Example sentences of "[pron] have not been possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka said that she would firmly use the increased powers given her by the small constitution , including giving orders to ministers , which had not been possible before . |
| 2 | But yet there 's no doubt at all that despite the technical shortcomings of his work in subsequent judgement , erm Russell by this work became , I suppose , the main founder of modern logic , the main founder of this kind of logic which by the much more sophisticated symbolic apparatus erm is able to panelize a much wider range of logical phenomena , and hence to reveal the structure in a way which had not been possible before . |
| 3 | It was cut out of conference papers and replaced with a notice slipped into the file saying : ‘ The proposed paper on the Aids monitor has unfortunately had to be withdrawn , since it has not been possible to synchronise the publication with the Health Education Authority 's own report on the 1988 data , expected in the near future . ’ |
| 4 | The consumer has had little or no choice in the matter : without organic food widely available it has not been possible to choose to avoid creating nitrate pollution by avoiding conventionally grown crops ( in any case , organic farming can still create some nitrate pollution , see also below ) . |
| 5 | It has not been possible to pass the disease on to animals or to human volunteers by inoculation of the organism . |
| 6 | White and Wilson also comment : ‘ Within the case studies it has not been possible to examine closely the relationship ( if any exists ) between the use of information and personal or business effectiveness . |
| 7 | Felids produce the greatest amount of damage , so great that it has not been possible to obtain any bone samples large enough to quantify . |
| 8 | Rifts persistently occur within the human race , and one important cause could well be found in the tendency of human beings to group themselves together and rally around a particular banner for no other reason than to be able to identify another group as an ‘ enemy ’ upon whom can be laid the blame for hardship and misery suffered ; suffering which it has not been possible to attribute to any obvious cause . |
| 9 | Plans for this were made some years ago , but it has not been possible to proceed with them ( a ) because of lack of funds , and ( b ) because the personnel department has overall responsibility in all departments of the authority ’ … |
| 10 | In the judge 's view , the auditors should have said ‘ bills receivable include bills … payable by an overseas debtor the credit-worthiness of whom it has not been possible to verify ’ , and ‘ subject to satisfactory recovery of the monies , in our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view ’ . |
| 11 | The new chairman , Dr David Swallow , says that it has not been possible to ascertain the impact of these adjustments on the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 1991 , and the directors consider it would not be practical to restate those results . |
| 12 | However , in July 1986 Guinness announced that ‘ it has not been possible to reach agreement with Sir Thomas Risk and he will not now be invited to join the board , nor therefore be nominated as Non-Executive Chairman ’ . |
| 13 | By and large the original exhibition at Edinburgh has been well adapted to the diverse spaces at Kenwood , even if it has not been possible to make the large plaster reconstruction model , lent by the Museo della Civiltà Romana , Rome , still the focal centre of the show . |
| 14 | Until recently , it has not been possible to use the Census to follow a particular group of people through their lives ( but see Fox and Goldblatt above ) , but it is perfectly feasible to study the changing population structure of , say , a particular district . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , it has not been possible to trace these sherds in the museum collection . |
| 16 | It has not been possible to take one building off this list in the intervening six years . |
| 17 | Simon Pepper of the WWF said : ‘ We have had to recognise that having spent a considerable time on this project and having devoted considerable resources by our organisations , it has not been possible to secure the overall package which we considered necessary for going ahead . |
| 18 | One aspect of the regional geography of job loss and job change which it has not been possible to examine in the chapter is the contrasting ways in which different regions of the UK relate to the international division of labour . |
| 19 | Presumably he had been a football fan but it has not been possible to discover whether he supported Liverpool or Everton . |
| 20 | It has not been possible , in the time available , to assess entitlement to special relief . |
| 21 | It has not been possible to exempt her from a third politics module , 7605 , but rather than delay her Stage II entry it has been agreed that she may ‘ trail ’ it in that stage , i.e. she will include it along with her advanced modules as 1 of the 2 basic modules which may also be counted . |
| 22 | For various reasons , it has not been possible to arrange for this sub-committee to meet . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , it has not been possible to find a fool-proof numbering system applicable to all molecules , but two simple rules are well-established . |
| 24 | It has not been possible to present a report to this month 's Finance Committee due to the timing of the recovery action and the Committee date . |
| 25 | It has not been possible for the American navy to leave behind the assets that it had developed there , but my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence will certainly take note of the point that the hon. Lady raised about Ministry of Defence assets in the area . |
| 26 | Until quite recently it has not been possible to track the land use implications of such economic and social changes in any detail . |
| 27 | If , because of confidentiality or for other reasons , it has not been possible for the seller to make all enquiries that it otherwise would , the seller would be well advised to stipulate in the contract or disclosure letter what enquiries have been made . |
| 28 | In the present study , it has not been possible to create equal size-classes of productivity values , for the purposes of preparing such rankings . |
| 29 | Given the very recent appointment of a Head of Scientific & Technical Services , it has not been possible to formulate the likely requirements for laboratory computing for 1993/94 , but discussions during 1993 will enable us to plan this work from 1994/95 onwards . |
| 30 | It has not been possible to produce a diagram modelling our use of information services — it would have required at least four dimensions to deal with the different aspects . |