Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] is possible to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Just as it is possible to have perfect manners and yet not be a true ‘ gentleman ’ , so it is possible to be connoisseur of fine art and yet be a vandal . |
| 3 | And if it is possible to be poor but happy , sexual difficulty may tip the balance towards misery , so that financial dissatisfaction is magnified . |
| 4 | " Now Miss Graham , as you know , I think , I am not a fool and I am always on the side of my staff — if it is possible to be so without alienating a client . |
| 5 | If it is possible to be at A , it is definitely inefficient to be at C. |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They 're as unique as it is possible to be without splitting at the seams . |
| 9 | Then wander through the maze of streets leading into the old town on your right , to enter a world as far from the busy twentieth century as it is possible to be . |
| 10 | The first to come , and one of the most interesting from Pumfrey 's point of view , was Tom Tedder , who sprawled easily in his chair , seemed as little tensed up as it is possible to be when involved in a murder case , and told them all they needed to know about the teachers ' attitude to the school 's star pupil . |