Example sentences of "it is [adv] possible say " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to treat each of the pair , as a single consonant phoneme ( we will call this the one-phoneme analysis of , ) , and it is also possible to say that they are composed of two phonemes each — either plus or plus all of which are already established as independent phonemes of English ; this will be called the two-phoneme analysis of and . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is indeed possible to say the same about the social world ; but it is also possible to deny it . |
| 4 | Of course , it is always possible to say that people are suffering from false consciousness ( women , for example , are continually suffering from the illusion that they are not being exploited in the home ) but that is surely too patronising a view to be taken at all seriously . |
| 5 | It is therefore possible to say that any economic policy is an incomes policy , and in particular that any economic policy designed to prevent or reduce the rate of inflation is an incomes policy . |
| 6 | It is therefore possible to say that a standard Afghan Belouch , for example , will normally be comparable in price to a Yagcibedir , and both will usually be between a third and half the cost of a Russian Bokhara or Beshir . |
| 7 | As soon as A's and B's deliveries have both been made , C's 15 cwt. become ascertained by exhaustion , since it is then possible to say that all the potatoes left on the lorry are destined for C. Now suppose that before the lorry is despatched , C sells his 15 cwt. to B and arranges with S that the lorry shall drop 40 cwt. to B in Bristol . |
| 8 | It is perhaps possible to say that a particular child tends towards introversion and , further , that he or she is therefore more likely to engage with characters such as Tom in Philippa Pearce 's Tom 's midnight garden , Max in Pauline Clarke 's The twelve and the genii , or Tolly in Lucy Boston 's Green Knowe stories , than a more extrovert reader . |