Example sentences of "be possible [prep] us [verb] " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
2 ‘ Would it be possible for us to talk to the Prince ? ’
3 yes , but Joan asked at the end , did n't she , if it would be possible for us to use that for history and they said yes
4 ‘ No … no , I do n't want to buy them … it was just … that is , would it be possible for us to see them ? ’
5 Close to the date , some of our members were chatting to Llangollen Railway member Peter Cutler , and he suggested that it might be possible for us to see the work on the next extension , to Glyndyfrdwy .
6 If , therefore , it is difficult at this stage for us to establish with any certainty general patterns of cause and effect between ‘ industrialization ’ and the relatively autonomous conjugal family , it may be possible for us to argue that there is at least a degree of fit , a congruence , between these two elements .
7 In the future , it might be possible for us to reset our body clock to the new time zone quickly , by taking a pill containing melatonin at the appropriate time of day .
8 Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ?
9 Would it be possible for us to send him a copy of 4 Gardens as a gesture of goodwill ?
10 Can I ask , Mr Chairman , if it 's possible for us to have a copy of the reports ?
11 It is possible for us to image a society of saints in which no one committed what we see as crimes , in which everyone behaved in an impeccable manner .
12 It is possible for us to do it — we carried out one test in France — but it is very expensive . ’
13 Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true .
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