Example sentences of "possibility that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Democrats in both houses of Congress responded to Barr 's decision by increasing their criticism of the Bush administration 's alleged obstruction of all efforts to investigate the Iraqgate allegations , and members of the House banking committee did not rule out the possibility that they would make a more specific request to Barr for the appointment of a special prosecutor . |
| 2 | They have achieved notable publicity in some areas , such as the issues of deaths occurring in police custody and government economic strategy , but there is no possibility that they could achieve a significance equal to that of the United States congressional committees . |
| 3 | The problems are more urgent now because there is the possibility that we may find a complete unified theory in as little as twenty years . |
| 4 | A spokesman for Drake Training says that there is a possibility that it may establish an office in Moscow to put the training of Russian NetWare engineers on a more regular footing . |
| 5 | Coca-Cola which hopes to build a new plant in Banbury says it ca n't rule out the possibility that it will use a toxic chemical in the canning process at the factory . |
| 6 | Peter 's General Practitioner had discussed the possibility that he may have a peptic ulcer ( erosion of the lining of the stomach or duodenum ) which may be associated with irregular meals , high alcohol consumption and heavy smoking . |
| 7 | A similar clarification was made by Menem himself on Jan. 8 when he also suggested the possibility that he might make an official visit to the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | She started , feeling her colour rise at the possibility that he might have an inkling of what was going on in her head at that precise moment ! |
| 9 | A financier in the Manchester broking community said yesterday : ‘ It is more than a possibility that he will make an offer to get Knighton out of his hole . ’ |
| 10 | erm To what extent do you rely on measurements , as it were , and to what erm extent do you rely on actual observations , because it seems to me that there 's a , at least a possibility that you may have a whole sort of set of measurements that may indicate something 's going to happen , but if you actually stuck your head out of the window and looked up you could see it was actually raining instead of sunny ? |
| 11 | I mean was this er a possibility that you ought to have a pizza |