Example sentences of "of [noun] it is possible " in BNC.
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1 | Another thing which I like about Singer/Superba machines when knitting lace , is the wide variety in the thickness of yarns it is possible to use on them . |
2 | Of course it is possible that neither of these political showbiz programmes would actually survive even until the interval . |
3 | Of course it is possible to have isomers of some of these . |
4 | Of course it is possible to break a bone or a tooth but this is comparatively rare . |
5 | ‘ But of course it is possible that they were wrong . ’ |
6 | An immediate and obvious problem with pluralists ' methods is that in the effort to achieve falsifiability , only major visible issues reaching decisional status are used , yet of course it is possible for pre-decisional power to be used to keep grievances from becoming observable issues . |
7 | By means of regression it is possible to take such a man back to one of those occasions when his own and his partner 's mutual desires had culminated in a very happy and successful sexual encounter for them both . |
8 | By supplying addition molecules of chlorine it is possible to replace all the hydrogen atoms . |
9 | By examining data which give the criminal record and other characteristics for a sample of subjects it is possible to develop a statistical equation which can be used for making predictions . |
10 | With our modern use of words it is possible to look at God 's statement in Genesis 2:18 — ‘ It is not good for the man to be alone . |
11 | With the facility of computers it is possible , as shown by other unions as well as forward-looking branches of our own , to communicate with members on a personal basis . |
12 | By applying a sufficiently large number of probes it is possible to order the library into contigs of overlapping clones ( 3 ) . |
13 | Where the implications of becoming a carer have been discussed in advance by all involved , so that some agreement has been reached about the amount of help it is possible to give , the outlook is more optimistic ( Nissel and Bonnerjea , 1982 ) . |
14 | From the surviving documentation , annotations on meeting papers , careful notes made of verbal exchanges and copies of correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the broad sequence of events and the serial proposals and counter-proposals which marked a period of intensive and difficult negotiation with neither side being prepared to risk an open breach in relationships which would have been publicly damaging . |
15 | In spite of a host of imponderables it is possible to speculate on the composition of some of the smaller properties . |
16 | Given sufficient information on the ‘ family trees ’ of individuals it is possible to calculate their relatedness . |
17 | With the benefit of hindsight it is possible at a later stage to determine whether the strategy provided a safeguard against these forces and , if not , whether the reasons were foreseen or at least foreseeable . |
18 | And so it emerges that on the conditional theory of knowledge it is possible to know that p and to know that p implies q without knowing that q . |
19 | By collecting and analysing a large number of observations it is possible to deduce the average value of time savings to people with particular characteristics making particular types of journey . |
20 | During the period 1560 to 1640 , virtually all these conformist English Protestants shared a set of common doctrinal beliefs , but in terms both of liturgical preference and intensity of commitment it is possible to divide them into two broad and fluid categories : a mainstream Protestant majority which was relatively content with the hybrid character of the Elizabethan church ; and a minority , labelled ‘ Puritan ’ by their contemporaries , which aspired to bring about further reform of that church in the direction of continental Protestantism . |
21 | However , if the number of situations correctly recalled is divided by the number not recalled at each level of risk it is possible to get some picture of the relationship . |
22 | In view of these findings and the world wide distribution of Cryptosporidium it is possible that the parasite may play an important role in chronic diarrhoea in developing countries , and in its associated morbidity and mortality , as indicated by others . |
23 | A fresh approach to these problems rests on the hypothesis that fuel primarily serves to maintain an indoor climate providing thermal comfort ( to a considerable degree of accuracy it is possible to specify optimal conditions by application of the psycho-physiological theory of thermal comfort ) . |
24 | By taking the bullion value of gold it is possible , ignoring the matter of the cost of living , to estimate what he earned . |
25 | It is always laborious to find the components of a vector , so we are not much better off with A than with H or B. It turns out however that A is a more basic quantity of physics than B. Since B is given by the curl of A it is possible that A is finite while its curl is zero . |
26 | By textual analysis of documents it is possible to build up an impression ; we shall conclude that Paris was a significant cradle of modern conducting . |
27 | ( 7 ) If the scheme is structured so that it does not involve a transfer of shares it is possible to avoid stamp duty ( see para 2.4.3 above ) . |
28 | While re recommended obtaining a pair from a group of juveniles it is possible to introduce sexed adults to each other if these are the only fish available . |