Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [is] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | One conclusion might be that it is possible to define different grades of appropriateness , in which case it could be argued that the word-of-mouth teaching of the lobon-gur solution was a more appropriate form of oral therapy technology than the distribution of an insufficient number of Oral Rehydration Salt packets via restricted outlets . |
| 2 | All I am trying to show is that it is possible to improve your general health and your sense of well-being by paying greater attention to what you put into your mouth and body . |
| 3 | Our experience is that it is possible to persuade unconvinced people to do something as drastic as this , but it is unwise and can lead to disaster . |
| 4 | What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote . |
| 5 | If you provoke anger in others in this way , part of the explanation is that it is possible to use provocation as a means of releasing your own tension by way of another person . |
| 6 | The implication of this perspective is that it is possible to give only a limited and provisional legitimacy to strategic nuclear weapons deployed as a second-strike ‘ deterrent ’ threat . |
| 7 | The result is that it is possible for an auditor to check network and data usage , secure from the scrutiny of the actual system operators . |
| 8 | A converse implication of the " dress of thought " view is that it is possible to write in a style which is the nadir of plainness and neutrality . |
| 9 | In this case the immediate position defended ( contra the work of Wyld and Zachrisson ) is that orthoepic evidence is better than other evidence , such as ‘ occasional spellings ’ ( Wyld , 1936 ) , but the underlying assumption ( which is more relevant here ) is that it is possible to write a continuous unilinear history of ‘ standard ’ English pronunciation . |
| 10 | There are many arguments as to which strategy is best ( de Nevers et al. , 1977 ; Wall , 1976b ) but increasingly the conclusion being reached is that it is possible to make use of the advantages of two or more strategies . |
| 11 | What has not been appreciated until recently , however , is that it is possible to see many of the land boundaries of the territorial divisions and ‘ estates ’ of this period on Dartmoor . |
| 12 | One particular strength is that it is possible to specify both the area and the subject of the map . |
| 13 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 14 | What is particularly interesting about the agreement-marking " you know what I mean " is that it is possible — anecdotally , and rather impressionistically — to trace its recent history in London . |
| 15 | One of the advantages of a quantitative study of this sort is that it is possible to view at a glance a collected set of responses . |
| 16 | Two principles are usually mentioned : one is that it is possible in most cases to detect some sudden change from the pitch level at the end of one tone-unit to the pitch level that starts the following tone-unit , and recognition of the start of the following tone-unit is made easier by the fact that speakers tend to ‘ return home ’ to a particular pitch level at the beginning of a tone-unit . |
| 17 | Er well if it 's if it 's possible yeah , but if if it 's on your you 'll have to disconnect your battery . |
| 18 | This is because it is possible to dismiss fairly for a refusal to accept change . |
| 19 | Although two injections a day may be desirable the next question is whether it is possible . |
| 20 | The only question which arises is whether it is possible to construe a trust wording . |
| 21 | The first is whether it is possible to agree upon a generic curriculum , based on a set of headings or topics , which may be treated quite differently by those in different disciplines ( e.g. typographers , computer scientists ) . |
| 22 | What is more questionable , however , is whether it is possible to extend the direct response approach indiscriminately . |
| 23 | My only slight reservation is whether it 's possible to have , t t to move an amendment to standing order . |