Example sentences of "it 's [adv] possible [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It 's rarely possible to do this without damaging the glass , so have a new piece ready . |
| 3 | In its Windows incarnation it 's also possible to monitor exactly what 's going on your hard disk using a utility called the Stackometer . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's also possible to play at Old Trafford ( applications are negotiable and subject to committee approval ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's also possible to customise your own guitar to compound-radius status . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | it 's always possible to see . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , it 's always possible to catch head lice , however clean your hair . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And it 's quite possible to arrange for demonstrations of suitable equipment to be given to you , is it ? |
| 17 | There are a few additions to the original game which add a little spice to the proceedings , and it 's quite possible to waste an hour before you realise it . |
| 18 | ‘ If you do n't know Venice well it 's quite possible to get lost even in broad daylight , and , as you do n't speak Italian … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's perfectly possible to take a violent dislike to someone on sight ! ’ |
| 20 | It 's perfectly possible to run a GEM based DTP package — like Timeworks or Timeworks Lite — on your machine , or to use Jetsetter , from Garbo Systems which is one of the better DOS based DTP programs . |
| 21 | But in a large house , it 's often possible to convert a small bedroom into an en suite bathroom for a large adjoining bedroom . |
| 22 | If you 're desperate for storage space it 's often possible to build units right around a window so that the window acquires a recessed effect and becomes an essential part of the arrangement . |
| 23 | It 's hardly possible to hear , in translation , the way in which the increasing tempo from the initial individual raindrops on the windowpane , to the final , single sound of the rain striking the window , it 's difficult to convey the manner in which this is subtly rendered , I think , by length of phrasing , by using adjectives of increasing syllabic length , and so on , and perhaps just in this one particular case erm I , I might just read the passage , very quickly , in French . |
| 24 | Perming highlighted or coloured hair used to be a definite no-no but it 's now possible to have colour and curls . |
| 25 | It 's now possible to place a governor AND meter in an Atplas meter box — eliminating the safety problem inherent with the old method . |
| 26 | IT 'S now possible to tie the knot in 14 different exotic locations in the new Kuoni Weddings brochure . |
| 27 | It 's certainly possible to do a fair modicum of string bending on the Moon without suffering from the usual de-tuning syndrome which afflicts most floating trems . |
| 28 | It 's certainly possible to work with drama students in this way , although it 's very important to be fair and clear about what you 're asking them to do . |
| 29 | If it 's still possible to book erm , two doubles and a twin for this weekend or are you booked up ? |
| 30 | Guaranteed income bonds from insurance companies are one answer and it 's still possible to get a good return despite recent cuts . |