Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] possible [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were three possible techniques open to the authorities . |
| 2 | If she survived , he said , she would eventually meet the others , but there were many possible destinies . |
| 3 | An even more natural centre for economic growth was the junction of Ermine Street and Stane Street at Braughing , where , from the second century onwards , there were several possible strip buildings associated with bone- , iron- and copper-working . |
| 4 | There were several possible replies to that , but Jehan discarded all of them because they were impossible to use without appearing to slight her motives . |
| 5 | Although there were four possible exits from the balcony , and three different walkways for my pursuer to choose from , I could not take chances . |
| 6 | There were two possible starting-points for any decision , the King and the Council , which might of course discuss the matter jointly . |
| 7 | At the beginning of the article he observed that there were two possible directions for discourse analysis . |
| 8 | I felt that there were two possible areas of theoretical physics that were fundamental and in which I might do research . |
| 9 | There were two possible answers . |
| 10 | The Duke said that there were two possible courses — to increase the endowment and/or to increase the annual subscription . |
| 11 | Since Sir Edmond 's will ruled out charging fees , there were two possible solutions : either the Goldsmiths would have to increase the stipend from their own income from Shaa 's bequest , or the local community would have to take a hand . |
| 12 | Lord Wilberforce considered ( at pp986 and 987 ) that there were two possible interpretations to the section : The first is to regard it as having a limited effect ; to be directed against persons who transfer assets abroad ; who by means of such transfers avoid tax , and who yet manage when resident in the United Kingdom to obtain or to be in a position to obtain benefits from those assets . |
| 13 | Of course there were other possible interpretations : that Walter Machin did not recognize his sovereign ; that the people who swept by him in a limousine through Admiralty Arch were no higher in the scale than some uppity Tory MP and his lady wife . |
| 14 | But there was another possible reason to account for his absence , and one that Cassie was reluctant to face . |
| 15 | There was 110 possible reason why he should have wished at that stage to foreclose his options between December and January , or January and the spring . |
| 16 | Her seven-pound claim was one possible reason ; another was that , with an apprentice riding him , Pendero 's odds in the market would lengthen . |
| 17 | Mildred lay in a glum heap under the blankets with the cat purring like a lawn-mower on her pillow , trying to think if there was any possible advantage in another year with Miss Hardbroom at the helm , but there was n't . |
| 18 | The result of this inquiry was four possible courses which the student followed up by reference individual prospectus and discussion with her tutor . |