Example sentences of "possible to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in Europe , Saturn is not the only planet under whose influence it is possible to be born . |
| 2 | Though it is never possible to be sure one is doing the right thing , he wrote . |
| 3 | In these violent thermals it is possible to be flying with a good margin of speed at one moment and to be falling with virtually no speed the next . |
| 4 | The authorities do not require other methods of recovery to be tested , and it is therefore not always possible to be sure whether using the aileron , for instance , will flatten the spin and make it more difficult to stop . |
| 5 | IS IT POSSIBLE to be too nice to be a television presenter ? |
| 6 | It is always possible to be kinder to the earth , but it is not saving clumps of trees from the bulldozers which will matter in the next century . |
| 7 | She sounded doubtful , but McLeish decided it would be possible to be frightened of Giles Hawick . |
| 8 | We were brought up to date — or as up to date as it was possible to be . |
| 9 | Now it is not always possible to be so absolutely in control of food intake that the slim person can guarantee each meal will be a low fat , low sugar , and fairly low-calorie affair . |
| 10 | Coming back into the present , I caught the Rolls Royce purr of central London , the purr of privilege , money , power — as far from my little cat 's dying purr as it is possible to be . |
| 11 | They are as well dressed as is possible to be in such a country as that in which they live . |
| 12 | In a few moments I was installed in a comfortable room about as near to the centre of Buda as it is possible to be . |
| 13 | Intermediate measures of support through loans and grants will be necessary in order to achieve viability , but perpetual subsidies are as far as possible to be avoided . |
| 14 | He had n't known it was possible to be hit like that outside a boxing ring . |
| 15 | He had to translate early botanical , English , Scots and Gaelic names into their modern botanical equivalents , although it was not always possible to be precise . |
| 16 | From the tracks alone it is possible to be certain of the bipedal stance of certain dinosaurs , and to measure their stride . |
| 17 | It is possible to be even more forgiving than Tit for Tat . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't seem to believe that it 's possible to be a rogue and a good man at the same time . ’ |
| 19 | These ‘ friendships ’ , however , tended to involve a third party , for as Bair stresses , it was not possible to be close to de Beauvoir without becoming involved with Sartre as well . |
| 20 | It is of course possible to be an effective manager without coaching but by using this skill you can achieve even better results . |
| 21 | It is seldom possible to be simultaneously promoting group maintenance and also staying task centred . |
| 22 | Just as it is possible to enjoy taking part in a favourite sport without either joining a dub or belonging to a team , so it is possible to be a spiritual person even if you never enter a church , synagogue , mosque or any other place of religious worship . |
| 23 | It is not always possible to be consistent about separating the two activities . |
| 24 | There were a number of lengthy songs on the subject of the Seven Ages of Man , and it is not possible to be certain which one CD is referring to here . |
| 25 | Discussing the patient 's ‘ auditory environment ’ Gough ( 1986 ) provides vignettes showing how noise means different things to different people and reminds nurses that it is possible to be upset by silence , for example a child in an isolation unit — a salutary reminder of the importance of individualising nursing according to the circumstances . |
| 26 | Somehow he thinks it remote from morality to face the facts ; somehow he thinks it possible to be good without being wise . |
| 27 | On the other hand , it is still possible to be more original , as Surficial Geology demonstrates . |
| 28 | Availability is less meaningful as a measure of performance since it is not possible to be sure the plant would be available to produce full load unless it is actually in operation , which proves whether or not it is working satisfactorily . |
| 29 | They feel that Shetlanders do not appreciate the sacrifices they are making : instead they suspect they are being regarded by Shetlanders as a nuisance not really to be welcomed and as far as possible to be ignored altogether . |
| 30 | Then it is possible to be selective by shooting the adults only . |