Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] possible [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not possible to say that U2 sound like blah , which is great . |
| 2 | It is not possible to arrange that the second derivatives as well as the first derivatives of the coefficients all simultaneously vanish , because there are insufficient free variables . |
| 3 | While it is not possible to demonstrate that any of the Continental braids are of Anglo-Saxon , even Kentish , manufacture , the very close similarity between some examples on each side of the Channel makes it possible that they are at least from the same source . |
| 4 | In La Route des Flandres , the fluctuations between first and third person mean that it is not possible to contend that the novel 's discourse is organized entirely around the consciousness of the central character Georges , who otherwise seems to be re-creating his experiences in the course of a night in bed with the widow of his commanding officer , some time after the wartime conflict . |
| 5 | It is not possible to argue that Part XV of the Taxes Act 1988 deems that interest to belong to the American . |
| 6 | It is not possible to argue that because the income is trading income s739 does not apply to that income ( Latilla v IRC ( 1943 ) 25 TC 107 and IRC v Brackett [ 1986 ] STC 521 ) . |
| 7 | It is not possible to say that the material as to the second audit must be irrelevant . |
| 8 | It is not possible to say that all agents owe the same duties to their principals : it is always necessary to have regard to the express or implied terms of the contract . |
| 9 | Thus it is not possible to say that drivers attend to information differently for different road types . |
| 10 | The major limitation of the measure is that it is theoretically open-ended — it is not possible to say that there will be no further citations to a particular thesis in the future . |
| 11 | It is not possible to say that these families were typical of all Caribbean families in London . |
| 12 | It would appear that states prefer to act legally where possible and it is not possible to claim that states are unaffected by legal prohibitions on war , but the regularity with which such a large proportion of states are prepared to use force illegally — despite their total commitment to law-abidingness within their territories and the apparent lack of any retributive consequences of such illegalities ( unless defeat in war is unhelpfully labelled as a punishment ) — raise doubts about the parallels between municipal and international law in terms of the parameters of the concept of law . |
| 13 | At the limit , it is difficult to see how an emphasis on measured results is consistent with multilateralism ; it is not possible to imagine that the GATT could police hundreds of agreements , each with its own predetermined measure of success . |
| 14 | We can know how things are in front of our noses , maybe , but it is not possible to know that an altruistic act is morally good , nor that God exists , nor that you will have eggs for breakfast tomorrow . |
| 15 | It is even possible to argue that the scientific revolution saw an unprecedented fusion of science with theology , resulting in more secular forms of piety . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is also possible to argue that less sensitive and reflective young readers might prefer Astrid Lindgren 's Pippi Longstocking stories , or relate to Erica in Jan Mark 's Handles rather than to the solitary Toms , Maxes , and Tollies . |
| 18 | In similar vein , it is also possible to argue that some view of how improvement in practice takes place is a necessary prerequisite of any accountability procedure . |
| 19 | It is perfectly possible to imagine that memories are coded for negatively , by reducing the level of some substance or process , although in practice nearly all research seems to be devoted to trying to identify increases . |
| 20 | And , as I shall explain more fully in Chapter 2 , it is quite possible to ensure that they do not suffer in any way at all , whether mentally , physically or emotionally . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is therefore possible to argue that an analogy with child protection is misleading , since we do not assume that children should look after themselves . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It is entirely possible to think that if ‘ literary ’ and ‘ aesthetic ’ are words that go naturally with ‘ American ’ but not with ‘ English ’ , so much the worse for the English . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It is then possible to argue that the so-called terraces really represent parts of a single warped surface , but a close study of the altitudes usually leads to their interpretation as distinct terraces . |
| 28 | However , more heterogeneity is seen at the gene level and it is now possible to examine that α 1 AT genotype using techniques including polymerase chain reaction and hybridisation to ASO probes . |
| 29 | The past decade has seen immense progress in elucidating the scientific basis for a proper discipline of programming : it is now possible to prove that a computer program meets its specification , in much the same way that mathematicians and engineers know how to prove the correctness of a proposed solution to the relevant differential equations . |
| 30 | At present it is only possible to guess that the largest of the villas , such as Woodchester , Bignor and North Leigh may have been owner occupied . |