Example sentences of "[was/were] it possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burden left him contemplating the printed tea cloth as if , were it possible to transmute it to paper , reduce its size and multiply it manifold , he would be a happy man . |
| 2 | These numbers , he pointed out , could have been considerably increased were it possible to assess the numbers working short-time , as occurred in almost every trade during some part of the year . |
| 3 | Were it possible to take a pill after which the most perfect essays flowed from your pen , A level History courses would be completed more rapidly . |
| 4 | Were it possible for a further donation to be agreed at some point during 1993 , I should be most grateful . |
| 5 | ‘ Benedict , ’ she said in a kindlier tone , ‘ even were it possible , I would not — could not — marry you . ’ |
| 6 | Thus was it possible for one new Sprinter vehicle to replace at least two old DMU coaches . |
| 7 | Was it possible that the quest for the historical Jesus , of which Bethune-Baker was a leading representative , was based upon an illusion about the nature of the sources which were used ? |
| 8 | Was it possible that for the sake of prayer and guidance of souls he had a calling to the unmarried state ? |
| 9 | How then was it possible that a similar contradiction in the social formation of India , China , and Peru had not led to similar development ? |
| 10 | Was it possible that her sister had taken on a new maid for the Fanshawes ' flat and not said anything about it ? |
| 11 | It was never explained how was it possible to conspire against yourself . |
| 12 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 13 | Was it possible that the letter had been written simply that Aunt Louise might use it as use it she had ? |
| 14 | Was it possible ? |
| 15 | Was it possible the old fox had sussed him out and not let it show ? |
| 16 | Was it possible for such a large amount of people as inhabited Athena Gardens to be genuinely so cheerful and contented ? |
| 17 | Was it possible this urchin was really the repository of cataclysmic sexuality as Ewan claimed ? |
| 18 | How was it possible to finish his book in the middle of such concreted and asphalted blasphemies ? |
| 19 | How was it possible , Elisabeth wondered , year after year , to subject herself to these sights , sounds and scents ? |
| 20 | And how was it possible for a man with cardiac problems to win the greatest tennis crown of them all at Wimbledon in 1975 ? |
| 21 | The earliest clocks of this type were correct only at the equinoxes , and not until much later was it possible to take due account of the seasonal changes in the position of the sun . |
| 22 | Was it possible to combine the two roles ? |
| 23 | Was it possible that he was connected with ‘ my lord — Mr Smith ’ , who had seemed so anxious to get rid of them ? |
| 24 | If Greg Martin was alive then was it possible … was there the chance that it was in any way possible that her mother was alive too ? |
| 25 | Was it possible Paula was still alive — and did she even want her to be ? |
| 26 | In 1885 Prussian Oberpräsident Möllendorf , who was widely regarded as pro-Polish , recommended a total ban on the Polish language , saying that only in this way was it possible to force the Poles to appreciate the benevolence and wisdom of German culture and administration . |
| 27 | But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ? |
| 28 | Only when they came close was it possible to make out the dark shadow of a hand and arm carving each one , the sketchy outline of a black body behind , and above , a ghoulish half-lit face with gaping shadowy craters for mouth and eyes . |
| 29 | Was it possible that Short was part of the conspiracy , that he stood to gain from his own horse being beaten ? |
| 30 | Was it possible he was being distanced from the large family they were trying to help ? |