Example sentences of "possible [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite the reverse , it is possible expressly to link the concept of " relational properties " with a ( suitably modified ) pluralist thesis by arguing , for example , that the possession of a relational property of a certain kind necessarily entails the existence of more than one thing in the world . |
| 2 | The aims of the project , which are discussed in more detail in Chapter Two , were to provide flexible ‘ packages ’ of supplementary home support to dementia sufferers , in addition to the statutory health and social services and the non-statutory services normally available , and to test whether , given this service , it is possible cost-effectively to sustain such people at home for longer than is usually possible with support only from existing forms of health and social service ; to explore the circumstances in which the dementia sufferers could cost-effectively be sustained at home , and to examine the circumstances in which it was not possible to sustain them ; that is , to identify the limits to care . |
| 3 | In 1856 he needed Britain too much to thwart her desires over the Black Sea Clauses of the Treaty and so he accepted them , hoping that it would still be possible eventually to bring about an entente with Russia . |
| 4 | Under the " once-and-for-all " test what matters is that the income can be used to benefit the individual in question in the year of assessment in which it arises , and it does not matter if it is not possible so to apply that income in a subsequent year of assessment . |
| 5 | It is possible so to violate the state of marriage , specifically by adultery , that in those circumstances divorce is conceivable and permissible . |
| 6 | This makes it possible only to use one part if there is limited time available . |
| 7 | Why the authorities were being so apparently perverse , it was possible only to speculate . |
| 8 | In the absence of modern authority it is possible only to speculate about how far the above account of the law represents the position today . |
| 9 | As yet , it is possible only to outline in general terms how the arrangements will work . |
| 10 | The only contribution to the present is the fact that it is possible only to reach the railway using modern transport in the form of a motor car or bus . |
| 11 | It is possible only to give prompts such as ‘ Do you think aims should come before methods when you are working out what to do ? ’ |
| 12 | It is possible inadvertently to apply direct selection to the characters whose correlated responses are of interest . |
| 13 | This is home video , and if the person is not familiar with the text , then it is possible perhaps to have a libretto and translation to one side . |
| 14 | Earlier , in June , the Finance Minister , Theodor Stolojan had said that it was not possible suddenly to remove controls on prices without creating an inflationary spiral in the ensuing price-wage explosion , although he agreed that the current pricing mechanism distorted prices and adversely affected supply and demand . |
| 15 | It was not possible suddenly to change direction , yet the damage being done to education was obvious as campuses sometimes resembled market-places rather than institutions of higher learning . |
| 16 | It was not possible merely to apply management skills and manuals across different sorts of business . |
| 17 | It is possible nevertheless to draw several conclusions about the general range of structures and their relative importance in the small towns . |
| 18 | The most we can get is some idea of the world view the one hand , impossible to say on the other and most importantly , what it is not possible not to say or avoid saying/implying ’ ( personal communication ) . |
| 19 | Try as far as possible not to use it , because it just confuses people . |
| 20 | It is possible not to see anyone other than your fellow riders during the journey on horseback . |
| 21 | In all we promise the publick to be as careful as possible not to lead them into mistakes , nor will we mention any particular tree , plant , flower or fruit which is not in our own garden … we do not propose to mention many different species of trees and plants that are either in the public Botanick Garden , nor that may be in the possession of some curious gentlemen , but only such as are actually in the nurseries of persons belonging to this Society and from where any Gentleman may be furnished with any of the particulars here treated of by directing their letters for the Society of Gardeners at Newhall 's Coffee House in Chelsea , Nr . |
| 22 | I would like if possible not to do that any more , cos clearly that is just a duplication of material already elsewhere available . |
| 23 | Timex boss Mohammed Saleh said union demands that 343 sacked workers be taken back ‘ not realistic … they did everything possible not to help us keep that plant going ’ . |
| 24 | I 'm positively not the person to advise anyone on cut-price marine systems or to encourage the idea that it is possible not to compromise such principles by going down market . |
| 25 | I regret that it is not possible separately to identify the money devoted to the range of conditions associated with the menopause from the £225 million spent on medical research last year . |
| 26 | It might be possible physically to suppress the signs of its advance in the universities , but there were other indicators which could not so readily be ignored or concealed . |
| 27 | It is no longer possible just to dismiss Darius as " unhistorical " . |
| 28 | In big corporations it is not possible just to fire someone . |
| 29 | Is it possible just to have a glass water ? |
| 30 | It was also possible finally to abandon many of the controls maintained since wartime . |