Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] possible for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technical advances of recent years have made it possible for a particularly skilled artist , such as Matt Yuricich , working for instance on the final rooftop confrontation between Deckard ( Harrison Ford ) and Roy Batty ( Rutger Hauer ) in Blade Runner , to reduce the number of generations of film going into the composite ( ie action + backgrounds ) by imitating the colours of film rather than of nature ( or , in this case , of the concrete jungle ) . |
| 2 | … the subscription method democratized literary patronage , and made it possible for a community of wealthy people to contribute to the support of many authors . |
| 3 | On this plate was depicted a map of the heavens , and holes along the line of the ecliptic made it possible for a representation of the sun to be moved at intervals of a day or two in imitation of its annual motion . |
| 4 | Only the defeat of Germany in 1945 made it possible for a satisfactory study of German war aims in the first world war to be undertaken . |
| 5 | A ramp that made it possible for a disabled woman to get in and out of her home has been demolished by the local council . |
| 6 | Today 's methods of birth control make it possible for a couple to choose whether or not to have a child . |
| 7 | Indeed , both the limiting fraction under Method B and the use of the adjusting items make it possible for a company to report a loss , but still make payments under its PRP scheme . |
| 8 | Government grants , up to 50 per cent of capital investment , make it possible for a syndicate of small haulage contractors to collect goods , carried long-distance by rail , for further distribution by road . |
| 9 | Without Mr Gorbachev as party boss , a rapid realignment of forces would take place , making it possible for a coalition-for-democracy to line up against the coalition-for-clampdown . |
| 10 | By making it possible for a vivid and urgent desire for power to exist alongside a consciousness of being the legitimate and predestined possessor of it , they kept the edge on the governing classes . |
| 11 | As Ruth Aplin , teacher of a class in the final year at Fox Primary , one of the feeder schools to Holland Park , put it , the scheme makes it possible for a class to tackle far more ambitious and varied projects . |