Example sentences of "[was/were] not possible [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because twin gables flanking a central valley gutter had been adopted to cap the elevation of the 1922 extension , it was not possible to form an upper storey in this section . |
| 2 | It was not possible to give a home to all , so how could he pick out one or two ? |
| 3 | Of these 123 , a full interview was obtained with l04 principal carers at the time of the patient 's referral to the project ( six carers refused to be interviewed , and it was not possible to interview a further nine for reasons such as the carer 's ill health or death or because the patient and carer soon moved out of the area ; for the remaining four some information was obtained by telephone ) . |
| 4 | As mentioned above , it was not possible to perform a detailed study of the Ca 2 + sensitivity of K + channels in excised inside out patches . |
| 5 | Of course it was not possible to devise a service that would be all things to all people : some of the needs would be inconsistent with others , some were already being addressed in other projects , some were less crucial . |
| 6 | ( Furthermore with the LISP system available to the current project it was not possible to store a very large lexicon — necessitating morphological processing to reduce storage . |
| 7 | It was not possible to construct a satisfactory double blind challenge but he did have a positive open challenge to pure ethanol . |
| 8 | since most newspapers favoured the Government 's position , it was not possible to get a ‘ balanced ’ view of the dispute ; |
| 9 | With Scales and Sergeant Conway he was driven to the end of Salvation Street , where the footpath led to the headland ; it was not possible to get a vehicle any nearer . |
| 10 | The ‘ restructuring school ’ argued that it was not possible to provide an explanation in terms of location factors alone ; what was needed was to set these factors within the wider context of the restructuring of industry ( Massey , 1979 ; Sayer , 1982 ) . |
| 11 | The tasks of the CSSU staff were poorly defined , and it was not possible to achieve a high level of identification with the organisation . |
| 12 | It was not possible to seek an alternative faith in China or Greece . |
| 13 | Thus , although it was not possible to obtain a detailed analysis of the relation between P o and V c o m at different Ca 2 + concentrations , the available data show that under these experimental conditions , K + channels were sensitive to changes in the concentration of Ca 2 + bathing the cytosolic surface of the membrane . |
| 14 | In addition , because informants rarely knew the actual date of birth of their friends , it was not possible to obtain an accurate identity code . |
| 15 | The Working Party in their report commented that they would like to see more practical research into the effectiveness of this method as on the basis of the published data alone , available at that time , it was not possible to make an impartial judgement or a best present practice recommendation . |
| 16 | Just on one of the points er made by Professor Lock erm who was arguing that it it basically was n't possible to include an agricultural land quality criterion er in the exceptions policy because there was so much good land in North Yorkshire . |
| 17 | The Trust regrets that after a year of negotiation it was n't possible to assemble a complete package which would have allowed for purchase price , future management and costs for the extended period necessary . |
| 18 | The bossy sister confirmed that it was n't possible to give an address . |
| 19 | It was n't possible to have a conversation unless her earphones were connected , but this was the least of her worries at the moment . |