Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adv] possible [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is theoretically possible to catch scabies by sleeping in a bed previously occupied by a sufferer from scabies , the chances are extremely remote . |
| 2 | ( As specified in Chapter 1 , we shall normally use assign to mean assign the relation of qualification , although it is also possible to assign the relation of equation . ) |
| 3 | Street lighting and roads are another example , for although it is physically possible to exclude users unless they pay a charge , it is prohibitively expensive to do so , except for roads in great demand like motorways and major bridges . |
| 4 | Although it is now possible to use a system of notation , choreographers still prefer to create directly on the human material , working on it and relying on the dancers ' own memories to repeat what has been designed on and for them . |
| 5 | Although it is actually possible to regress a patient to babyhood and even to the mother 's womb , I felt that perhaps in Maxine 's case we should try past-life regression ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 6 | Talking about Hamlets , I need another quotation before I begin my travels , for when it comes to research into English I have found that it is rarely possible to predict the end-point of the journey when one starts out , or whether one 's road leads anywhere at all . |
| 7 | Suppose also that it is somehow possible to place it in a space capsule in which it can survive , so far as can be seen , for ever , without any external aid . |
| 8 | With respect to my hon. Friend , I do not believe that it is ever possible to cut a hard-and-fast line . |
| 9 | It is widely agreed that the lifetime reproductive success of individuals is the most satisfactory measure of fitness that it is usually possible to collect ( see Falconer , 1960 ; Cavalli-Sforza & Bodmer , 1961 ; Maynard Smith , 1969 ; Grafen , 1982 ) . |
| 10 | Behind the apparent fluidity of the timetable there is in fact a detailed system of record-keeping so that it is usually possible to say what point each child has reached in each main subject area . |
| 11 | In this section we have seen that it is usually possible to reduce the number of accesses to synonyms by loading first the records most frequently accessed . |
| 12 | The typical economic variables used in empirical studies , variables such as output , prices and interest rates , are such that it is usually possible to think of some reason why any one of them might exert an independent influence on another . |
| 13 | We have seen that it is sometimes possible to sort out the observed vibrational bands according to their symmetry , and that group frequency and similar empirical arguments may make it reasonable to associate bands with particular vibrational modes . |
| 14 | But they are nevertheless able to agree that it is sometimes possible to elaborate functional relations of the sort we have considered . |
| 15 | Air is so vital that it is only possible to live for a few minutes without it . |
| 16 | Even when you have decided a broad direction , and I should emphasize that it is only possible to set ambitions in a broad sense and only helpful so to do , there will inevitably come times when external events show that one has made a false assessment of one 's starting point or the ability of one 's competitors , known or unsuspected , to seize the initiative . |
| 17 | The point being emphasised here is that it is only possible to understand the suddenness of the onset of the downward spiral by keeping in view the production of fixed capital . |
| 18 | When knitting an adult size garment , the slow progress of the garter carriage usually means that it is only possible to knit one garment piece each day . |
| 19 | Moreover , Schell et al. ( 1989 ) point out that it is now possible to engineer plants , by introducing B. thuringiensis genes encoded for toxin production , that develop resistance to tobacco hornworm ( Manduca sexta ) and the large white butterfly ( Pieris brassicae ) . |
| 20 | The existence and nature of these special enforcement procedures is such that it is now possible to speak of European human rights law as being a part of the law of the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | Insofar as English law requires the directors to take into account the interests of groups other than the shareholders it adopts the position that these interests do not fundamentally conflict with those of the shareholders and that it is therefore possible to arrive at a decision that balances all the relevant interests , subsuming them under or subordinating them to the vaguely defined collective goal of the organization . |
| 22 | I welcome my hon. Friend 's robust attitude , but is it correct that it is still possible to export calves which end up in crates that would be illegal in this country ? |
| 23 | This shows that it is still possible to produce a useful and innovative medicine without the huge financial and technical resources that are at the disposal of the multinational corporations . |
| 24 | ‘ An Aching And A Longing ’ , Martyn 's previous album on his own label , has to date sold over 30,000 copies in the UK , proving that it is still possible to achieve success via the traditional workaholic route . |
| 25 | The cut fell on 145 , one over par , and consequently 63 of the original field of 83 made it under what is known as the ‘ 10-stroke rule ’ — anyone who is within 10 shots of the leader , on the theoretical grounds that it is still possible to win from there . |
| 26 | Karen Hamilton , as a director , feels that it is still possible to work collectively within a hierarchy , given the right working relationships and circumstances . |
| 27 | There are many similar examples of skilful writing , so that it is hardly possible to think of Wordsworth as abandoning traditional forms in 1798 because he was unable to write in the accepted manner . |
| 28 | But I have not seen much evidence that it is really possible to do it on this scale . |
| 29 | Treatment Centres take the sufferers through the first five steps of the recovery programme in as many weeks in order to lessen their dread in anticipation in the future and not because they believe that it is really possible to recover at that speed . |
| 30 | Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time . |