Example sentences of "possibly [prep] a result of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our collective folk memory — or possibly as a result of seeing too many old Hollywood movies — we think of gold in the form of coins as eminently portable in times of national emergency . |
| 2 | In our collective folk memory — or possibly as a result of seeing too many old Hollywood movies — we think of gold in the form of coins as eminently portable in times of national emergency . |
| 3 | In our collective folk memory — or possibly as a result of seeing too many old Hollywood movies — we think of gold in the form of coins as eminently portable in times of national emergency . |
| 4 | In England , possibly as a result of the Continental view , rumours arose that the Great Fire occurred as a result of acts by ‘ papists ’ and the King ( who had married Catherine , the daughter of the King of Portugal in 1662 ) had to combat the ugly anti-Catholic mood of Londoners and Parliament , particularly when another rumour arose of a plot to overthrow him for his Roman Catholic brother , the Duke of York . |
| 5 | Then there is a hiatus in the profile , with the period 5500 — 2000 B.P. missing , possibly as a result of drying out ( Walker , 1983 ) or , more likely , as a result of prehistoric peat-cutting before 2000 B.P. ( Birks , 1987 ; Whittington and Ritchie , 1988 ) . |
| 6 | He seemed in fact , as many of his visitors remarked , handsomer than ever , possibly as a result of the continued absence of alcohol from his life . |
| 7 | However , numbers declined very sharply there after 1969 , possibly as a result of the management of the fishery . |
| 8 | Many felt that possibly as a result of Big Bang more people generally were changing jobs , and the mining conglomerate questioned wrote that : ‘ we have had to review salaries etc. of staff vulnerable to approaches from the City . |
| 9 | Many such referrals are initiated by social services and the legal departments of social services , possibly as a result of growing pressure on these agencies to protect children in accordance with their statutory responsibility and powers under the Children Act . |
| 10 | Initially assumed that the level of carbon 14 in the environment that was available to be absorbed by living things remained at a constant level , subsequent research has shown that the amount of carbon 14 varies , possibly as a result of sunspot activity . |
| 11 | It was probably due to muscle spasm and ligament strain , possibly as a result of lack of general fitness and poor sleep . |
| 12 | Possibly as a result of connections forged in his native county , he came into contact with Humphrey de Bohun , sixth Earl of Hereford , by whom he was retained with a life annuity of £40 . |
| 13 | It is thought that they developed in the oceans , possibly as a result of chance combinations of atoms into large structures , called macromolecules , which were capable of assembling other atoms in the ocean into similar structures . |
| 14 | ( Possibly as a result of the Fred Flintstone lending policy ) . |
| 15 | I often think of you , for example as at a recent and deeply moving funeral for a long-standing friend who had died of AIDS , when I sat inside the church literally underneath/beside your sculpture , but I am an increasingly bad correspondent , possibly as a result of so many letters re jobs ! |
| 16 | Whilst there is no denying that cartography in its more advanced forms was never seen as an integral part of geography , it is nevertheless true that as cartography adopted more advanced technology it became more remote from geography , possibly as a result of the relatively lower interest in technology among most geographers . |
| 17 | It therefore follows that the therapeutic success of drugs that reduce gastric secretion might be explained if DU resulted from duodenal rather than gastric hyperacidity , possibly as a result of inadequate clearance of even normal amounts of acid from the bulb . |
| 18 | Strach was in good form , but went off injured in the second half , possibly as a result of Curle doing a fine impression of a large concrete block at him ( for which he was booked ) . |
| 19 | Surveys in various parts of the world have revealed that many species of fungi , including mushrooms , are dying out , possibly as a result of acid pollution . |