Example sentences of "was it possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus was it possible for one new Sprinter vehicle to replace at least two old DMU coaches . |
| 2 | Was it possible that the quest for the historical Jesus , of which Bethune-Baker was a leading representative , was based upon an illusion about the nature of the sources which were used ? |
| 3 | Was it possible that for the sake of prayer and guidance of souls he had a calling to the unmarried state ? |
| 4 | How then was it possible that a similar contradiction in the social formation of India , China , and Peru had not led to similar development ? |
| 5 | Was it possible that her sister had taken on a new maid for the Fanshawes ' flat and not said anything about it ? |
| 6 | It was never explained how was it possible to conspire against yourself . |
| 7 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 8 | Was it possible that the letter had been written simply that Aunt Louise might use it as use it she had ? |
| 9 | Was it possible ? |
| 10 | Was it possible the old fox had sussed him out and not let it show ? |
| 11 | Was it possible for such a large amount of people as inhabited Athena Gardens to be genuinely so cheerful and contented ? |
| 12 | Was it possible this urchin was really the repository of cataclysmic sexuality as Ewan claimed ? |
| 13 | How was it possible to finish his book in the middle of such concreted and asphalted blasphemies ? |
| 14 | How was it possible , Elisabeth wondered , year after year , to subject herself to these sights , sounds and scents ? |
| 15 | And how was it possible for a man with cardiac problems to win the greatest tennis crown of them all at Wimbledon in 1975 ? |
| 16 | The earliest clocks of this type were correct only at the equinoxes , and not until much later was it possible to take due account of the seasonal changes in the position of the sun . |
| 17 | Was it possible to combine the two roles ? |
| 18 | Was it possible that he was connected with ‘ my lord — Mr Smith ’ , who had seemed so anxious to get rid of them ? |
| 19 | If Greg Martin was alive then was it possible … was there the chance that it was in any way possible that her mother was alive too ? |
| 20 | Was it possible Paula was still alive — and did she even want her to be ? |
| 21 | In 1885 Prussian Oberpräsident Möllendorf , who was widely regarded as pro-Polish , recommended a total ban on the Polish language , saying that only in this way was it possible to force the Poles to appreciate the benevolence and wisdom of German culture and administration . |
| 22 | But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ? |
| 23 | Only when they came close was it possible to make out the dark shadow of a hand and arm carving each one , the sketchy outline of a black body behind , and above , a ghoulish half-lit face with gaping shadowy craters for mouth and eyes . |
| 24 | Was it possible that Short was part of the conspiracy , that he stood to gain from his own horse being beaten ? |
| 25 | Was it possible he was being distanced from the large family they were trying to help ? |
| 26 | Was it possible for the corpse to have been so treated , with the ‘ hollownesse ’ of every bone to be filled up with solid lead ? |
| 27 | Only by touch was it possible to establish that the body inside was entire , though it was not practical either to drain the liquid or to lift the remains . |
| 28 | Was it possible , after all , that Vologsky could be primed to defect in less than a month ? |
| 29 | It was feared that an emphasis on individual tribal culture might increase or encourage separatism : was it possible to find common ground out of which would emerge a truly indigenous Tanzanian culture ? |
| 30 | Even the Communist Party was momentarily shaken by the apparent imminence of war — was it possible that Chamberlain was going to fight Hitler after all ? — but the errant comrades were quickly pulled back into line . |