Example sentences of "[conj] it is possible that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might have had a brief illness best treated outside the home , or it is possible that the balance of her mind was disturbed in some way . |
| 2 | While in this state , no further modifications may be entered , although it is possible that a quality rejection would cause the DC to re-enter the active state . |
| 3 | In both cases , the breccias are thought to be exclusively developed in the Z1 Carbonate , although it is possible that the upper part of the reservoir in Auk may represent a collapsed portion of the Z2 Carbonate . |
| 4 | It so happens that for some distance the Gill itself forms the boundary between that estate and the Manor of Coniston , although it is possible that the boundary between the two manors was rather ill-defined at that time . |
| 5 | The distinction between steady-state subduction and plate collision at convergent boundaries is due to the resistance of continental crust and island arcs to subduction , although it is possible that the latter can be subducted . |
| 6 | As the Ruddock case has shown , the standard of review employed in national security cases is set so high that it is possible that the Tribunal could be compelled to refrain from interfering with discretionary decisions taken for this reason . |
| 7 | The Breton later became part originator of the Canadian breed , so that it is possible that the genes of the extinct small Cornish cattle are perpetuated on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 8 | The argument from analogy with which we shall be concerned here admits that it is possible that the objects we call persons are , other than ourselves , mindless automata , but claims that we none the less have sufficient reason for supposing this not to be the case . |
| 9 | A year earlier Matisse had show his painting Le Bonheur de Vivre ( Barnes Foundation , Merrion , Penn. ) at the Salon des Indépendants , where it had received a great deal of attention , and during the winter of 1907 Derain was engaged in painting a canvas of bathers ( Museum of Modern Art , New York ) which he intended to show at the Indépendants of 1907 , so that it is possible that the Demoiselles may have been prompted by a spirit of rivalry . |
| 10 | The article states : ’ estimates of the project 's cost have escalated from £457 million to £1.4 billion ’ — the figure mentioned by my hon. Friend — and that it is possible that the scheme will not go ahead . |
| 11 | A number of considerations need to be made , and it is possible that a combined method may be preferable . |
| 12 | The stringent criteria for selecting our patients meant that we had few patients and it is possible that a difference in acid secretion between the patients with idiopathic DU and H pylori positive patients with DU could become apparent with greater numbers . |
| 13 | Indeed , it is not an easy task to find out if the invention has been anticipated and is already part of the state of the art , given the massive world-wide volume of published work , and it is possible that a publication which anticipates the invention will not be discovered . |
| 14 | Many people who know that they may die in such circumstances wish to discuss the procedure beforehand , and it is possible that the authorities concerned may be prepared to do this . |
| 15 | Further , in earlier years the branch had attempted to extend its WEA social and educational activity into surrounding villages and it is possible that the branch had pressed the District for the appointment of a resident tutor in East Suffolk — although the documentary evidence on this point is somewhat unclear . |
| 16 | It appears that certain people have a predisposition to develop Reiter 's disease and it is possible that the organism responsible for NGU can act as a ‘ trigger ’ which sets off the inflammatory process . |
| 17 | That herd was apparently shy , rather fierce and polled and it is possible that the Ardrossan was ancestral to the White Galloway , or its coat colour might have come from the other White Park herds in Scotland ( for example at Cadzow Forest near Hamilton , Blair Atholl in northern Perthshire , the Duke of Buccleuch 's estate at Dalkeith , the Cumbernauld estate or Cally Palace at Gatehouse-of-Fleet ) . |
| 18 | The question in the 1959 survey was open-ended , and it is possible that the great increase in preparedness to act is an artefact of the changed method of question administration . |
| 19 | For example , the Swedes and the Norwegians are seeking to eliminate CFC use by 1995 , and it is possible that the rest of the world could follow suit . |
| 20 | We know that X-rays can be extremely hazardous , and it is possible that the frequencies associated with laser printers and microwave ovens may also be suspect . |
| 21 | Payment has never been demanded and it is possible that the provisions are not necessary because the liabilities they cover did not exist in the first place . |
| 22 | No fauna of pre-Chokierian age has yet been discovered , and it is possible that the early Namurian succession is condensed in the district . |
| 23 | Thucydides credited the Minoan kings with organizing the first naval fleet , and it is possible that the Minoans did indeed have a squadron of specially designed and equipped warships that were ahead of their time . |
| 24 | Bouguereau has not been selling well at auction in recent years , and it is possible that the recent exhibition at Borghi & Co. in New York has stimulated a revival of interest in his work . |
| 25 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
| 26 | In the West Midlands , the evidence of the Worcester court rolls suggests a prevalence of timber-framed buildings , most often consisting of three bays , although some were larger , and it is possible that the smaller houses were less well recorded . |
| 27 | The narratives of the Passio Praeiecti and of the Vita Boniti both have their peculiarities , and it is possible that the appointment of Praeiectus and the retirement of Bonitus were less creditable than their hagiographers claim . |
| 28 | The canopy slates are old and similar to the main roof and it is possible that an earlier gallery stood here . |
| 29 | The Bull Court at Knossos is not well preserved , but it is possible that a fence of some kind ran round its edge ; a fragment of fresco found in the Labyrinth shows a strongly made three-rail wooden fence with a priestess or attendant leaning on it , watching the spectacle . |
| 30 | But it is possible that the Dostoevsky scholar whose book prompted Bayley 's comment might not have understood it — how could an acknowledged great novel , worth writing about at length , be said not to ‘ come off ’ ? |