Example sentences of "is possible [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , while it is possible to give undue weight to expertise , it is also possible to underrate its significance . |
| 2 | Armed with your knowledge of how to relate the parts and the whole , it is possible to see implied assessment . |
| 3 | This process of cell flattening generally occurs at 3.5–7.5 h after the onset of the 8-cell stage ( 4th cell cycle ) and provides a useful transition point since , with experience , it is possible to assess complete compaction objectively . |
| 4 | Looking in more detail , it is possible to classify seismic activity into four zones . |
| 5 | Each method has limitations ; it is possible to collect detailed information by means of tests , but if the tests are concerned with some aspect that is of little relevance to the total situation , then the value of the results will be limited . |
| 6 | It is possible to use variable frequency regulation in which the on time is fixed and regulation is achieved by increasing or decreasing the switching frequency , but such systems lead to difficult filtering problems . |
| 7 | As previously discussed in chapter one it is possible to use orthographic information to rule out those candidate strings which are not allowable in English . |
| 8 | It is possible to use vibrational spectroscopy as a tool for identifying and measuring concentrations of samples without needing to know anything about how or why the spectra arise . |
| 9 | Since school reports can stand separately from this it is possible to revise present reporting systems in preparation for the whole National Curriculum to come on stream . |
| 10 | But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation . |
| 11 | Nevertheless it is possible to apportion head office overheads to a particular contract by comparing total company turnover and contract turnover and their proportion to total head office overheads in the same ratio , thus contract proportion of = contract turnover head office head office overheads = company turnover overheads Further methods of calculating head office overheads attributable to a particular contract are described in the publications listed in the bibliography . |
| 12 | The technology is also scalable , according to the company , so that it is possible to get software-only playback on an 80386 box or Macintosh IICI or above — users may choose to play smaller pictures or slower frame-rates based on their own system performance . |
| 13 | Fortunately it is possible to produce printed circuit boards using a readily available light-sensitive process . |
| 14 | Because Igora Botanic colours are so natural it is possible to achieve different colour results . |
| 15 | They need to know that it is possible to find alternative accommodation for the individual or themselves . |
| 16 | Theory and practice , as represented by philosophy and the various social disciplines , must be united , so that it is possible to investigate existing individualist and holist theories rather than hypothetical constructions . |
| 17 | It is possible to investigate working-class consciousness through those records that survive ( admittedly relatively few ) and oral testimony . |
| 18 | With the intensification of international traffic , it is possible to discover new talent in any part of the world . |
| 19 | It is possible to separate pseudo-nationalist rhetoric from more sober reality . |
| 20 | It is possible to make approximate allowance for backspace by releasing the source-machine off play-pause about one second late . |
| 21 | Now , however , it is possible to identify specific gene components that contain the relevant hereditary information . |
| 22 | Thus , while it is possible to identify liberal catholicism in Ireland from the late nineteenth century to the present , and though there has grown up a climate of liberal dissent and criticism of conservative catholicism , it is still possible to assert the prominence of conservative catholicism , particularly in its alliance with nationalism . |
| 23 | Using the LIFESPAN utility Validate it is possible to delete unused module names . |
| 24 | Recently several independent groups , including our own at Birkbeck College , have been investigating this model in further detail and have shown how it is possible to calculate explicit particle trajectories in various contexts , thus opening the possibility of understanding quantum phenomena in terms of the behaviour of individual particles . |
| 25 | It is possible to calculate hypothetical exchange rates to allow for the fact that specific commodities ( say , bread , video cassettes etc. ) are cheaper in country A than country B. Such comparisons of production on the basis of ‘ real income per head ’ , or ‘ purchasing power parity ’ showed the UK in 1985 to have 64.8 per cent of the income of the USA , or 85.6 per cent of the average of six countries shown at Figure 2.2 . |
| 26 | It is possible to study electromagnetic theory without ever mentioning the word electron , but since it has become such a household word and is used so often we can just as well make use of it . |
| 27 | Now it is possible to have maintenancefree plastic boards fitted on the exterior of the home to replace timber fascia boards , barge boards and weatherboards . |
| 28 | Of course we also have to recognize that in the kind of world in which we live , it is possible to have inward peace and security and yet to suffer from various problems with our bodies . |
| 29 | Once the enhancement is one full-time teacher or more , then a whole range of managerial roles and strategies becomes available because it is possible to combine full-time class responsibility — which many heads see as vital to the integrity and continuity of children 's education — with substantial cross-school management , development and support . |
| 30 | We are buying a One Ten County and we were wondering if it is possible to fit central locking using Range Rover parts . |