Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] been possible [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would not have been possible for one to sit upon the throne alongside a woman one no longer loved and lived with . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | The visit would not have been possible without their tremendous enthusiasm for our invitation , and we particularly thank John Neumeier for his determination to bring over one of his finest works . |
| 4 | Obviously a transfer of allegiance in the feudal way was much less of a strain than the submergence of a national spirit , and there was a great difference between the national spirit of Englishmen and the allegiance to the King of France or to the Great Moghul felt by the inhabitants of New France and of Bengal ; if the inhabitants of Bengal had felt that they were citizens of the nation of Bengal it would hardly have been possible for them to change to feeling they were Englishmen , but for them to feel that they used to owe allegiance to the Nawab of Bengal and now owed it to the British businessmen who had conquered the Nawab was not such a difficult transition . |
| 5 | It would hardly have been possible for it to support beauty and extravagance and pleasure at the expense of mere survival , but it did at least hint that such a view could be held , and its mere admission of this possibility was to Clara profoundly satisfying . |
| 6 | ‘ This is a great occasion , and it would never have been possible without your help . |