Example sentences of "possible that a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 How then was it possible that a similar contradiction in the social formation of India , China , and Peru had not led to similar development ?
2 It is possible that a substantial increase in demand for teacher education on language could develop in the next few years .
3 It is possible that a strong sense of teamwork , which was less apparent in other instances , had been engendered through such within-board activity .
4 In many instances it is likely that these lowered rates of employment are the direct result of providing care , although in some cases it is possible that a temporary withdrawal from the labour market ( for example , because of redundancy or child-bearing ) may enable some women to take on informal caring responsibilities and delay their return to paid employment .
5 If the WC cistern takes a long time to fill , it is possible that a high-pressure type of ballvalve has been fitted instead of a low-pressure type ( page 38 ) or that there is dirt in the valve orifice .
6 While it is quite possible that a different range of indicators might have served equally well in this setting as surface markers of an underlying variable of social integration , this particular set was selected in response to two methodological criteria .
7 On this evidence it seems possible that a large part of the conflict that arose in the administration of the NIRC was the result of a belief of its president that , in industrial conflicts , one side can be discovered , after proper examination by judges , to be ‘ right ’ and the other side ‘ wrong ’ .
8 Alternatively , it is possible that a fundamental determinant of matrix-initiated cellular differentiation is a change in cell shape and size .
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