Example sentences of "possible for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote .
2 In Figure 6.3 the rapid increase of speed with depth in the outer 10 or 20 km is due largely to the increasing compaction of a fragmented medium as the overburden increases : it is not possible for solid rock to give this behaviour .
3 This organisation happily ploughs a furrow totally at odds with the notion of free trade , by making it as difficult as Possible for non-German companies to sell their wares in Germany without DIN approval — even where EEC law says that the only approval necessary is from the country of origin .
4 If , however , there are strong expectations that the general level of interest rates will fall in the future , it is possible for long-term interest rates to be lower than short-term rates .
5 The law which makes Work Experience possible for young people in their last year of compulsory education specifically forbids their receiving payment .
6 When services were concentrated in large hospitals , it was possible for good managers to keep a watchful eye open for the danger signals , and although the physical and emotional environment may not have been of high quality , most residents would be properly fed and clothed and protected from abuse .
7 By reducing the scope of the enquiry we make more certain the worth of what we are doing ( always assuming , of course , that the study itself is well conducted ) , and by describing carefully what we do we make it possible for other researchers to duplicate our own study or conduct a similar one with slightly different variables .
8 They have suggested that the carcasses of animals which have died of either disease should not be buried in farm fields , as it is now thought that it may be possible for other livestock to become infected .
9 Secondly , and more importantly , the fact that some courts get by with comparatively few custodial sentences suggests that it would be perfectly possible for other courts to reduce their custody rates to this level , and thereby reduce the prison population .
10 Would it be possible for other areas to be given housing action trusts , in addition to all the resources and programmes that my hon. Friend has mentioned ?
11 Also , given the meetings of the Trevi group of Ministers and the development of Europol , perhaps the Minister can say how soon it will be possible for other EC police forces to gain access to Britain 's police national computer and what restrictions will apply .
12 If someone a obviously it 's it 's what I 'm asking is hypothetical anyway because I mean the flats are coming down so no one new can move in , but say you actually if if it was possible for other people to move into these flats and you knew someone and they said erm , You know I 'm thinking of moving into Green flats , what would you say ?
13 Normally , however , one would expect the transport police to be responsible , but it is possible for other police officers to conduct tests .
14 It is therefore safe for a fire-engine driver to proceed at a higher speed than would be possible for other drivers .
15 I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had .
16 However , it is possible for other war engines and large monsters to inflict damage on them .
17 I considered keeping observation actually on the flat but because of its its location , did not feel that it would be possible for armed officers or for that matter , any officer , to maintain observation for any period of time without being seen .
18 It is possible for hot iron to crack under a stream of cold water ( ie , from fire brigade emergency action ) , but cases where this circumstance has led to premature structural collapse are rare .
19 On the other hand , though , it 's quite possible for Vulcanian eruptions to continue for long periods , with fresh viscous magma constantly being supplied .
20 This expansionist financial relationship made it possible for central government ministers to use the rhetoric of partnership , while actually bribing local authorities to act as their agents .
21 The question is whether in view of the power and the momentum of the Commission and the Court of Justice , it is still possible for similar barriers to be placed in the way of the incoming flood of EEC law .
22 In many jobs , condition ( 4 ) can be fulfilled as it is possible for similar types of work to be tackled throughout the 24 hours .
23 And of course Lewes is a small enough town that it 's possible for ordinary people to be involved in central activities like Council activities and so on .
24 And of course Lewes is a small enough town that it 's possible for ordinary people to be involved in , in central activities like council activities and so on .
25 ( 5 ) Because of the exemption for anything done in pursuance of a scheme of arrangement under s153(3) ( e ) , it should in theory be possible for financial assistance proposed to be provided as part of the Court Scheme to be implemented immediately ( because the target is bound by the scheme when it becomes effective ) without the need to wait for the target to be re-registered as a private company and the private company exemption procedure followed .
26 It is also possible for financial institutions to be directly authorised by the SIB , and there are also channels through which non-financial companies that carry out investment business that is incidental to their main activity ( e.g. Treasury departments of large companies ) to be directly authorised by the SIB .
27 It is possible for outstanding physiologists to describe properties of the brain without reference to psychological theories , of course , but it is surprising how far the acceptance of physiological results depends on the availability of a psychological context in which to place them .
28 The great asset of symbolic modelling is just this , learning does not have to depend entirely on practice and it is possible for collective knowledge to accumulate .
29 He also pointed out that other named awards might be possible for specific purposes such as certification of access courses .
30 It is possible for certain forms of mental handicap to be detected in the womb of the pregnant mother by various types of medical tests .
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