Example sentences of "quite possible that the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This is because it is quite possible that the laws in both cases may be much the same .
2 It is quite possible that the expansion of the social services may have used up some of the labour that could have been absorbed by the manufacturing sector but there was no scarcity of labour as such in the 1960s and 1970s .
3 It is also quite possible that the differences in bend angles seen reflect differences in shape of the proteins analysed due to regions outside the POU domain since bending is induced solely by the POU S domain ( 44 ) .
4 It seems a pity that investigators have relied almost entirely on traditional IQ tests , which can be affected by impulsivity and other personality factors related to hyperactivity ; it is quite possible that the effects of lead on hyperactivity may be responsible for the apparent loss of IQ , even if we acknowledge a causal influence of lead on hyperactivity .
5 It is quite possible that the power of water to influence the structure of biological forms is much greater than is commonly realized .
6 Despite the difficulty of imagining how a behaviour involving the three components outlined in the last paragraph could arise in the first place , I think it is quite possible that the explanation of stable age queues in animals may be of this kind .
7 So it is quite possible that the hairs on plants , indeed their entire shape and form , act as tuned aerials , as vibrational emitters and receivers of highly specific wavelengths , in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum .
8 It is quite possible that the extent of unmet legal need can never be ascertained and that which can be ascertained can not adequately be explained .
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