Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] possible [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is intended to publish a wide range of action research and related studies , with the aim of making their outcomes widely available and exemplifying the variety of possible styles of reporting ( ie not just another narrow , jargon-laden talking shop for academics ) . |
| 2 | Given the spectrum of possible interpretations to be accorded to the term employee , the Board 's choice would be accepted provided that it was an interpretation which the reviewing court believed , in the light of the overall statutory objective , to be one which had a rational basis . |
| 3 | All major investment projects under construction or planned would be reconsidered in the light of possible risks to the environment . |
| 4 | When we reason in this way , from the properties of the figure to possible methods of its construction , we are reasoning from effects or appearances , to their efficient causes or generating motions . |
| 5 | Wide reading , and as great an experience as possible of the best imaginative literature , are essential to the full development of an ear for language , and to a full knowledge of the range of possible patterns of thought and feeling made accessible by the power and range of language . |
| 6 | I have already quoted the Kingman Report 's description of ‘ the range of possible patterns of thought and feeling made accessible by the power and range of language ’ . |
| 7 | In order to discover how such inferences are made , we will need firstly to examine the range of possible functions of language , and secondly to try to understand how people correctly interpret them . |
| 8 | In order to discover how such inferences are made , we will need firstly to examine the range of possible functions of language , and secondly to try to understand how people correctly interpret them . |
| 9 | There is a need to consider the range of possible models of human resource management ( HRM ) drawn from outside education . |
| 10 | The range of possible interpretations of these ratios is quite wide , however , and could provide material for further research . |
| 11 | Additional information that can be used to narrow down the range of possible solutions in a normal co-ordinate analysis can be obtained using isotopically substituted samples . |
| 12 | * If you are stuck for a topic , look at our description of the range of possible points of focus and modes of argument , and construct your essay by choosing and combining these established idioms ( pp. 11 – 12 ) . |
| 13 | This assistance ranges from advice on the preparation of an Information memorandum and the identification of possible purchasers to advice during the negotiation of a successful transaction . |
| 14 | These factors could have great significance for the maturation of possible sources in the Lower Palaeozoic . |
| 15 | The question of possible mis-dealings by Rubio also raised sensitive issues at the level of the European Communities ( EC ) , as the EC prepared to give to the central bank governors by the end of 1993 increased powers in determining monetary policy . |
| 16 | He revealed that the EC and the Soviet Union were working on a joint nuclear safety programme , and he singled out energy production , transportation and the environment as possible areas of EC involvement in the Soviet economy . |
| 17 | The main objective of this study is to quantify these effects with a view to predicting the impact of possible changes in tax rates . |
| 18 | The very large number of neurons ( around a million in the brain of Apis according to Witthoft , 1967 ) , and the multiplicity of possible connections among them means that the nervous pathways between and within the ganglia are extremely complicated . |
| 19 | The list of possible influences on supply is , is exhaustive , erm , and as a result any models of agricultural supply response tend to be very , very simple , and it 's very easy to get a complicated model simply by looking erm , at why , one of these factors , disregarding er , any other , any other of these complications . |
| 20 | The notion that Pretty Polly was simply beaten by a better horse at the distance on the day was well down the list of possible explanations for her defeat , and George Lambton aired the widely held view that jockeyship had proved the decisive factor : Bachelor 's Button ‘ was a sterling good horse , especially at Ascot , but he was not a Persimmon , and if a real good jockey had been on Pretty Polly I think she might just have scrambled home . ’ |
| 21 | Thus this choice reaction time can be described by RT = 377 * log2N where N is the number of possible values from which we are required to choose . |
| 22 | So the number of possible breakdowns between L and P are infinite . |
| 23 | Thus , we have reduced the number of possible breaks in this text to three , so that we can suggest that there are four paragraphs , beginning at sentences 1 , 4 , 10 and 19 . |
| 24 | This follows from Cantor 's proof showing that the number of possible selections from a given set of objects necessarily exceeds the number of the actual members of that set , irrespective of how many members the set happens to have . |
| 25 | The number of possible elements in a matrix is given by : |
| 26 | If the mutational jump we are considering is a very large one , the number of possible destinations of that jump is astronomically large . |
| 27 | This contrasts the number of possible transitions of each order with the actual number found in the million word LOB corpus . |
| 28 | It is easy to see from this drivechart that the number of possible modes of operation is large , but that the choice facing the teacher at any given moment is among only a few possibilities . |
| 29 | The French writer V A Graicunas devised a formula to show how the number of possible relationships between members of an organisation increases geometrically in proportion to the number of members : where N is the total number of possible relationships and n is the number of members . |
| 30 | If these white units are now connected to other white units , and black to black ( b ) , to form five equal chains of each colour with , then the number of possible arrangements of these chains decreases to about 10 3 . |