Example sentences of "is [not/n't] possible [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Keith , along with other British judges , sees the rule in Marleasing as one of interpretation only which leaves the national judge a margin of discretion to find that it is not possible to reconcile national law with Community law . |
| 2 | The betting odds here are extraordinarily long ; theory suggests that it is not possible to liberate useful energy this way nor is there any natural phenomenon that gives us confidence that this can occur . |
| 3 | Unlike classical behaviourists , functionalists believe that is not possible to explain intelligent behaviour unless we make reference to processes that are taking place inside a person 's head . |
| 4 | To reach structures deep within the brain it is not possible to use external landmarks , like folds in the cortex , directly . |
| 5 | It is not possible to use Carboniferous shale velocity data for inversion estimates because regionally continuous homogeneous shale sections are not recognised . |
| 6 | Because of the variable nature of the factors contributing to manoeuvre-induced instrument errors , it is not possible to give positive guidance as to the magnitude — or even sense — of the errors likely to be encountered during a given manoeuvre . |
| 7 | The relation of the one continuum to the other is not possible using Newtonian mechanics . |
| 8 | The Inland Revenue has stated that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether an ex gratia payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement ( p 105 ) . |
| 9 | In response to a letter from the Law Society , the Revenue states that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether a payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement . |
| 10 | Research in the Arts is mostly conducted on an individual basis and it is not possible to do full justice to this activity here . |
| 11 | It is not possible to take separate sectors of administration , appoint an official to be in charge , give him a budget and let him get on with it , because if anything is raised in the press or in the House about this sector , there must be an immediate channel of communications to and instructions from the top . |
| 12 | Measurements and floor plan alone wo n't convey the atmosphere , but if a personal viewing is not possible make sure you have been supplied with written details before you begin working out your item . |
| 13 | However , the Gould-Jacobs reaction is unsuitable for producing 1-cyclopropyl-quinolonecarboxylic acids or 1-cyclopropyl-azaquinolonecarboxylic acids of the ciprofloxacin type because it is not possible to alkylate 1-unsubstituted quinolones or azaquinolonecarboxylates with cyclopropyl halides . |
| 14 | Since no objective accident data were available for the areas shown in the films used in this study , it is not possible to define certain films as exemplars of risky junctions a priori . |
| 15 | Where it is not possible to effect prompt personal service , service may be effected by other means such as post or insertion through a letter box ( Practice Direction , 18 December 1986 , ( 1987 ) 1 All ER 604 ) . |
| 16 | Since meanings are constantly negotiated in ongoing interaction processes it is not possible to establish simple cause-and-effect relationships . |
| 17 | In the United Kingdom it is not possible to get comparative estimates for individuals , but in England and Wales in 1984 , 23% of non-psychiatric beds were occupied by people who died before discharge ( G Bevan , unpublished observations ) . |
| 18 | As a senior Home Office official put it to an RCM conference in October 1942 : ‘ A refugee should have treatment comparable to that of an average English child in receipt of free education ’ , adding , ‘ It is not possible to provide continued education except in highly exceptional cases of brilliancy . ’ |
| 19 | However , it is not possible to require full-time staff to work for periods of duty which only cover the peak workloads . |
| 20 | According to Jesus , it is not possible to consider real foundations in marriage and in life without also considering the spiritual dimension to our lives . |
| 21 | ‘ It is not possible to have high inflation and high unemployment at the same time ’ ( The views of a respected economist , mid-1970 's ) |
| 22 | If it is not possible to obtain informed consent , the opinion of a second , independent psychiatrist must be obtained , backed by consultation with non-medical members of the clinical team . |
| 23 | It is not possible to make hard and fast rules about whom to tell , but : |
| 24 | With cross-sectional data it is not possible to make precise comparisons between changes in employment and economic activity over time . |
| 25 | Since it is not possible to handle statistical issues in any detail in a general account of sociolinguistic methodology , I shall concentrate in this section on picking out general principles of particular relevance to sociolinguists , referring as appropriate to more specialist treatments . |
| 26 | Clearly , in this case it is not possible to offer precise advice as to exactly when the time comes for the GP to be informed . |
| 27 | Please note it is not possible to request specific coach seats in advance . |
| 28 | Everyone appreciates that employers are working in a volatile and sometimes precarious economic environment , and so clearly there will be times when it is not possible to meet pre-set targets on an individual company basis . |
| 29 | However , since the calculation of P(A) requires the aggregation of data across subjects and each subject only rates 30 of the 60 stimuli it is not possible to calculate average correlations in this case . |
| 30 | Consequently it is not possible to calculate separate community and institution disability prevalence rates . |