Example sentences of "be possible [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results also cover much longer periods than are possible with modern experimental field studies and they are based on direct evidence of intercomparable past conditions . |
| 2 | The two major problems involved are related to the spelling changes that can occur when morphemes combine and the multiple segmentations that are possible for many words . |
| 3 | Census of Production figures are not disagreeable to the spatial levels which are possible for those from the Censuses of Population and Employment . |
| 4 | Although SAVE believes that alternative uses are possible for most types of buildings , including churches , the Holy Name was an exception and our fears for its future increased with rumours of purchase offers from McDonald 's . |
| 5 | For , suppose we know that the main variable of interest in the study varies much less within strata than overall , then much more precise estimates are possible for this variable . |
| 6 | If my maternal brother is all sweetness and light , my father 's sister is a real dragon — a cold , formally distant aunt with whom no liberties are possible at all . |
| 7 | Thus , if only one or two dated skeletons are excavated , sex , age , disease and measurement may be noted but deductions as to the morphological affinities of these individuals with other peoples of the period could only be very tentative , if they are possible at all . |
| 8 | Similarly some attempts at self-dressing are possible at this age ( excluding buttons and fastenings ) while a 5-year-old should be able to manage all aspects of getting dressed . |
| 9 | The landscape is flat and open , erm the these these factors erm have reduced inter-visibility , long distance views erm are possible over extensive areas . |
| 10 | While it has been widely recognized that both plural and singular references are possible under many circumstances ( Eschenbach , Habel , Herweg & Rehkämper 1989 ; Garrod & Sanford 1982 ) , the present results reveal just how prevalent singulars can be , even given a grammatical grouping cue like and . |
| 11 | For example , the day-case potential for removing cataracts grows almost daily and , according to the Audit Commission , an estimated 186,000 more such operations a year are possible within present resources . |
| 12 | The law requires you to wear a harness , so learn what movements are possible within this encumbrance . |
| 13 | For example , structural limitation ‘ constitutes a pattern of determination in which some social structure establishes limits within which some other structure or process can vary , and establishes probabilities for the specific structures or processes that are possible within those limits ’ . |
| 14 | Arrangements are possible in appropriate cases for joint supervision with otherdepartments in the Faculty of Divinity and with departments elsewhere in the University concerned with non-Western cultures . |
| 15 | Subdivisions are possible in each of these , e.g. coral and mangrove coasts in 3 . |
| 16 | You do n't realise how many inflections are possible in one word and every important word the wrong inflection was used you know . |
| 17 | Hence the header contains a count of the number of different grammar tags that are possible in that position . |
| 18 | Occasional overnight and weekend loans for home use are possible in individual cases by permission of the Librarian . |
| 19 | This sense is only found with auxiliaries , which have not been discussed yet since no oppositions between the two versions of the infinitive are possible in most cases with these verbs . |
| 20 | Some argue that high returns are possible in declining industries and that this is inconsistent with the harvest/divest strategies indicated in the BCG and McKinsey-GE matrices . |
| 21 | ‘ Before you say we 're not lovers , Claudia , remember that many things are possible in this world , though it will take a miracle to make me forget whose lover you really are . ’ |
| 22 | For those who are not travelling by road , direct rail journeys are possible from most urban centres . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , only minimal control over this basic aspect of construction has been possible with these devices . |
| 24 | Bought deals have only been possible with Big Bang and the advent of large well capitalised securities firms , but the risks being taken on are extremely large . |
| 25 | On Nov. 25 Kohl condemned the attacks and reminded Germans that " without these foreigners , the affluence of this country would not have been possible at all " . |
| 26 | ( In the metalworking industry no national wage agreement for manual workers has been possible since 1974 . ) |
| 27 | It did not appear appropriate , therefore , to develop one global user requirement for the two departments as implied by the FAOR proposals , and , in any event , this would not have been possible without extensive reorganisation of the filing and reference systems as a whole . |
| 28 | This growth in what the tourism business winsomely calls the ‘ silver generation ’ would not have been possible without big changes in boots and bindings . |
| 29 | No matter how skilled the executives , these shifts in the production structure would not have been possible without complementary adjustments in the way firms can organise their financial affairs . |
| 30 | tournament administrator , said : ‘ The tournament really would n't have been possible without this sponsorship . |