Example sentences of "possible [to-vb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He says , I remain concerned that it is not yet possible to agree an implementation plan for recommendations made in his previous report . |
2 | In particular , it may not be possible to post an offer document into the US without complying with onerous filing requirements . |
3 | If a breach of public law also amounts to a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights it may be possible to obtain an award of compensation under the Convention from the European Court of Human Rights , but not from an English Court . |
4 | Many previous studies have assumed that it is possible to establish an arbitrage position at the prices used to compute the mispricing . |
5 | The ‘ restructuring school ’ argued that it was not possible to provide an explanation in terms of location factors alone ; what was needed was to set these factors within the wider context of the restructuring of industry ( Massey , 1979 ; Sayer , 1982 ) . |
6 | This has led some commentators to observe that it is possible to find an individual of either sex who will show almost any specified degree of any ability that we might care to select . |
7 | ‘ I think in any rural town it ought to be possible to find an hour or so to stroll round , just to talk to people about this and that . |
8 | What sustains me in the search for a response to Gettier is the feeling that it may be possible to find an account of what knowledge is which will have a substantial effect on what we are to say about justification in later parts of this book . |
9 | Is it not possible to find an understanding of faith that is compatible with uncertainty rather than certainty of the existence of a Deity ? |
10 | Fortunately it is possible to define an idiom precisely and non-circularly using the notion of a semantic constituent . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | From half an hour after training , to as long as twenty-four hours afterwards , it was possible to detect an increase in protein synthesis in the brain regions containing IMHV — a result which of course squared with the known amnestic effects of the inhibitors of protein synthesis . |
13 | If attitudes are hard to change , it is at least possible to create an environment less hostile to the disabled , for example , by a vigorous campaign to improve access to public buildings . |
14 | Sometimes bad things hung on so it was possible to remember an outing as the day the car broke down rather than the day there was a barbecue on the beach and the party went on until the tide came in . |
15 | This being so , is it possible to challenge an Act on the ground that it is unconstitutional ? |
16 | It is possible to challenge an appeal decision in the High Court but only on grounds of an error of law , of a defect in the procedure or of the decision being one which no reasonable Secretary of State could have made . |
17 | Using the same information available for a sequential description , however , it is possible to organise an essay in more interesting ways . |
18 | It is not possible to fit an overdrive to an FC unless you replace the gearbox with a normal control gearbox — top speed is restricted to approximately 45 mph . |
19 | The same is true of parts : it is not possible to divide an entity into only one part ( although it is possible to divide an entity into parts which are not lexically discriminated — see chapter 7 ) . |
20 | The same is true of parts : it is not possible to divide an entity into only one part ( although it is possible to divide an entity into parts which are not lexically discriminated — see chapter 7 ) . |
21 | I mean people do n't always agree on what evidence means ; they do n't always agree on what is the best thing to do , erm and I 've developed the idea that it 's possible to do an evaluation that I like to call divergent in the sense that there might be several different things that one might do as a result of it . |
22 | Er possible to do an essay on |
23 | There are a few additions to the original game which add a little spice to the proceedings , and it 's quite possible to waste an hour before you realise it . |
24 | The bossy sister confirmed that it was n't possible to give an address . |
25 | Is it possible to give an answer without having numerical values for anything except the properties of aluminium and copper ? |
26 | By the time this mill was built , it was possible to use an iron windshaft and gears instead of the all-timber machinery that had for centuries been such a tribute to the skills and ingenuity of millwrights and carpenters . |
27 | A " yes " vote , he said , would " make it possible to put an end to the devastating processes taking place in our society [ i.e. the continuing rivalry and conflict between the republics and centre ] and make a resolute turn towards the restoration of normal conditions of life and work " . |
28 | It 's simply not possible to form an opinion on it . ’ |
29 | The familiar adage is that ethnographic research provides depth by sacrificing breadth but , as Finch ( 1986 ) argues , it is possible to build an element of generality into this type of research not by random sampling , which is usual in quantitative research , but by constructing individual projects in the mould of similar ones in different settings so that comparisons can be made and a body of cumulative knowledge established . |
30 | It is just not possible to keep an accident investigation organisation at constant readiness every day and night , high days and holidays , and at the same time guarantee to be able to send investigating teams that are always personally experienced with the particular type of aircraft involved . |