Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] it [be] possible [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two groups of animals are quite unrelated , but both still have living representatives in the oceans , and so it is possible to look at living animals to help with the interpretation of fossil examples . |
| 2 | We have a 1974 , Series III88 Land Rover ( 2¼ litre petrol ) and apparently it is possible to have a C/R of either 7:1 or 8:1 . |
| 3 | Replacement of the eroded ragstone facing could have provided a problem were it not for the fact that the builder who was employed to undertake the conversion was dismantling an identically constructed church at Canterbury at the same time and thus it was possible to import salvaged ragstone from the demolition for re-use at All Saints and St Barnabas . |
| 4 | And now it 's possible to put the equivalent of a million components on one single chip . |
| 5 | A ‘ denial of female sexuality ’ is often seen as the most characteristic manifestation of Victorian prudery and hypocrisy , and indeed it is possible to detect in many of the treatises from the mid-nineteenth century an attempt to challenge its reality . |
| 6 | There are a number of areas erm John expression was and yet it is possible to find the monies . |
| 7 | It rests on the assumption that it is possible to produce large quantities of almost identical items in a modem industrial process , and therefore it is possible to establish certain tolerances within which quality is acceptable , and outside which it is not acceptable . |
| 8 | It became possible to control , if not cure , the symptoms of many psychiatric disorders by the use of drugs , and therefore it was possible to discharge patients after fairly short stays in hospital , continuing their drug therapy , in many cases , as out-patients . |
| 9 | There should , in any case , be a wholeness to the item , even when showing variety , but sometimes it is possible to show variations on one particular technique , e.g. a travelling item . |
| 10 | To get the specimen from overseas to the artist was the normal practice , but sometimes it was possible to take the artist , or to send him , to the animals . |
| 11 | He thought the goods on display were crude and tasteless ; but sometimes it was possible to find a little gem amongst the mass-produced dross . |
| 12 | It would certainly be naive just to assume that nerve cells are the same in molluscs as in people , but fortunately it is possible to rely on more than assumption . |