Example sentences of "possible [prep] us [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would it be possible for us to talk to the Prince ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ No … no , I do n't want to buy them … it was just … that is , would it be possible for us to see them ? ’ |
| 3 | Close to the date , some of our members were chatting to Llangollen Railway member Peter Cutler , and he suggested that it might be possible for us to see the work on the next extension , to Glyndyfrdwy . |
| 4 | Then is n't it possible for us to take a download of those cases , names an and addresses , and do a one-off special letter , as Bob suggests ? |
| 5 | ‘ Is it possible for us to hire a shepherd at Martinmas ? ’ |
| 6 | It was only possible for us to teach four girls and five teachers . |
| 7 | If , therefore , it is difficult at this stage for us to establish with any certainty general patterns of cause and effect between ‘ industrialization ’ and the relatively autonomous conjugal family , it may be possible for us to argue that there is at least a degree of fit , a congruence , between these two elements . |
| 8 | It is possible for us to do it — we carried out one test in France — but it is very expensive . ’ |
| 9 | yes , but Joan asked at the end , did n't she , if it would be possible for us to use that for history and they said yes |
| 10 | She put us back on our feet and made it possible for us to live again . |
| 11 | We never considered giving up our work with the chimps when the children were born , but it would not have been possible for us to continue without the help of the Africans — I always had two men employed to take care of the children when I went with Christophe into the forest . ’ |
| 12 | In the future , it might be possible for us to reset our body clock to the new time zone quickly , by taking a pill containing melatonin at the appropriate time of day . |
| 13 | Though all things that exist in the extra-mental world are particulars and singular , it is nevertheless possible for us to form essentially general or abstract ideas . |
| 14 | It is possible for us to image a society of saints in which no one committed what we see as crimes , in which everyone behaved in an impeccable manner . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ? |
| 17 | The audiocassette and the videocassette have made it possible for us to have at hand and easily transport unlimited numbers of programmes in voice and vision , whether for instruction or entertainment , for a more complete understanding of news and information , or for the appreciation of beauty and artistry . |
| 18 | Can I ask , Mr Chairman , if it 's possible for us to have a copy of the reports ? |
| 19 | Is it possible for us to provide facilities , skills and help from the Atomic Energy Authority to help them with that difficult problem ? |
| 20 | By a process of ‘ abstraction ’ , moreover , it was possible for these general notions to be ‘ impressed ’ on our minds or intellects , thus making it possible for us to think in terms of them . |
| 21 | The Anglo-American special relationship , on the other hand , is as alive as ever , and has made it possible for us to buy advanced US weapon systems like Polaris and Trident on very favourable terms . |
| 22 | If we know how horses communicate , it not only makes it easier for us to understand them and look after them , but it also makes it possible for us to communicate with them more satisfactorily . |
| 23 | Would it be possible for us to send him a copy of 4 Gardens as a gesture of goodwill ? |
| 24 | And it is not possible for us to know anything at all about him unless he is generous enough to disclose himself Another book in this series has tackled the question of revelation ; suffice it to say at this point that without revelation we can not say anything about the Lord who is Spirit . |
| 25 | Because it was a communist led country , erm , but I had , I was going to visit friends , er , and it it was , possible for us to get in . |
| 26 | He is the only person who can make it possible for us to become ourselves — to become a true person in an impersonal world . |
| 27 | In certain cases , the Government will guarantee most of a loan , which makes it possible for us to lend in circumstances where we would ordinarily not do so . |
| 28 | Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true . |