Example sentences of "[is] it possible [prep] " in BNC.

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1 IS IT POSSIBLE to be too nice to be a television presenter ?
2 I mean , is it possible to , to have a holy , healthy attitude to , to sex ?
3 But the question I was asked was — is it possible to just varnish — or is any special treatment necessary after stripping ?
4 That 'll do , two points to mother Ann 's question Is it possible to re to traverse under the North Pole in mid-winter ?
5 I only mean to preface this discussion of cultural difference with an awkward question : in the world we have , is it possible for us — any of us — not to have at least some inferior others ?
6 How is it possible for someone to take my or anybody 's sin upon himself ?
7 How is it possible for Christ 's death to affect me ?
8 Is it possible for the inmates to make the visitors understand what life is like for them , without arousing the hostility of the Warden ?
9 The key to the underlying tension here is in the line : ‘ Is it possible for the inmates to make the visitors understand what life is like for them without arousing the hostility of the Warden ? ’
10 Is it possible for the Church of England to proclaim this redemption with integrity and conviction in our day unless it ordains women as well as men as priests ?
11 . Is it possible for you to give me a few more names — of some people who are working in that field ? ’
12 How is it possible for a computer to discover things ?
13 Nor is it possible for the sufferer to ‘ snap out of it ’ as is often suggested with varying degrees of tactfulness .
14 Is it possible for me to see the Queen now ? ’
15 Is it possible for a person to move smoothly through the first three levels of understanding and still leave out something essential ?
16 In other words , is it possible for a person to know his need , to know that if Christianity is true it provides an answer , to know on the basis of sufficient evidence that it is in fact true , and yet believe inadequately ?
17 Is it possible for us to hire a shepherd at Martinmas ? ’
18 How is it possible for a creature to form means — end plans for reaching a desired object , plans within which other objects are represented as instruments to the overall end ?
19 How is it possible for an external symbol , as well as one in the internal representational medium of the creature 's mind , to be employed by one animal and perceived by another as a request for a specific tool ?
20 How is it possible for a creature to perceive apparent movement , or to distinguish visually between replacement , motion , and change ?
21 One starts from the question of mind and behaviour and asks : ‘ How is it possible for a physical system , the brain , to produce this ? ’
22 Is it possible for some of us and perhaps representative 's of organisations or a group of us and I know I can talk to the board but I 'm not necessarily speaking for anybody else if I natter to you other than myself .
23 From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either .
24 Is it possible for feminists to be Christians , when Christ is a male figure ?
25 Not only is it possible for both men and women to have intercourse well into old age , but many of them do .
26 Er is it possible for me to get closer ?
27 Is it possible for people who are not native speakers of a particular language to be fully aware of its social dimensions ?
28 Is it possible for the net return to capital to rise ?
29 Listen , have you got to stay on at the track , or is it possible for you to leave and come back to the hotel ? ’
30 Is it possible for us to provide facilities , skills and help from the Atomic Energy Authority to help them with that difficult problem ?
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