a number of facets and , by applying several characteristics of subdivision , to divide isolates into facets . |
7 | It was thus possible to assemble a bridge pier and lower it complete onto the river bed . |
8 | It was thus possible to write a program that allocated scores to all the possible legal moves in a given position . |
9 | It is already possible to book a holiday direct from your sitting room by picking up the phone , and in some countries , people can already reserve the holiday of their dreams through their home computer . |
10 | It is scarcely possible to make a choice between the two dates . |
11 | It is an integral part of modern culture that it is simply not possible to envisage a model of freedom , including that abstraction needed for the achievement of equality , which would not have as one of its component parts the tendency towards alienation . |
12 | It is not possible to describe a suitable treatment for every type of window and there is no such thing as a standard window , since two identical windows located in a different position on a wall may need quite a different treatment . |
13 | Readability researchers often emphasise that it is not possible to use a formula to assess difficulty at the individual sentence level ; a formula or graph can only make predictions about difficulty at a global level . |
14 | But without an escapement I think that it is not possible to stop a piano jangling or echoing . |
15 | In his introduction to part ( 1 of Critique et vérité Barthes argues that the degree of critical self-consciousness in literature means that it is not possible to draw a clear distinction between criticism and literature . |
16 | ‘ It is not possible to draw a line between human and human and say some do and some do not have the right to life , ’ he said . |
17 | Of these 123 , a full interview was obtained with l04 principal carers at the time of the patient 's referral to the project ( six carers refused to be interviewed , and it was not possible to interview a further nine for reasons such as the carer 's ill health or death or because the patient and carer soon moved out of the area ; for the remaining four some information was obtained by telephone ) . |
18 | In horses , although a history of donkey contact and clinical signs may be suggestive of D. arnfieldi infection , it is often not possible to confirm a diagnosis by demonstrating larvae in the faeces . |
19 | In consequence , it is not possible to define a rate of return on a futures contract , and some other type of analysis must be used which does not require the use of the sum invested . |
20 | It is therefore not possible to set a theoretical limit to society 's power to use law to enforce moral rules , i.e. it is not possible to define an area of morality into which the criminal law may not under any circumstances intervene . |
21 | It is not possible to create a hierarchy of our artistic fields as we are living as Blackwomen in the aftermath of slavery and imperialism . |
22 | In this situation , whether an arbitrage transaction is attractive or not depends on the time preferences of the arbitrageur , and it is not possible to state a general no-arbitrage condition . |
23 | More 's study ( 1980 ) of skill levels among engineering workers in England over the period 1870–1914 comes to the conclusion that it is not possible to sustain a definite ‘ deskilling ’ thesis on the evidence available . |
24 | How far unions are binding , how far they are exclusive , how long they last , whether they bind men and women equally , whether sexual unions are public or merely private matters , whether the recognition of unions is inevitably linked with the legitimation of children — all these questions and many more are so variable that many anthropologists would argue that is not possible to give a valid universal definition of marriage [ Leach , 1961 ] . |
25 | It was not possible to give a home to all , so how could he pick out one or two ? |
26 | Now it is not possible to give a confident answer to the question whether the delay was unreasonable . |
27 | They depend on many factors , and it is not possible to give a full account of them here ; you will find details in Refs [ 17 ] and [ 18 ] . |
28 | Unfortunately , it is not possible to give a very clear answer to this . |
29 | It is not possible to give a fair criticism of their case here . |
30 | As mentioned above , it was not possible to perform a detailed study of the Ca 2 + sensitivity of K + channels in excised inside out patches . |