Example sentences of "was [adv] possible say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Sentance , economics director at the Confederation of British Industry , said the economy was balanced on a knife-edge but it was not possible to say whether it was heading irretrievably for recession . |
| 2 | No , it was not possible to say when a commercially viable FBR would be built . |
| 3 | Second , we found that ill health was an important factor in the decision to retire early , although it was not possible to say whether or not it was the overriding factor . |
| 4 | Merkur Island were not parties to any contract for the supply of towage services , so it was not possible to say that the purpose of the action was to prevent the supply of services between an employer who was party to the dispute ( Merkur Island ) and the employer under the contract of employment to which the secondary action related ( the tug owners ) . |
| 5 | The court in that case was quite happy to imply an air of confidence even though it was not possible to say how the confidential information ( that is , the prints taken from the engravings ) came into the defendant 's hands . |
| 6 | The lawyer said that it was not possible to say that the young people had suffered any permanent effects as a result of their experience . |
| 7 | In view of the plan to get rid of a large chunk of the assets , it was not possible to say what the net cost of the investment would be , he added . |
| 8 | By the end of the 1980s it was nonetheless possible to say that the USSR was more directly involved in the affairs of the world community than at any previous time in her history , not only at a formal intergovernmental level but also through a variety of personal , commercial , sporting , scientific and other channels . |