Example sentences of "[vb past] possible [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 16-bit ’ audio has a signal-to-noise ratio which comfortably exceeds the full dynamic range of an orchestra , so it became possible to record orchestral music without any need to compress its dynamic range . |
| 2 | During the Sixties and Seventies the systems gradually improved , the computer parts got more powerful and cheaper and it even became possible to get some sort of an idea as to what the page might look like . |
| 3 | Because of the flying buttress system , it became possible to construct thinner walls as time passed instead of increasing the thickness to offset the large windows and higher vaults . |
| 4 | Loans were handled as the National Debt rather than the royal debt and it became possible to raise long-term loans with the authority of Parliament behind them , and even to float loans on terms which meant that the principal would never be repaid but that , because the interest would be paid regularly forever , it would be possible to treat the bond for the debt as an asset which could be bought and sold . |
| 5 | To return to my burglary , it became possible to make alternative arrangements : to let family members know and to replace the presents with other things made available by other people or by just acknowledging that they would be replaced when the insurance money came through ! |
| 6 | On the basis of relatively small samples , only a few thousand in each of selected states , it proved possible to make accurate predictions of the electoral outcomes . |
| 7 | As the binary policy gained momentum , it remained possible to have that impression . |