Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] possible [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then again , no animal eats the whole of a plant — except in the case , say , of turnips , where it is possible to eat most of the root as well as the leaves . |
| 2 | Even in the suburbs of Auckland , New Zealand 's largest city , there are areas of native bush where it is possible to work undisturbed from dawn until dusk , finding a peace of mind and in turn concentration which I always yearned for in Suffolk . |
| 3 | However , where comparisons can be made with alternative sources of data , and where it is possible to provide some evidence to counter the possibility that the findings are due purely to ‘ data collection ’ effects , we can perhaps arrive at some tentative conclusions . |
| 4 | Although it is possible to use such languages as problem-solving ‘ tools ’ , they suffer from the limitation that considerable expertise is needed to use them freely and effectively . |
| 5 | However , although it is possible to overcome many types of barrier , there will always be some that can not be eliminated . |
| 6 | Although it is possible to make some generalizations about the likely sequence of development of an intercontinental collision orogen , the pre-collision history of the active margin of the overriding plate and its subduction zone has an important influence on the subsequent evolution of an orogenic belt . |
| 7 | And , although it is possible to help each person to develop into a more confident individual , it is something we have to work towards together . |
| 8 | In Le Planétarium ( 1959 ) , however , although it is possible to attribute some of the sequences to the consciousnesses of the ‘ characters ’ involved , we are presented with conflicting narratives and interpretations of events emanating from insufficiently individuated figures , Her subsequent novels confirm this development towards a narrative discourse in which it is increasingly difficult to situate a perceiving consciousness . |
| 9 | Although it is possible to buy spare parts for cast iron guttering and to repair or replace leaks at joints ( and even to repair split or corroded sections ) , there comes a point when it might be better to replace the whole system . |
| 10 | Although it is possible to achieve some degree of change without top-level commitment , that change is likely to be ephemeral at best . |
| 11 | Although it is possible to have several garment pieces on the screen at the same time , only one stitch pattern can be displayed when superimposing . |
| 12 | Normally routines are single chains of instructions although it is possible to have some conditional branching . |
| 13 | The Last Honeymoon by Shelley Weiner Constable , £13.99 SET IN the uncompromisingly suburban surroundings of Golders Green , Shelley Weiner 's new novel proves that it 's possible to satirise Jewish family life with a touch more subtlety than the British Telecom commercials . |
| 14 | But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Extrapolation based upon continuing the curve by eye is not very accurate and Miller ( 1939 ) has stated that it is possible to draw good-looking curves which diverge by 10 m per km ( 50 ft per mile ) but which both provide a smooth extrapolation . |
| 17 | This means that it is possible to kill many more rabbits in one field at any one time with a rifle than can ever be accomplished with a shotgun . |
| 18 | Created in Walworth Road , they were based on the assumption that it is possible to bribe one set of electors with money extracted from the pockets of another set . |
| 19 | It is only on large research machines that it is possible to perform various geometric and surface mapping techniques that can be used to handle general complex objects . |
| 20 | All the calculations carried out so far have assumed that it is possible to allocate any number of records to a given address . |
| 21 | Edward knew he was being pampered and , in his letters to Helen about his friendship with Gwili 's sister , he confessed that ‘ in fact it was partly you that I saw when I held her : I hope I shall never forget her ; then I shall feel that it is possible to love another even though I am all and ever yours , little one . |
| 22 | A body of representative groups headed by the Soil Association believes that it is possible to turn 20 per cent of Britain 's farming organic by the year 2000 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It has even been suggested that it is possible to use inimical remedies with impunity although I have n't actively set out to prove or disprove this . |
| 25 | Note that it is possible to use one trap for more than one waste outlet ( with a two-bowl sink , for example ) . |
| 26 | I am delighted that it is possible to use this program to produce designs which can then be imported into DesignaKnit and used for knitting . |
| 27 | None of this alters the fact that it is possible to use these adjectives with a tense value distinctively different from that of the preceding verb ; see ( 51 ) and the contrast in ( 52 ) : ( 51 ) we all know Cerrutty to have been fortunate ( 52 ) ( a ) in the test my men showed themselves alert ( b ) in the test my men showed themselves to have been alert In ( 52 ) , ( a ) would naturally be suitable when the men respond promptly during the test , and ( b ) when , for instance , they had been alert in paying attention to instructions given at some time before the test . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , we have already seen that it is possible to see some total societies as externalizations of paranoia ; not merely as collective projections ( which may also be present ) , but as realizations of paranoid processes within the architecture of the state . |
| 30 | They need to know that it is possible to find alternative accommodation for the individual or themselves . |