Example sentences of "[was/were] possible [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was quite happy to be Marcus 's dog , but it was possible that Marcus relied on his assuming some more dignified role . |
| 2 | Although she had made some photocopies to study later , it was possible that Adam might be able to clear the matter up in a few moments . |
| 3 | It was possible that Riddle had committed suicide in such a way as to make it appear that he had been murdered . |
| 4 | It was possible that Britain would be crippled by nuclear assault within 60 days of the start of a war . |
| 5 | David Dorn , a nuclear physicist working for the Commission , was quoted in New York on Jan. 15 as saying that it was possible that Iraq possessed enough components for up to 10,000 gas centrifuges . |
| 6 | It was possible that ideals could sometimes get tangled up with prejudices . |
| 7 | It was possible that Jotan was being overconfident , he thought , though there was no sign of the punt full of men . |
| 8 | It was possible that flares might be dropped . |
| 9 | They said the trend was an unusually low blip and it was possible that crime rates would continue to rise in 1992 . |
| 10 | It was possible that recovery might be organised , and for that reason he would remain where he was at least until morning . |
| 11 | After almost two days had been lost to rain , only 85 minutes play was possible as Durham took their overnight 185–7 to 234 all out , with Parker making 109 . |
| 12 | Acceptance of the separate stages of rehearsal , drafting , revision , editing and publishing as normal practice for writers encourages children with special needs to express their ideas in writing more confidently than was possible when children were expected to get everything right at the first attempt . |
| 13 | This in turn was possible when abolitionists were provided with the occasional opportunity , by factors exterior to the small British antislavery world , to break through the torpor and indifference of opinion and mobilise popular enthusiasm of a kind not seen since the 1830s . |
| 14 | Tippett suggests that , ‘ Such temptation was possible because David was now proudly aware of his kingdom and his military strength and organisation . |
| 15 | This was possible because demand went down by a quarter and new supplies were available from the UK North Sea . |