Example sentences of "it is possible [to-vb] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to argue that the research of Rowe and Lambert was influential for the growth of an ideology about the supremacy of the family as the basis for alternative public care of children and young people . |
| 2 | After all , it is possible to argue that the most influential magicians in Catholic countries were the clergy . |
| 3 | It is possible to argue that the SR compatibility effect is in some sense due to the nature of the anatomical pathways involved . |
| 4 | It is possible to argue that the single occurrence of they in the data with a singular verb is accidental ( a ‘ performance error ’ ) but equally possible to claim that the non-occurrence of you , we and these with a singular verb is the consequence of an accidental gap in the corpus ; the line of reasoning characteristic of generative grammar is of little help to us here in choosing between these alternatives . |
| 5 | In the matter of the loveless childhood it is possible to see that the measure of the deprivation bears a direct relationship to the measure of uncivilised behaviour that can derive from it . |
| 6 | In 1850 neither St Petersburg nor Constantinople nor the western powers realized that war was on the horizon , but with hindsight it is possible to see that the battle-lines were drawn . |
| 7 | Indeed , it is possible to speculate that the progress of GIS is not being held up by lack of technology or of suitable software but by the cost of acquiring the data necessary for the functioning of the GIS . |
| 8 | Therefore it is possible to speculate that the PABA-UDCA administration test reflects the activity of bacteria in the small intestine when it is given orally in lower doses than the maximal amount absorbed from the terminal ileum . |
| 9 | In considering whether at this stage it is possible to say that the answer to this question must be ‘ nothing ’ I must assume that the third defendant will be found guilty of conspiracy or fraud as alleged by the plaintiffs and also that the third party will be found to be negligent as regards the plaintiffs in the respects mentioned in the third party notice . |
| 10 | For instance , it is possible to contend that the nouveau roman may be more accurately described as modernist or late modernist when compared with the apparently more subversive avant-garde experimentalism of the Tel Quel group , whose claim to be the natural successors of the revolution inaugurated by Finnegans Wake would be difficult to refute . |
| 11 | But when a goods engine makes its appearance from the outer darkness , it is possible to realize that the shunters ' apparent madness is nothing but the acme of method . |
| 12 | Thus in the notation FcdEdm , it is possible to observe that the notation Fcd comes from one facet and Edm from a second . |
| 13 | It is possible to consider that the evolutionary process is much to blame . |
| 14 | If this argument is correct , it is possible to conceive that the European Court might , given the right circumstances , hold the English rule that damages are only available in English law to protect private law rights to be in conflict with European law . |
| 15 | It is possible to suggest that the two poets resemble one another . |
| 16 | As a result of this all pervading desire for reticence it is possible to suggest that the presentation of research papers in seminars , the creation of an undirected thesis , not to mention the production of a book , could easily have placed me in breach of Regulation 6 , which outlines the disciplinary offence of |
| 17 | On the IBM 370 range it is possible to specify that the execute is to modify the second byte of the executed instruction . |
| 18 | But it is possible to believe that the idea of ventriloquism which lies at the heart of it may be successfully applied both to some sorts of contemporary author and to some of what went before . |
| 19 | One senior source said : ‘ It is possible to believe that the Diana recording was made by a radio ham who just happened to pick it up . |
| 20 | Not everyone is moved to tears by the fate of vultures and wolves , but it is possible to think that the old crops of predators and scavengers were somehow more attractive than the new lot . |
| 21 | For these reasons , it is possible to hope that the House of Lords might , if called upon to do so , reconsider the decision in a way that makes it plain that the right to freedom of speech in public is not wholly dependent upon the discretion of the policeman on the spot — important though that will undoubtedly always be — but is guided by rules and principles that recognise , inter alia the importance of freedom of speech in public , and the fact that the person interfered with was going about his otherwise lawful business . |
| 22 | It is possible to imagine that the person writing it did n't cross the t , which is a common occurrence in handwriting . |
| 23 | Inside particle accelerators it is possible to show that the weak force and electromagnetism are two parts of a single ‘ electro-weak ’ force . |
| 24 | By calculating the arrival time of photons reaching the distant observer it is possible to show that the energy in the signal fades away quickly . |