Example sentences of "possible [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also possible to arrange with taxi-drivers to drop you at one point and collect you some hours later from another . |
| 2 | And it 's quite possible to arrange for demonstrations of suitable equipment to be given to you , is it ? |
| 3 | Since nineteen eighty seven it has been possible to arrange for employees to have charitable donations deducted from their pay through the payroll giving scheme . |
| 4 | In some circumstances it is possible to arrange for training for someone from your own institution . |
| 5 | Although it is important to note these differences , it is nevertheless possible to agree with Lowenthal and Comitas ( 1962 ) that out-migration is still the prime factor in rural depopulation . |
| 6 | The outer surface of the ergosphere is in fact a spheroid of revolution with a radial coordinate r+ which is dependent on the polar angle θ with respect to the axis of rotation : At a radius r+ ( θ ) it is just possible to remain at rest . |
| 7 | It may not be possible now to reorganise the power industry to sell services , rather than energy , but it is at least possible to plan in terms of the uses to which the energy must be put . |
| 8 | By this means it is also possible to plan in advance approximately how much of each crop will be grown to meet your needs . |
| 9 | But there is only a tiny window through which it is possible to slide into waves of this size . |
| 10 | Regan declares her love to be identical with Goneril 's , only that she has understated it ( we had scarce thought it possible to go beyond Goneril ) : To claim that your love for your father exceeds all the joys which can be derived from the senses — with your newly wedded husband standing by — is to claim too much . |
| 11 | It 's possible to go on volunteer holidays . |
| 12 | It is possible to go to Lourdes as a tourist without being a pilgrim , and that is all I can decently do here . |
| 13 | It does indeed get dark at a sensible time so it 's possible to go to bed before about one in the morning . |
| 14 | In 1888 it was for the first time possible to go by train the whole way from Constantinople to Calais , and the Trans-Siberian railway was completed in 1904 . |
| 15 | If the unreasonableness produces voidness that means that so far as the law is concerned the clause has never existed : it may well then be possible to claim in tort for the restitution of money or goods although no specific action can be brought on the basis of the contractual force of the clause . |
| 16 | He did however attempt in his Sermons Chiefly on the Theory of Religious Belief ( 1843 ) and The Grammar of Assent ( 1870 ) an analysis of the nature of religious belief which shows some affinity with Coleridge , and includes Newman 's own original idea of the ‘ illative sense ’ by which we find it possible to proceed through probabilities to certitude ; and in his celebrated Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine ( 1878 ) struggled with the problem of change and continuity in the expression of Christian faith down through the centuries in a fashion which has helped many others to grasp something of the questions , if not in most cases to accept his answers . |
| 17 | It is also possible to search by business descriptions ( see below ) . |
| 18 | It has to be possible to see within reality the presence of that which transcends it — what the Christian theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer called ‘ the beyond in our midst ’ . |
| 19 | But it is still possible to fall between tort damages and entitlement to social security . |
| 20 | I think its possible to fall in love with the same person more than once , you fall in love with them and you get married for that as well as other reasons perhaps , and then you have children and you hardly see them really for the next ten years , at least this is what every one sort of understands and then and then erm and then when you have more time again you can fall in love all over again with exactly the same person , I think this happens to lots of people , which also does n't happen to a lot of people so you have n't |
| 21 | I thought — Oh , I was confused , I suppose , not quite believing it was possible to fall in love so swiftly . |
| 22 | However , it is possible to compensate for definition length by dividing the score assigned to any overlapping pair of words by the joint length of their definitions . |
| 23 | It is not possible to indicate with confidence areas of former woodland , although some of the steep wooded bluffs along the river may have been so used , and there are no upland areas of permanent rough pasture . |
| 24 | It is possible to palliate without cure . |
| 25 | However , it is possible to come to grips with the key factors to facilitate meaningful negotiation . |
| 26 | Although it is unlikely that decomposing snails will be found within the workings of computers , it is possible to come across computer " bugs " ; and there may still be some further nasty surprises . |
| 27 | Given the above circumstances it is hardly possible to dissent from Neustadt 's assertion that ‘ presidential power is the power to persuade ’ , what is more controversial , however , is his further statement , ‘ the power to persuade is the power to bargain . ’ |
| 28 | British industry , the City of London , most of what used to be called Fleet Street , and the economic spokesmen for all the political parties have for many years spoken with one voice on this matter : what Britain required , they all said , was a large , secure home market in which it was possible to benefit from economies of scale comparable to those enjoyed by the Japanese and the Americans . |
| 29 | Vines can be lifted high off the ground to avoid frost ; dropped as low as possible to benefit from heat reflected by stony ground at night ; generously spaced along the rows to attract the sun and avoid humidity ; or intensively cultivated into a canopy of foliage to avoid too much sun and encourage humidity in dry areas . |
| 30 | Without such controls it is not possible to know with certainty whether any changes observed in the product are the results of incompatibility with , or inadequacy of , the package , or are due to the inherent instability of the product . |