Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] possible [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Services needed time to grow closer together : it was just not possible to find enough officers with the experience in tri-Service co-ordination to go further in 1963 . |
| 2 | Double staining with CD25 and CD3 showed that many of the T lymphocytes were activated , though it was not technically possible to count these . |
| 3 | Erm now we did n't er it 's not always possible to do that . |
| 4 | But it was not always possible to do this : the mere facts of topography were against it : and a great number of farms had to be created well away from the village . |
| 5 | However , while people were in general very willing to cooperate in the data collection , it should be added that it was not always possible to collect all items of information at each stage : for example , a very severely demented person might not be able to respond to questions at all ; it was not always possible to find a medical practitioner with up-to-date information about a person 's medical condition ; respondents sometimes refused to perform all the action tests ; it was occasionally impossible to find a key informant to give , for example , information about services received by a dementia sufferer or about his/her housing circumstances . |
| 6 | Although it is not always possible to record all this information in the modelling process , it is necessary to be at least aware of these factors . |
| 7 | It is not always possible to distinguish these two planning processes in experiments , particularly in considering pauses . |
| 8 | More significantly , it is not always possible to transfer these increased costs onto the consumers , the newspaper-buying public : newspapers are competitive products and one newspaper 's increase in costs can often lead to another newspaper putting on circulation as readers switch titles . |
| 9 | For processors which have more complex architectures it is not always possible to have all features present on the screen simultaneously — unless you have dynamic windowing . |
| 10 | A the moment it is in most cases just about possible to say that , according to a family history , a certain risk exists . |
| 11 | With work and other commitments , it is not often possible to feed several times a day , but if you can feed twice or three times a day this will be appreciated by your fish . |
| 12 | In practice , most plant production using tissue culture utilises cells that are known as callus , a mass of undifferentiated cells which are produced to repair damage , or cells from leaves , roots or stems ( see discussion in M G K Jones 1986 ) , although it is not yet possible to regenerate all plants in this way and in the context of agriculture , the cereals are the most notable exceptions . |
| 13 | It is not yet possible to expect any therapy to eliminate HIV from the body and anti-viral therapies will have to be taken for long periods , maybe for life . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , it is not yet possible to transfer this capacity for a symbiotic relationship between the host plant and rhizobia to crops other than legumes . |
| 15 | Different types of library have different needs , and it is not therefore possible to suggest any one system as a model . |
| 16 | Lagos State , controlled by the Unity party of Nigeria ( UPN ) , now has its own television station on the air , but in early 1981 it was still not possible to watch this new state television service in central Lagos . |
| 17 | His public pronouncements are unequivocal in this respect , and although it is clearly not possible to accept such public pronouncements as the definitive expression of a man 's innermost beliefs and convictions , and although it is also evidently the case that to be published in L'Humanite and Ce Soir inevitably necessitates obedience to the party line , nonetheless the consistency and vigour with which Nizan presented an entirely positive view of developments within the Soviet Union are an instructive antidote to those critics desperately searching for evidence of Nizan 's growing anti-Stalinism/anti-communism during this period . |
| 18 | It is also quite possible to grow several exotic-looking annuals from direct ground sowings ; the trumpet-like salpiglossis , so ornately marked , the schizanthus usually seen as an early summer pot plant and zinnias , the closest thing you can get to those expensive gerberas . |
| 19 | The evidence is so thin that it is really not possible to say more than this . |
| 20 | The riposte must be that what it is coming to is that it is now technically possible to perform that operation , and naturally a huge demand for it has developed . |
| 21 | Yet the answer is in our own hands , because it is now perfectly possible to immunise all the world 's children against the six killer diseases I have mentioned . |
| 22 | They argue that it is simply not possible to quantify all the costs and benefits involved , so any judgement must inevitably be inadequately based . |
| 23 | He himself admits that both the continental staff and the locally recruited waitresses are skilful , but privately he regrets that it is no longer possible to find enough male British waiters , as he feels this would ‘ look better ’ . |
| 24 | The argument is that just as direct democracy is ruled out by the size of the modern state , so too once companies grow beyond a certain size it is no longer possible to involve all their members directly in the decisions concerning the running of the company . |
| 25 | Today , it is no longer possible to imagine such a thing happening . |
| 26 | However , it is certainly still possible to see many sets of standard terms which contain clauses which could well be either banned or subject to the reasonableness test under the Act . |