Example sentences of "is [adv] possible [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this information is related to molecular structure , but it is rarely possible to come to definite conclusions about the constitution , shape , size or conformation of a sample purely from its PE spectrum . |
| 2 | Air is so vital that it is only possible to live for a few minutes without it . |
| 3 | As a piece this was undoubtedly a composed solo , and although on the record quite a few of the phrases were ‘ dropped in ’ , it is obviously possible to play through it in one pass . |
| 4 | The list itself contains a description , and it is generally possible to tell from that which features are protected . |
| 5 | It is generally possible to isolate at least one compelling selling feature even if it is only that your client 's product is the cheapest . |
| 6 | It is thus possible to conceive of certain functional properties that can be defined as being geometry controlling or geometry checking . |
| 7 | The outer surface of the ergosphere is in fact a spheroid of revolution with a radial coordinate r+ which is dependent on the polar angle θ with respect to the axis of rotation : At a radius r+ ( θ ) it is just possible to remain at rest . |
| 8 | Although it is important to note these differences , it is nevertheless possible to agree with Lowenthal and Comitas ( 1962 ) that out-migration is still the prime factor in rural depopulation . |
| 9 | The typical economic variables used in empirical studies , variables such as output , prices and interest rates , are such that it is usually possible to think of some reason why any one of them might exert an independent influence on another . |
| 10 | Similarly it is usually possible to determine from a speaker 's voice his or her sex , approximate age and educational status , as well as some aspects of state of health and personality ( see Abercrombie , I968 ; Laver , 1980 ) . |
| 11 | The principle states that over a short enough path length it is always possible to transform to a frame in free fall ; in such a frame , space–time is locally flat and the coordinates of SR may be imposed . |
| 12 | In this section we check that starting at any event y in space–time it is always possible to transform to a frame for which locally and where is the Minkowski metric of eqn ( 4.1 ) or ( 4.2 ) . |
| 13 | It is always possible to return to nursing by studying for a specialist qualification . |
| 14 | Six months on from ICL 's decision to introduce a no smoking at work policy at its Reading office block , it is still possible to indulge in an on-site nicotine fix . |
| 15 | It is difficult to interpret this without further purpose-designed experimentation , but it is still possible to speculate about possible reasons for the observed pattern . |
| 16 | But it is still possible to fall between tort damages and entitlement to social security . |
| 17 | A decade or three back , when most of us could visit most countries without a visa , there was little expectation that this would prove a high water mark and that restrictions would steadily increase , but we may not be able to assume that the freedom to dial direct to distant countries will continue to increase : Egypt has cut direct-dial telephone links with Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iraq , Sudan and Iran to make it harder for Moslem militant leaders in exile to communicate with groups at home and organise terrorist attacks , the Al-Akhbar newspaper reports ; it is still possible to call via an operator . |
| 18 | Moreover if a topic does not happen to have the ontological status ascribed to it , it is still possible to refer to it identifyingly qua topic with the phrase " the same A " . |
| 19 | It is still possible to refer to the common law position . |
| 20 | The cut fell on 145 , one over par , and consequently 63 of the original field of 83 made it under what is known as the ‘ 10-stroke rule ’ — anyone who is within 10 shots of the leader , on the theoretical grounds that it is still possible to win from there . |
| 21 | It is still possible to fly for reasonably affordable rates in this country despite the sometimes quite exorbitant sums charged by some flying schools . |
| 22 | It is hardly possible to drive through the village and people have been climbing all over the wreck . |
| 23 | This was the product of centuries of historical accidents : indeed until the treaties of Madrid in 1526 and Cambrai in 1529 , which ended for several generations to come any vestiges of French sovereignty over Amiens and the Vermandois , it is hardly possible to speak of a state frontier at all between France and the Low Countries . |
| 24 | There are many similar examples of skilful writing , so that it is hardly possible to think of Wordsworth as abandoning traditional forms in 1798 because he was unable to write in the accepted manner . |
| 25 | Given the above circumstances it is hardly possible to dissent from Neustadt 's assertion that ‘ presidential power is the power to persuade ’ , what is more controversial , however , is his further statement , ‘ the power to persuade is the power to bargain . ’ |
| 26 | It is also possible to search by business descriptions ( see below ) . |
| 27 | It is also possible to continue as a graduate without eh thought occurring . |
| 28 | It is also possible to appeal against an interim order under s94(1) ( see Chapter 7 ) or apply for discharge under s39 as discussed at 8 below . |
| 29 | By this means it is also possible to plan in advance approximately how much of each crop will be grown to meet your needs . |
| 30 | It is also possible to arrange with taxi-drivers to drop you at one point and collect you some hours later from another . |