Example sentences of "possible [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is necessary to distinguish between gradual and abrupt , minor and major , peaceful and violent political changes ; and so far as is possible to connect these diverse phenomena with their causes or conditions .
2 It may also be possible to compare these early drawings with a still existing building on the same site , to determine if it is the same structure , and , if so , if any general exterior modifications have been made .
3 It is also possible to dilute some Araldite resins with toluene for pre-casting soak .
4 ‘ According to one dogma , world history is in some sense a coherent whole , and it is therefore possible to affirm that certain events have a unique significance for the entire story .
5 This means that it is possible to kill many more rabbits in one field at any one time with a rifle than can ever be accomplished with a shotgun .
6 Again , the contingency reserve and the block method of funding of grants provide means by which it is possible to accommodate limited extra calls , as in the case of the Falklands war .
7 Nevertheless , we have already seen that it is possible to see some total societies as externalizations of paranoia ; not merely as collective projections ( which may also be present ) , but as realizations of paranoid processes within the architecture of the state .
8 Thus , the voiceless velar environment exhibits merger in some instances and flip-flops in others ; no doubt , it would be possible to observe other varying patterns of approximation ( as for the meat/mate ‘ merger ’ , below ) .
9 Repeating searches from Okapi logs , we found , not surprisingly , that it is often possible to obtain additional relevant records which would not otherwise have been found .
10 It is now possible to obtain purpose-made double-glazed units incorporating ‘ low E ’ , or low emissivity , glass which includes a thin and imperceptible metallic coating on the inside surface of the outer leaf of each unit to reflect interior heat back into the room while allowing solar heat to enter the building .
11 If these restrictions to free movement are reduced and a polymer is allowed to crystallize from a dilute solution , it is possible to obtain well-defined single crystals .
12 Despite this , however , it was possible to isolate two major roles within the group and to gain some insight concerning the requirements of anyone wishing to graduate into this group .
13 Since meanings are constantly negotiated in ongoing interaction processes it is not possible to establish simple cause-and-effect relationships .
14 Is it possible to establish any general principles of ecology ?
15 It will become a criminal offence not to comply fully with any investigations , and it will be possible to impose substantial financial penalties , not only upon the companies operating a prohibited agreement , but also upon those directors found responsible for negotiating or operating such an agreement .
16 I do n't think that erm it will be possible to meet those affordable targets on the lower numbers .
17 It is possible to modify these various statements of the no-arbitrage condition to allow for continuous compounding .
18 On a technical basis it is possible to exclude those Continental examples which are not made in the same tradition as the English ones .
19 His public pronouncements are unequivocal in this respect , and although it is clearly not possible to accept such public pronouncements as the definitive expression of a man 's innermost beliefs and convictions , and although it is also evidently the case that to be published in L'Humanite and Ce Soir inevitably necessitates obedience to the party line , nonetheless the consistency and vigour with which Nizan presented an entirely positive view of developments within the Soviet Union are an instructive antidote to those critics desperately searching for evidence of Nizan 's growing anti-Stalinism/anti-communism during this period .
20 For , among other reasons , Turks did not fit into a Zuwaya genealogy ; in theory , it is possible to find all forty shaikhs who appeared from time to time in Zuwaya stories in a genealogy ( although it is only anthropologists who are sufficiently naive to ask which men were the victims and where did they fit in lists of ancestors ) .
21 Provided only that A is real , it is always possible to find real symmetric matrices B , C satisfying CA = B ( see 2.10.3 ) .
22 In the most remote areas , like central Wales , it is still possible to find three traditional types of rural community namely ‘ scattered settlements ’ , ‘ rural villages ’ and ‘ market towns ’ ( Williams , 1976 ) and in other rural areas , like North Herefordshire , Lewis and Maund ( 1979 ) have questioned the true significance of social class , life style and length of residence as determinants of intra-community behaviour .
23 We suggest that it might be possible to evolve new viral tropisms ( see below ) using repertoires of antibody fragments or peptide sequences displayed on the virus , with cycles of infection and selection .
24 On tests which do not have parallel forms , it may be possible to create two separate tests by selecting alternate odd and even test items .
25 Additionally , it was possible to create 5 domain-specific dictionaries for the domains under investigation , each based on at least 500,000 words of domain-specific text .
26 In the same way , it is possible to screen explicit safer-sex videos from abroad at the Institute for Contemporary Arts ( ICA ) as part of a one-off cultural event , but not on a routine basis to punters in gay bars .
27 So , although it is not possible to state any overall figures , the prevalence of ageing with a disability among minority ethnic communities is also likely to increase significantly over the next decade and beyond .
28 I know that Brother supply a black pen with the Knitleader and it is also possible to buy three other colours from them .
29 It is also quite possible to grow several exotic-looking annuals from direct ground sowings ; the trumpet-like salpiglossis , so ornately marked , the schizanthus usually seen as an early summer pot plant and zinnias , the closest thing you can get to those expensive gerberas .
30 However , there is no practical way in which it is possible to avoid all such misunderstandings and conflict .
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