Example sentences of "[verb] [that] it be possible [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission did not allow the 1986 bid to proceed and rejected GEC 's claims arguing that : ‘ We do not consider that it is possible in the field of electronics to establish a direct link between company size and competitive performance ’ . |
| 2 | Ramsey realized that it was possible for a mind to inhabit a partly unreal world . |
| 3 | Do you think that it 's possible for the big Italian museums to privatise their subsidiary functions without an advisory body of trustees , if only to assist museum administrators who have little experience of dealing with the commercial side ? |
| 4 | Unwilling to follow Merleau-Ponty by dropping the second in favour of the first , Sartre argued that it was possible for man to be both at once through the movement of praxis , that is intentional actions which produce material effects . |
| 5 | He believed that it was possible to " foresee this war of positions between the two Spains lasting a long time " , unless there occurred " the intervention of internal political factors ( revolution in one of the two Spains ) or external political factors ( mediation or a more active form of intervention by the Powers ) " . |
| 6 | Sibling rows can be beneficial because they show that it 's possible to be angry with someone you love , but there 's a vital difference between that sort of infighting and the division that favouritism can cause . |
| 7 | Whether the Ephesian disciples were Christians or not before Paul 's arrival — and the development of the story suggests that he finds they were not — Paul 's initial question still assumes that it is possible to be a believer in Jesus without receiving fully the Holy Spirit . |
| 8 | ‘ it assumes that it is possible by ‘ running ’ to escape from one 's culture . |
| 9 | It has already been accepted that it is possible to de-MIRV ballistic missiles . |
| 10 | It has of course been said that it is possible to practice veterinary medicine and that many doctors do not communicate in any language but it has to be said that there is room for improvement . |
| 11 | We must show that it is possible for it to be both a resultant … and a totalizing force … how it can continually bring about the unity of dispersive profusion and integration . |
| 12 | Theories of the weak nuclear interaction which describe this process also predict that it is possible for the nucleus to decay by the simultaneous emission of two electrons or positrons ( double beta decay ) . |
| 13 | If however a special diet has been recommended by the doctor , you should of course see that it is possible for her to adhere strictly to this , and if she is amongst those who enjoy various products from Health Food shops she should not be criticised for having fads . |
| 14 | On the issue of the Palestinian intifada ( uprising ) , Sharon claimed that it was possible to " eradicate … terrorism " and " reinstall law and order " within a relatively short period of time . |
| 15 | " Alarmist and badly educated people " , he wrote , " do not understand that it is possible to be an outright enemy of the entire contemporary order without being a liberal " . |
| 16 | This is not to deny that it is possible for the market ( of whatever kind ) to impose some form of restraint on corporate managers . |
| 17 | The Bolivian tin miners and the Chilean unions have demonstrated that it is possible for the labour movement to develop a revolutionary role in Latin America . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ( Note that it is possible in such models to alter the natural rate , but only by altering the structure of the labour market . ) |
| 20 | We may also note that it is possible for the word instantiating the subordinate element to be otiose from the point of view of the speaker or hearer or both ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ You do n't seem to believe that it 's possible to be a rogue and a good man at the same time . ’ |
| 22 | Many Christians believe that it is possible for a person to be possessed by a force contrary to good ; a force called evil . |
| 23 | They believe that it is possible for man , and that it is indeed his highest intellectual and emotional task , to survey his own being , to call into the forefront of his mind every attitude and habit of mind , of emotion , of passion and feeling , to penetrate down beneath these superficial layers , to deeper and deeper and ever more tranquil , untroubled generalized forms of the self , until eventually you come within sight of some inner absolutely undisturbed pool which every person has within himself , and which if he finds it removes him finally from the distracting passions of ordinary life , and with this rider , that in proportion as you get there and find this thing , this true self within yourself , you find that it is n't just something subjective and peculiar to you , it is something identical with the world , so that in solving your own problems in one sense , you do it by transcending your ordinary nature . |
| 24 | Whether the Japanese will eventually be able to use solar energy to obtain metals from the sea remains to be seen , but they have proved that it is possible for copper at least . |
| 25 | But more significantly the development and widespread availability of pre-designed packages , such as OCP ( the Oxford Concordance Package ) for concordance construction , and SPSS ( Statistical Package for Social Sciences ) for statistical analysis , meant that it was possible for the humanist to become more independent of the computing experts , and to operate with at most low-level assistance . |
| 26 | As well as the qualitative benefits brought about by greater accuracy and timeliness of information , the efficiency of the system meant that it was possible for the integration of the personnel records and wages departments to be achieved with a 40 per cent reduction in staff , natural wastage and redeployment within the organisation accounting for some 20 individuals . |
| 27 | On the other hand to characterise a bad clause as voidable must mean that it is possible for one party to bring contractual relations to an end and sue for the return of money/goods . |
| 28 | None , however , felt that it was possible to ‘ join ’ the Town Boys in any simple sense . |
| 29 | It follows that it is possible for a member to have the same problem raised by both bodies more or less at the same time . |
| 30 | This means that it is possible to realistically estimate the subjective risk likely to be experienced by further subjects watching the films without actually having them give new estimates . |