Example sentences of "is possible for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a small school it is possible for everyone to start their different distances together . |
| 2 | If however a special diet has been recommended by the doctor , you should of course see that it is possible for her to adhere strictly to this , and if she is amongst those who enjoy various products from Health Food shops she should not be criticised for having fads . |
| 3 | Once a scientist has universal laws and theories at his disposal , it is possible for him to derive from them various consequences that serve as explanations and predictions . |
| 4 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 5 | Once man has habituated himself to the world of emotions which is a form of the transcendent , it is possible for him to cross into it at will . |
| 6 | Low-rise houses , on the contrary , can be improved and extended by their occupants as and when it is possible for them to do so . |
| 7 | I hesitate to use adjectives as to what they would be like if they did n't spend at that level , but we believe it is possible for them to do so and there is something wrong with their spending levels if they do n't do it . |
| 8 | When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil . |
| 9 | Members of congress , by contrast , enjoy great power without responsibility ; it is possible for them to wallow in carping criticism and to engage in other negative tactics free from the anxiety of ever having to shoulder the responsibility for government — a burden that the president can not escape . |
| 10 | What emerges from this example is that there can be situations of moral dilemma which impose limits on what it is possible for someone to do . |
| 11 | It is possible for you to insure against loss of income through disablement or illness , but not against redundancy . |
| 12 | BELVILLE : Do you think it is possible for you to love me preferably to any other of my sex ? |
| 13 | At this time of year , mid-Autumn , the snow has usually not arrived in Tromsø and it is possible for you to have the hills to yourself in Tromsdalen or , better , in Lyngen , but this year there was already a metre of the stuff down at sea level . |
| 14 | It is possible for you to gain the former ( knowledge of Napoleon III 's rule , for instance ) and not the latter ( appreciating the various factors in his rise to power , the expansionist nature of his economic policy and the paternalism of his social policy , etc . |
| 15 | Then we need to see that as Jesus prayed for it , it is possible for it to occur ! |
| 16 | Although in some countries participation in practical work is restricted ( because of employment regulations , for example ) , in most places it is possible for anyone to become involved in some aspect of archaeology . |
| 17 | It is possible for us to image a society of saints in which no one committed what we see as crimes , in which everyone behaved in an impeccable manner . |
| 18 | It is possible for us to do it — we carried out one test in France — but it is very expensive . ’ |
| 19 | Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true . |