Example sentences of "[is] possible [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's possible to spend the entire night enjoying oneself and ending up having a good Copenhagen breakfast of meat and cheese , yoghurt and wienerbrød … ’ |
| 2 | From Körmen it 's possible to visit the lively village of Datcha by taxi and Mersinçk is a useful stop en route to the ancient ruins of Knidus . |
| 3 | By learning to produce muscular tension through tensing exercises and then releasing this tension , you will gradually find it is possible to release the physical tension from everyday stress in the same way , letting go . |
| 4 | By performing experiments with different values for the aspect ratio a/b of the cross-section it is possible to estimate the elastic constants but precise values are not obtainable except by considerable labour . |
| 5 | Given the assumption that aphasia always occurs after damage to the speech-dominant hemisphere ( which , of course , will not be the case where damage is restricted to regions outside the language areas of the brain ) it is possible to estimate the expected upper limit ( EUL ) for the frequency of aphasia generated by a particular model of speech dominance in the population . |
| 6 | Since in these cases , it is possible to scale the null coordinates such that . |
| 7 | Today it is possible to explore the meandering River Steeping by hiring a rowing boat or canoe from a wharf near the railway station . |
| 8 | When the paper is viewed on the light box , a see-through view is obtained so that it is possible to see the rough copper track layout , like an X-Ray , in relation to the components . |
| 9 | Even with × 20 it shows up as nothing more than an elliptical blur , more or less devoid of detail , though it is possible to see the smaller companion galaxy M32 close beside it . |
| 10 | It is possible to see the national curriculum legislation as part of the government 's strategy to reduce the power of local authorities . |
| 11 | If the current position of any one product is plotted correctly on its life-cycle , then it is possible to assess the potential growth of sales , or the degree to which prices should be allowed to soften in order to maintain the market share , or whether the product should be superseded by another . |
| 12 | In this system it is possible to replace the tactile , behavioural stimulus by its neurophysiological analogue , that is , by direct electrical stimulation of the sensory nerve inputs . |
| 13 | It is possible to recover the abstract shape of process ' first step behaviour from its semantics . |
| 14 | The parietal cell thus provides a striking example of how , by selective modulation of apical and basolateral acid-base transport systems , it is possible to reconcile the conflicting demands of varying transepithelial transport and maintaining cell homeostasis . |
| 15 | As the Law Commission observed , it is possible to justify the continued existence of the offence on such grounds only where the penalty for participating in the fight is relatively light , and whereas the penalty was life imprisonment at common law , it is now three years . |
| 16 | Myelography and computed tomography are still widely used in the evaluation of spinal abnormality but MRI is superior and is likely to replace myelography , particularly as it is possible to visualise the spinal cord without introducing intrathecal contrast medium . |
| 17 | By asking some of the questions listed above in the section on criteria , it is possible to compare the different systems . |
| 18 | Bearing in mind some caveats below , it is possible to predict the relative difficulty of a writing task ( and of a language task more generally ) . |
| 19 | If this theory is correct , then it is possible to predict the relative numbers of quasars and BL Lac objects we should expect to detect . |
| 20 | Additionally , it is possible to detect the electrical activity that is produced when muscles contract , and we can thus observe the complex co-ordination of activity in the muscles controlling speech production . |
| 21 | In spite of the touches of mystification he employed in many autobiographical references scattered through twenty years of publishing , it is possible to detect the complicated temperament he had inherited . |
| 22 | By comparing the measurements taken on fresh dissected tissue with those taken on an intact body , it is possible to demonstrate the important influence that the body 's neuro-electric actions have on the recovery mechanism . |
| 23 | With press media , it is possible to spread the same money over a much longer period , especially if monthly magazines are used , since monthlies accumulate their readership of as many as 10 or 11 readers per copy over quite a long period . |
| 24 | From the model in equation ( 6.14 ) it is possible to explain the cross-equation restrictions . |
| 25 | By taking all these into account it is possible to explain the varied pattern of context-dependence shown by conditioned suppression after varying amounts of training . |
| 26 | By calculating rates for each of these areas it is possible to examine the geographical extent of any apparently local increase . |
| 27 | It was another good example of why the sooner it is possible to delay the first round of the World Group matches so that there is more than a full week between them and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year , the better . |
| 28 | It is possible to pronounce the individual consonants and vowels of a language correctly and yet be almost unintelligible because the stress or rhythm is wrong . |
| 29 | What is more questionable , however , is whether it is possible to extend the direct response approach indiscriminately . |
| 30 | The power companies deny that orimulsion is environmentally damaging and claim that it is possible to clean the heavy metals from flue gases , and that the sulphur content of orimulsion is lower than in some British coal . |