Example sentences of "it is [adv] possible [that] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is equally possible that these officials were billeted on local householders , a practice which became increasingly common among Roman army units in the late empire . |
| 2 | It is thus possible that most of the tissue damage is caused by neutrophils generating free oxygen radicals and releasing lysosomal enzymes when in contact with a chemoattractant within the lumina propria . |
| 3 | It is even possible that some might be low ‘ g ’ sensitive and be at risk if a low ‘ g ’ situation suddenly occurs . |
| 4 | It is also possible that many advertisers were put off by the political tone . |
| 5 | However , it is also possible that these domains might not be directly involved in the association but that deletions of these regions might induce a conformational change of each protein , affecting the interaction . |
| 6 | It is also possible that some small babies have insufficient lactase to cope with very large feeds — they can digest small feeds , but if their morning feed is larger than usual , the extra lactose overwhelms their capacity to cope with it . |
| 7 | It is also possible that some of this weathering might be caused by salt crystallisation effects ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 8 | On the other hand , it is also possible that some abortions that were originally induced by primitive or illegal means will be finally treated by medical personnel and reported as spontaneous abortion . |
| 9 | It may be that one day we shall discover a complete unified theory that predicts them all , but it is also possible that some or all of them vary from universe to universe or within a single universe . |
| 10 | It is also possible that some research is directed towards developing a technique , methodology , computer program , or piece of equipment which has wide applicability , but whose initial testing was carried out within some field of Scottish geology . |
| 11 | It is also possible that some research is directed towards developing a technique , methodology , computer program , or piece of equipment which has wide applicability , but whose initial testing was carried out within some field of Scottish geology . |
| 12 | as if to emphasise the relative longevity of this sequence , however , it is also possible that some mosaics might pre-date the sequences of simple geometric and Orphic pavements . |
| 13 | It is also possible that this is meant to show her inability to do anything without her lover , even to kill herself . |
| 14 | The current position is that the language of the Convention suggests one conclusion , while the intentions of the parties another ; it is also possible that those intentions changed after the negotiations precisely because of the changed stance of the United States . |
| 15 | It is also possible that more women were attracted to the idea of site-specific work . |
| 16 | It is just possible that this is a master stroke on the part of the CEGB : focus attention on a topic that really has little to do with the inspector . |
| 17 | It is just possible that this far-off configuration will be unstable , and that the Sun will draw the Moon away into an independent orbit around the Sun , leaving the Earth Moon-less . |
| 18 | It is just possible that this is exactly the situation that we face when , as individuals , we experience these stages , and it may certainly be the situation that , as psychoanalysts , we encounter when we try to reconstruct the phases of ego- and superego-development from the sole evidence of the clinical analysis of individuals ( For instance , I strongly suspect that this fact has seriously misled the Kleinian school in its theory of developmental stages and is still obscuring much of the psychological structure of the psychoses , and perhaps the neuroses too . ) |
| 19 | It is just possible that these properties would be sufficient , together with the abilities required by specific tasks , to engender a coordinated interdigitation of actions that would ( remotely ) resemble human interaction . |
| 20 | It is quite possible that that arrangement is the one that is most conducive to the public good . |
| 21 | It is quite possible that all three mechanisms might operate . |
| 22 | Now it is quite possible that these players could all bounce back through the mini tour , or through invitations gained in 1991 , but it does indicate what an unpredictable game golf is . |
| 23 | It is quite possible that some selection factors may point towards your retention while others will , in comparison , favour colleagues . |
| 24 | In the absence of an animal , or even in addition to it , it is quite possible that some form of comfort was found at a particular place or sanctuary , and even within the minute span of evolutionary time measured by a single generation , it is possible for such a retreat to have become a very special place for a whole family , or even a tribe . |
| 25 | It has not proved possible to locate any smaller scale surveys specific to any areas , although it is always possible that some could exist somewhere ! |
| 26 | It is always possible that some ingenious modification of its protective belt will lead to some spectacular discovery that will bring the programme to life again and set it on a progressive phase . |
| 27 | In the case of the zebra , it is entirely possible that several of the nine mechanisms are working together , each supporting the other . |
| 28 | It is entirely possible that this mechanism does operate , and that the members of a herd do use these clues when looking at one another . |
| 29 | Therefore , when clients relate their first and subsequent panic attacks , or other symptoms of anxiety and stress , and explain that they were doing nothing out of the ordinary , it is entirely possible that this was the case . |
| 30 | Although the relationships between risk and recognition performance found in Study 2 were rather more complex it is still possible that all or part of the relationship was caused by the explicit focus on risk during the judgment phase . |