Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] possible [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not possible to say that U2 sound like blah , which is great . |
| 2 | Because they have n't been on the market for long , it 's not possible to say how well they 'll stand the test of time . |
| 3 | Our pond is surrounded by crazy paving and slabs and so it 's not possible to put canes around from which cotton can be stretched across the pond . |
| 4 | As it 's not possible to undo what has happened he earnestly hopes the family will find the strength to get over the pain . ’ |
| 5 | And the fact is that with the money available erm the Gardener Centre I should think it 's not possible to use it in the kind of flexible way in which it was planned in the first years . |
| 6 | Yes , as you rightly say , it 's not possible to judge anyone in erm a hundred days . |
| 7 | It 's not possible keep yours shut that 's for sure . |
| 8 | It 's not possible to do that any more . |
| 9 | This is not a practical way to run a paper and pencil address book because it 's not possible to turn directly to the 3423rd character in a book , and the saving in space would not be worth the tedium involved . |
| 10 | Since the prints of Henry VIII were consigned to the flames at Ealing Studios , it 's not possible to assess what merits Barker 's production may have had , but some idea of the uncinematic monstrosity that was produced is suggested by a contemporary production of Richard III , which consists of 17 scenes played out from the stage to a static camera , interrupted by lengthy titles containing brief pieces of dialogue . |
| 11 | Er there are interests all over an and some er have a higher value er er and some have a lower value but they are all related erm so it 's not possible to regard er a contest solely as an isolated advers adversarial struggle where you 're weighing up the rel the relative forces , the relative military capabilities that exist , you have to consider a whole range of political , economic and strategic effects of , of your , your , your action . |
| 12 | At a common sense level you could argue it 's not possible to have er any kind of relationship without communications so communication equals relationship , relationship equals communication , common sense idea . |
| 13 | Well , I mean I suppose erm I feel as a parent myself that it 's not possible to make tolerable for children a situation which is in fact humanly intolerable . |
| 14 | of state therefore explain why in England it 's prof possible to get a straight answer from the Secretary of State with the figures of the S S A for the last five years , for this year and for next year and it 's not possible to get that for Wales either from the Home Secretary or from the honourable gentl right honourable gentleman . |
| 15 | And in the absence of someone you can legitimately blame ( it 's rarely possible to give the person firing you the sort of vitriolic tongue-lashing you 'd like to ) , you may hit out at your nearest and dearest . |
| 16 | It 's rarely possible to do this without damaging the glass , so have a new piece ready . |
| 17 | In its Windows incarnation it 's also possible to monitor exactly what 's going on your hard disk using a utility called the Stackometer . |
| 18 | It 's also possible to use solar power directly to contribute to space and water heating but the snag is the expense — photovoltaic cells which can store solar power used in conjunction with batteries are still quite costly , but with more research prices could become reasonable and give active solar power definite potential . |
| 19 | Well , it 's always erm possible to , to do harm , but it 's also possible to do a lot of good by the interest that 's shown in , in children 's work . |
| 20 | It 's also possible to play at Old Trafford ( applications are negotiable and subject to committee approval ) . |
| 21 | The computer regulates thread tension ( it 's also possible to make adjustments manually ) , and there 's an automatic sensor to help you sew perfect buttonholes . |
| 22 | It 's also possible to customise your own guitar to compound-radius status . |
| 23 | It 's immediately obvious how the thickness of the deposit varies away from the vent , and it 's also possible to work out fairly rapidly the total volume of ash erupted . |
| 24 | Yes I mean in a sense that just sort of shows that a lot of people would agree with Lakehoff in the sense that they think that women use a lot of tag questions and have that speech style , erm I mean like we 've been able to see , and what we can say is that men and women 's language is different er and it 's even possible to say in what way it 's different , but the difficulty becomes when we actually want to say why those differences are . |
| 25 | it 's always possible to see . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , it 's always possible to catch head lice , however clean your hair . |
| 27 | erm so er it 's sometimes possible to borrow from the university but they usually , they usually make it very difficult for one so er oh thanks , erm so erm anyway because with a thing like people 's accounts of dreams you may want to sort of go back and look at them , you know , sort of how people have expressed them in their own words , they may have er you know produced some nice interesting quotes or something like that |
| 28 | It 's sometimes possible to approach them closely enough to stick a device like an anemometer , or wind speed gauge , into the gas jet , and by doing this , supersonic speeds have been recorded . |
| 29 | The sort of transient contact with dog dirt you mention is really very common , and it 's never possible to protect children from all the infections they might be exposed to . |
| 30 | And it 's quite possible to arrange for demonstrations of suitable equipment to be given to you , is it ? |