Example sentences of "[adv] been possible [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If it had only been possible to hold the conference without him !
2 It has not been possible to assess the state of their health , but fishermen have advised marine biologists that the area contains very little food .
3 Proceedings in a Dutch court were begun by a document transmitted under the Hague Convention to a local court in Germany which certified under Article 6 that it had not been possible to serve the document .
4 Until quite recently it has not been possible to track the land use implications of such economic and social changes in any detail .
5 In a circular yesterday , the company said it had not been possible to arrange a refinancing on conventional terms .
6 Until recently , it has not been possible to use the Census to follow a particular group of people through their lives ( but see Fox and Goldblatt above ) , but it is perfectly feasible to study the changing population structure of , say , a particular district .
7 It has not been possible to pass the disease on to animals or to human volunteers by inoculation of the organism .
8 It has not been possible to produce a diagram modelling our use of information services — it would have required at least four dimensions to deal with the different aspects .
9 It was cut out of conference papers and replaced with a notice slipped into the file saying : ‘ The proposed paper on the Aids monitor has unfortunately had to be withdrawn , since it has not been possible to synchronise the publication with the Health Education Authority 's own report on the 1988 data , expected in the near future . ’
10 The new chairman , Dr David Swallow , says that it has not been possible to ascertain the impact of these adjustments on the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 1991 , and the directors consider it would not be practical to restate those results .
11 It has not been possible to present a report to this month 's Finance Committee due to the timing of the recovery action and the Committee date .
12 In a well-led and well-motivated military force it has always been possible to form a rearguard who will fight tenaciously on behalf of their colleagues .
13 They were seen to be working in the same direction and although it has not yet been possible to gauge the extent to which they help in the task of managing new education , their contribution to quality assurance should , by tradition , be valuable .
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