Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [not/n't] possible [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it is not possible to effect prompt personal service , service may be effected by other means such as post or insertion through a letter box ( Practice Direction , 18 December 1986 , ( 1987 ) 1 All ER 604 ) . |
| 2 | Where it is not possible to strengthen a sagging floor by the addition of secondary timbers relieving the overloaded joists , it may be feasible to strengthen any integral timber beams by inserting steel flitch plates into slots formed in these members ( Fig 33 ) . |
| 3 | In other cases , where it is not possible to identify a returning officer ex officio , a returning officer is specifically identified by order . |
| 4 | Although it is not possible to arrange times , dates and venues that are convenient to all people at all times , the various groups aim to do their best . |
| 5 | Although it is not possible to translate this directly into a success rate for the pupils in this project , an estimate of 40 per cent would be reasonable — about the same as that obtained for the written test items . |
| 6 | If the house has a solid floor , that too must have a membrane which extends over the whole of it , and although it is not possible to see it , any defects will show in the form of damp patches under floor coverings , discoloration or loose vinyl tiles . |
| 7 | Also worthy of closer inspection is the church at Stanley , its twin towers ornately fashioned in stone although it is not possible to see any detail from the canal . |
| 8 | Although it is not possible to carry all the bargain lines offered by the company , the Trailer will stock many of Uppingham 's repeatable ranges and special yarn requests can be ordered by prior arrangement. , The prices of all items sold in the travelling shop are inclusive of VAT and may vary slightly from the prices charged in the warehouse . |
| 9 | So , although it is not possible to state any overall figures , the prevalence of ageing with a disability among minority ethnic communities is also likely to increase significantly over the next decade and beyond . |
| 10 | Although it is not possible to give any exact statistics of the physically disabled , it is possible to give some indication of the extent of the problems they face . |
| 11 | One can not quite understand the process of informalisation in European countries if one does not take into account that here too one can observe upward movements of working-class traditions and downward movements of middle-class traditions of conduct , although it is not possible to speak of the emergence of a new more firmly established code of conduct . |
| 12 | Although it is not possible to rehearse here the many deficiencies of the antiracist brand of class reductionism , some of the difficulties are signalled by my description of instrumentalism and the patronizing ‘ cultural dope ’ stereotype of the white working-class racist . |
| 13 | Although it is not possible to list here the groups , individuals and parishes who have helped us so far , I wish all to know that not only is their contribution needed but also greatly appreciated . |
| 14 | Although it is not possible to apply for a PEP in joint names , a husband and wife can each invest up to £6,000 in separate plans . |
| 15 | Well , I mean I suppose erm I feel as a parent myself that it 's not possible to make tolerable for children a situation which is in fact humanly intolerable . |
| 16 | The betting odds here are extraordinarily long ; theory suggests that it is not possible to liberate useful energy this way nor is there any natural phenomenon that gives us confidence that this can occur . |
| 17 | And I like to think in fifty or a hundred years ' time it will not be possible for any orchestra to play sloppily and claim that it is not possible to do better . |
| 18 | The needs are so varied and require such specialist and informed help that it is not possible to deal with them here . |
| 19 | Now , it is in the nature of the critique of this aspect of classical Marxism which has already been proposed that it is not possible to erect an alternative ‘ general theory ’ . |
| 20 | The spacing of such steps on pointe is so minute and so fast that it is not possible to see the change of feet as one succeeds the other . |
| 21 | Beyond that it is not possible to go . |
| 22 | Now the the control of the audit commission is on record as stating quite clearly that it is not possible to account the equation . |
| 23 | Readers wishing to make a similar tray should note that it is not possible to assign values arbitrarily to the sides of the rectangle and ‘ rise ’ of both flaps and expect the resulting outline to be a smooth one . |
| 24 | Lord Keith , along with other British judges , sees the rule in Marleasing as one of interpretation only which leaves the national judge a margin of discretion to find that it is not possible to reconcile national law with Community law . |
| 25 | It will be argued that basically these sentences are semantically deviant ; however , it must also be recognised that it is not possible to disentangle semantics from grammar completely . |
| 26 | However , it appears that most ventures are characterized by investments in a project where the uncertainty is so great that it is not possible to evaluate it by means of ordinary criteria for analysis of projects . |
| 27 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 28 | The evidence at present therefore suggests that free enthalpy or free entropy would be better parameters to use than free volume , but that it is not possible to choose between them . |
| 29 | More 's study ( 1980 ) of skill levels among engineering workers in England over the period 1870–1914 comes to the conclusion that it is not possible to sustain a definite ‘ deskilling ’ thesis on the evidence available . |
| 30 | Readability researchers often emphasise that it is not possible to use a formula to assess difficulty at the individual sentence level ; a formula or graph can only make predictions about difficulty at a global level . |