Example sentences of "it [is] possible [verb] [that] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to hypothesise that if the District had surrendered its providing powers under the rural areas scheme , the weakened position of WEA Districts elsewhere in the country might have tilted provision for liberal adult education decisively towards university control in conjunction with LEAs . |
| 2 | With the application of these conditions it is possible to conclude that when operating at capacity , in Ipswich the project saved £432 per week in institutional costs ( or £22,464 per annum ) and in Newham £460 per week ( or £23,920 per annum ) . |
| 3 | On a more general level it is possible to say that since painting is in any case an art of illusion , in so far as it conveys sensations of volume and depth on a two-dimensional surface , it was easier for the Cubists to break with traditional conventions , to push the ‘ illusion ’ one step further , and to invent a new pictorial language , than it was to find a new way of dealing with the solid , tangible forms themselves . |
| 4 | This is referred to as the principle of actualism by Douglas ( 1980 ) citing Russian geologists Gorshkov and Yakushova and , whereas it is rejected by Douglas and also by Ollier ( 1979,1981 ) , it is possible to believe that although the past development of an area may not be explicable in terms of the processes at present operating in that area , nevertheless study of present processes may collectively help to illuminate the past . |
| 5 | Terry Waite languishes in Lebanon — but it is possible to believe that if our Government came up with a suitably attractive offer , he would be released . |