Example sentences of "it [is] not possible [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not possible to say that U2 sound like blah , which is great . |
| 2 | Similarly it is not possible to negotiate if a client has clear rights in a situation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | At this time it is not possible to predict whether all or just part of the above listed data will be required by the public registry , or whether the public registry itself will be a part of a larger commercial registry that would include other trade and secured transactions . |
| 5 | It says it is not possible to predict when loading standards can be met . |
| 6 | Though the inhibition of absorption induced by the α-glucosidase inhibitors is the primary phenomenon , under the present experimental conditions , it is not possible to estimate whether the acceleration in the intestinal transit time contributes to carbohydrate malabsorption by reducing the contact time between the intestinal contents and small intestinal mucosa . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is not possible to judge whether the social context or the people studied are in any way typical , or representative . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Mr. Burke submits that if judicial review lies at all , then it is not possible to pick and choose between Lord Diplock 's three categories : it must lie on all three grounds or not at all . |
| 11 | It is not possible to argue that Part XV of the Taxes Act 1988 deems that interest to belong to the American . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | This is an extremely bold theory , but in the present stage of historical and anthropological knowledge it is not possible to say whether Marx of Engels were clearly wrong , as they were over primitive promiscuity , or by and large right , as they were over the gentile constitution . |
| 14 | However a worrying trend is the sharp rise in the number of accidents involving cyclists , but without further research it is not possible to say whether this is a consequence of the doubling of the number of cyclists in Buxtehude in four years , a trend encouraged by the introduction of environmental traffic management . |
| 15 | On the basis of these observations , it is not possible to say whether or not one of these tests provides a more useful assessment tool than the other . |
| 16 | So , until the decision is made again , it is not possible to say whether the loss would not have been suffered but for the illegal decision . |
| 17 | It is not possible to say whether a substantial report is more likely to make an impact than a slim report . |
| 18 | His successor was his cousin , Eadberht , the brother of Archbishop Ecgberht , but it is not possible to say whether his powerful relatives brought pressure to bear on him to resign . |
| 19 | It is not possible to say whether the apparently symbolic objects had any sacral meaning , although the story of Merovech 's birth provides some reason to think that the authority of the Merovingian kings in this period may have been bolstered by pagan tradition . |
| 20 | It is not possible to say that the material as to the second audit must be irrelevant . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Thus it is not possible to say that drivers attend to information differently for different road types . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It is not possible to say that these families were typical of all Caribbean families in London . |
| 25 | ‘ Until that investigation is complete it is not possible to say if any prison rules have been breached . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Once the ACT surrender claim has been submitted and accepted by the inspector , it is not possible to withdraw and reallocate the ACT , for example , to a different subsidiary , even within the six year time limit . |
| 28 | The data was submitted on a confidential basis , because of the possibility of future publication , and so it is not possible to ascertain whether or not it had any influence on the deliberations of the Review body , but their conclusions on the quality of post-graduate geological research undertaken in Dundee and Strathclyde Universities were exactly in line with the quantitative findings described later . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |