Example sentences of "[adv] possible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the evidence that punishment which immediately precedes a forbidden act ( rarely possible for busy parents ) maximizes resistance to temptation and minimizes guilt , you might try not only to sanction misbehaviour promptly but ( where possible ) forestall your child 's action just as it gets under way . |
| 2 | What was possible for the nation under the Old Covenant is no less possible for the church under the New . |
| 3 | Non-monogamy may be less possible for us , and we may stay in relationships longer than we should because we are scared of not being able to find a replacement . |
| 4 | It is none the less possible for opponents to pick up the ball , so to speak , when Mrs Thatcher has put it down . |
| 5 | This is only possible for those receiving Income Support . |
| 6 | Some authorities believe that a really delicate reaction is only possible for the domestic cat at up to 45,000 cycles per second . |
| 7 | It was only possible for us to teach four girls and five teachers . |
| 8 | Such mental distress is only possible for beings capable of comparing one chapter of their lives with another . |
| 9 | For the age range 14 and under 17 , prosecution is only possible for a limited number of offences on the authority of a magistrate , and the extended care , protection and control procedure is used in most cases . |
| 10 | " I would think that to follow your thought in this instance is only possible for one to whom the message of Tristan , in particular , has been revealed . " |
| 11 | Escape is only possible for velocities greater than . |
| 12 | This has led many people to argue that , under the conditions of the global capitalist system , industrialization is only possible for developing countries where bureaucratic authoritarian regimes can organize the production process , and particularly the labour force , to satisfy the demands of the transnational corporations and the world market . |
| 13 | It appears entirely possible for a coronary artery to progress from one with hardly any narrowing to one which is completely blocked over a relatively short period of time ; and conversely , it is possible for a severe coronary stenosis to stay as a severe coronary stenosis without progressing for several years . |
| 14 | He has to do what it is morally possible for him to do in the circumstances . |
| 15 | What it means is that as life ‘ is not a single straight line ’ he does what he thinks must be done and what it is morally possible for him to do in situations of moral dilemma . |
| 16 | Nor would it have been constitutionally possible for me to have become head of the Church of England . ’ |
| 17 | Also it is normally possible for the ball to be passed straight to the back without anyone touching it on its way . |
| 18 | Just imagine the abuse with which they would be showered by people who would tell them : ‘ Since it is easily possible for the economy to grow at 4 , 5 , 6 per cent or any other figure you like , the public are being cheated of the growth of public expenditure which they have a right to enjoy by this niggardly Government which is only counting on being able safely to increase public expenditure at a rate of 2 to 2and1/2 ; per cent . ’ |
| 19 | Such was the general level of knowledge , that it was easily possible for a treasure hunter to know more about the subject than someone claiming to be an archaeologist . |
| 20 | It is revealing that , in a very similar way , to be can be present or omitted in an actual non-finite clause where it signals the passive of a verb phrase although its presence is generally preferred : ( 48 ) Cromwell ordered the Abbot of Reading ( to be ) tried and executed immediately The same insertion is sometimes superficially possible for predicate qualifiers ; but in reality this indicates a main verb which is semantically compatible with the relation of either construction ; an example would be like ( or want ) which makes it possible for us to set ( 49 ) beside ( 8 ) : ( 49 ) Alastair likes his beef tea to be strong However , with most preceding verb phrases , such a change to the predicate qualifier construction will produce a result which is ungrammatical and may even present difficulties of interpretation : ( 50 ) ( a ) the children have kept the fish-tank clean : how have the children kept the fish-tank ? ( b ) the children have kept the fish-tank to be clean |
| 21 | When an attempt is made to set him up as a Saint , it is scarcely possible for any man of good sense who knows the history of his times to preserve his gravity . |
| 22 | Because it is not possible for more than four people to share a freehold , the owners of each of the six units formed themselves into a management company in order to buy the building ; each became a director of the company and was given a 999-year lease of his or her dwelling . |
| 23 | Is it not possible for a person to ‘ remember ’ something he never did ? |
| 24 | Lord Ackner felt that the route did not cease to be available simply because it was not possible for an unaccompanied child to walk it without danger . |
| 25 | Of course there are times when this is not possible for practical reasons , but the more you are able to stay in tune with your body , the better you will feel . |
| 26 | Contrary to some opinion , however , it is not possible for grazing alone to convert extensive areas of pure heather moorlands to other non-ericaceous vegetation , grassland in particular . |
| 27 | Even if it is not possible for you to return to your original duties in the near future , there may still be a part that you can usefully play in the organisation . |
| 28 | Methodologically , it is not possible for any researcher to get the kids to talk with much sense of ideas since the question ‘ Why ? ’ to the smashing of milk bottles is one that is not possible for the boy to answer outside the context of the whole Saturday evening … |
| 29 | Methodologically , it is not possible for any researcher to get the kids to talk with much sense of ideas since the question ‘ Why ? ’ to the smashing of milk bottles is one that is not possible for the boy to answer outside the context of the whole Saturday evening … |
| 30 | Personal bookings can also be made at the Coleraine Tourist Information Centre , Railway Road , during the following hours : It is not possible for the Tourist Information Centre to accept postal , telephone or credit card bookings . |