Example sentences of "is possible [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact it is possible to repeat entire serial note-groups and thereby give the theme more definition ( Example 128 ) : Note the repetition of note-groups and individual notes , which allow one to ‘ stretch out ’ the music so that the series covers a fair area , resulting in music of greater definition and memorability than would otherwise be possible . |
| 2 | ‘ Beaming ’ the signal is possible using certain high-frequency radio waves but this is only useful if you know where the receiving station happens to be . |
| 3 | In hospital it is possible to replace initial intravenous therapy with ciprofloxacin by the oral route within a very short time , which can make cost savings since patients do not have to be hospitalised for treatment . |
| 4 | Biotechnology , in the form of plant and animal breeding , also has a long history , beginning with the first agriculturalists c. 10 kyr BP , but developments in genetic engineering in the 1970s and 1980s are opening up possibilities that have no historical parallels and thus there are no base-line data against which it is possible to predict future environmental changes that genetically engineered organisms may promote . |
| 5 | It is only on large research machines that it is possible to perform various geometric and surface mapping techniques that can be used to handle general complex objects . |
| 6 | It is possible to use advanced biochemical techniques to look for comparable ion channels and catalytic units in the mammalian brain , without directly studying the role of cells in learning . |
| 7 | It is possible to foresee other evidential problems . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This facility is enhanced if it is possible to select specific related , narrower and broader terms from this display and perform a search upon them . |
| 11 | The disk is pentagonal ; covered with skin in which it is possible to discern small thin transparent plates ; disk diameter up to 27 mm . |
| 12 | Braudel 's categories are based on the idea that it is possible to distinguish various historical ‘ times ’ . |
| 13 | And it is possible to make new electronic texts by scanning printed texts into a computer . |
| 14 | The internal structures of some of these galeaspids are beautifully preserved such that it is possible to make detailed anatomical comparisons with cephalaspids and gnathostomes . |
| 15 | It is possible to buy well-designed general purpose application forms ( details are given at the back of the book ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |