Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | With ( 1 ) – ( 3 ) , it is clear that reference with he , she , or they is possible . |
| 2 | But where it is possible , it is valuable to learn brinkmanship , because you also learn to reduce your feelings of stress under pressure and to make better use of thermals lower down where they are often smaller and more difficult to centre . |
| 3 | These conspired contacts also provide excellent ‘ mump holes ’ ( see Cain 1973 : 37 ; Holdaway 1983 : 43 ) or ‘ brew houses ’ in the men 's own terms , where it is possible to take a tea-break , have a relaxing chat , hang about on a cold day , or simply ‘ ease ’ in other ways . |
| 4 | Beecham said that any fool can conduct three concerts with an orchestra , but to go on improving is like going on a race track where it is possible to improve your time at first , but each new improvement involves great effort and often some danger . |
| 5 | Then again , no animal eats the whole of a plant — except in the case , say , of turnips , where it is possible to eat most of the root as well as the leaves . |
| 6 | This completes the three Nordic countries , where it is possible to make up an international champion . |
| 7 | This solution works particularly well in houses which have evolved over several centuries , where it is possible to repair a wing at a time , selling the houses as they near completion and recycling the investment . |
| 8 | They can be formed on land near the sea , in shallow lakes or indeed anywhere where it is possible for a large volume of water to find its way into the volcanic vent . |
| 9 | The B6255 road from Ingleton to Hawes is followed to a large open area of ground , Storrs Common , where it is possible to leave cars . |
| 10 | Even in the suburbs of Auckland , New Zealand 's largest city , there are areas of native bush where it is possible to work undisturbed from dawn until dusk , finding a peace of mind and in turn concentration which I always yearned for in Suffolk . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , in the case of psychosis it is still unclear precisely what these additional factors are ; unlike , say , cardiovascular disease where it is possible to point to very particular things , such as smoking and diet . |
| 12 | It is an area of activity where it is possible to compete on an equal basis , with less of the difficulties of overcoming the discrimination found in commerce and industry in terms of employment ( July 1980 ) . |
| 13 | However , where comparisons can be made with alternative sources of data , and where it is possible to provide some evidence to counter the possibility that the findings are due purely to ‘ data collection ’ effects , we can perhaps arrive at some tentative conclusions . |
| 14 | For the Sun and the Daily Mirror , where it is possible to compare with the numbers in 1978 , both show significant increases — the Sun from thirty-two to forty-nine and the Daily Mirror , even more , from twenty-six to forty-five . |
| 15 | It has the advantage of being in the context of a ‘ normal ’ worshipping congregation , where it is possible to develop and maintain the vital art of good relationships between clergy , organist and choir . |
| 16 | Where it is possible to arrange viewing facilities , a bank of classroom recordings for teachers to refer to in their own time is a sensible and useful resource . |
| 17 | The most notable was Windsor and Eton , where it is possible to see it now in its pristine state , for in 1983 Madame Tussaud 's opened the fully restored and refurbished royal station , adjoining the main Windsor terminal and unused for thirty years . |
| 18 | Drills which elicit repetition , substitution , and so on , but where it is possible to form sentences without understanding them . |
| 19 | In general , the following word forms are included ; where it is possible to describe a subject with a single noun , this is preferred . |
| 20 | Even where it is possible to clear up after the day 's work , another couple of unpaid hours work is added to the women 's costs and subtracted from those of her employer . |
| 21 | Where it is possible to deliver services at the lowest point , one does just that . |
| 22 | Ordinal scales are used where it is possible to order cases in respect of the degree to which they exhibit a certain property or quality , even though it may not be possible to state precisely how much of that property they have . |
| 23 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 24 | For this reason it may be unwise to rely on hearsay evidence , particularly in contested proceedings , where it is possible to call a witness to give direct evidence of the facts in issue . |
| 25 | 40 windsurfers share with 30 dinghy sailors and non-sailing friends , in this flexible resort where it 's possible for windsurfers to sail in Toppers or Lasers , and where the dinghy sailors can easily dabble in a little windsurfing . |
| 26 | I knew the Swiss Ambassador , who had a country residence where it was possible to ride and relax . |
| 27 | Italy also managed to occupy British Somaliland , in East Africa , but lost battles in the western desert areas of Egypt , in February 1941 ; also in East Africa , before the end of 1941 , where it was possible to re-establish the Emperor of Ethiopia . |
| 28 | In those areas where it was possible to receive transmissions only 9% of households had a set , and only 8% of our sample watched television daily . |
| 29 | Even where it was possible to draw up useful statistics , local officials were reluctant to forward information which might increase the demands made upon them by their superiors in St Petersburg . |
| 30 | The place was a collapsed wall , where it was possible to edge between two glittering spars of glass into a kind of cave underneath the rubble . |