Example sentences of "possible [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Having briefly described ten tests of language , it is now possible to compare them on a range of criteria .
2 Although it is clearly not possible to restore it as a conduit care , the same external effect will be provided by the use of re-chargeable batteries with a replica truck and control gear .
3 Is it possible to wear it with a belt ?
4 Although an attempt was made to be representative in the choice of these films it is clear that if the effects observed are of any practical significance it should be possible to observe them on a more varied stimulus set .
5 According to ICL , notebooks have two distinct uses : first , they are a user 's only or main machine — so , it must be possible to plug them into a local network , and they must have the functionality of a standard personal computer .
6 Associative and cognitive theories present two major examples of different approaches to the study of learning , and although they differ in very many respects it is possible to synthesise them in a way that offers guidance for teachers .
7 Probably only a minority of these carried the commitment through into adulthood , though as Gilroy writes ( 1987 : 187 ) , " by looking at the broad and diverse use to which the language and symbols of Rastafari have been put , it is possible to conceive it as a movement in which the lines dividing different levels of commitment are necessarily flexible " .
8 As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed .
9 Few of us have the time , training , or expertise to do this job properly , even if it were possible to do it for a population as small as 10 000 people — which it is not .
10 The conclusion seems justified , but owing to the problems of transmission of these works of Scaevola , it is not possible to use it as a conclusion for classical law .
11 Because different people will affect the circuits in different ways the Trickstick can be adjusted for sensitivity and it is also possible to use it in a switch-type mode .
12 I think it would have been perhaps better if you , somehow er , maybe er I du n no , you could erm , nothing to do with you so you ri you 're not in a position to be able to move them erm but if it was possible to put them in a , a different situation I think would have made a more interesting picture .
13 Is it possible to convert it to a Series III negative earth electrical system including alternator , removing the two existing 6V batteries fitting two 12V batteries to be run off a split charging unit ?
14 Perhaps it is not possible to reduce it to a single definition , but for the purpose of this passage I will concentrate on the individual learner .
15 But , if you can isolate the component , it might be possible to swap it for a new one at minimum cost .
16 However since the Convention does not specify that the acceptance be directed towards the treaty parties it might not be possible to regard it as a collateral agreement .
17 Suppose also that it is somehow possible to place it in a space capsule in which it can survive , so far as can be seen , for ever , without any external aid .
18 Gradually it became possible to stop her for a few seconds , and then to ask her to start walking again before her anxiety rose and she reared .
19 Perhaps Mr Smith 's book and the reaction to it imply that accounts should not have been like this : that it should be possible to take them as a straightforward objective statement of performance .
20 But we are not simply judges or police officials , we are also human beings , and as human beings we sympathize deeply and sincerely with the terrible situation in which the Miletti family find themselves , and wish to do everything possible to bring it to a swift and satisfactory conclusion .
21 It has not been possible to exempt her from a third politics module , 7605 , but rather than delay her Stage II entry it has been agreed that she may ‘ trail ’ it in that stage , i.e. she will include it along with her advanced modules as 1 of the 2 basic modules which may also be counted .
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