Example sentences of "possibility that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is not possible to fully protect files under VMS , and so there is a possibility that they may become corrupt . |
| 2 | First , there is an inability to consider alternative ways in which the ‘ other side ’ may see the world , and especially the possibility that they may see ‘ us ’ as the aggressor . |
| 3 | The choice of Aquitaine is then linked variously to the ability of the people of that part of Gaul to pay , the possibility that they may have backed the wrong side in the recent usurpations against the emperor Honorius , and the threat from separatist groups north of the Loire , who were known as Bacaudae . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Such was the speculation that Hurd and Major — Thatcher 's two nominators for the contest — were obliged to issue a joint statement insisting that they would not stand against Mrs Thatcher in a second ballot , but this all too clearly left open the possibility that they would stand if she were out of the contest . |
| 6 | If carried to extremes , no-one would cross the road because of the outside possibility that they might stumble and be killed by a car . |
| 7 | They discussed for a moment the possibility that they might get into dreadful trouble but discounted it . |
| 8 | In Ajdabiya Zuwaya did not consider the possibility that they might need to sink their differences with the Magharba in order to confront a common enemy . |
| 9 | That such traditions continued in the early 17th century not only in Italy but also in France should hardly surprise us , but the possibility that they might have persisted even to the end of the century and beyond may seem sufficiently improbable not to merit further investigation . |
| 10 | Now that they know about the money , there is always a possibility that they 'll tell the Germans . |
| 11 | For women officers there 's always the possibility that they 'll have to deal with the perpetrators of sexual abuse and violence . |
| 12 | Ballyskeagh have been granted Monday and Friday nights and there is a possibility that they will apply for Wednesday later on . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're quite sure that there is no possibility that they could have met — in some other context ? ’ |
| 15 | The commonest response , from 43 per cent , was that it was ‘ occasionally necessary ( for expensive but essential things you do n't have the cash for ) ’ : given the possibility that they could have said ‘ sensible ’ or ‘ convenient-instead of ‘ necessary ’ , this suggests a rather more grudging acceptance . |
| 16 | NeXT Computer Inc is likely to go public next year , founder Steve Jobs said in Chicago last week , although he added that no steps have yet been taken to start the process : ‘ Things ( have been ) going very well for us the last few quarters , ’ Jobs said , and ‘ this quarter looks quite good as well , so if things keep on their present course and the market is good , I think there 's a real good possibility that we 'll go public next year . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And then there was always the possibility that we might decide to keep Jane Pargeter after all . ’ |
| 18 | There was a possibility that we might record it some years ago — such great music , no wonder Wagner was overwhelmed by it ! |
| 19 | You might put it this way : We are human beings , not because we have souls but because we are able to conceive of the possibility that we might have souls . |
| 20 | Having said that , the vague possibility that we may end this season by finishing bottom and going out of the League remains incomprehensible to me and I am at a loss to explain it . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There is now every possibility that we will go to York . ’ |
| 23 | For the insider such an exploration of the secular rituals and social constructs which govern police practice will hold what Myerhoff and Moore ( 1977 : 18 ) have described as ‘ the possibility that we will encounter ourselves making up conceptions of the world , society , our very selves . |
| 24 | A third possibility that we should consider makes use of the notion of generalization decrement . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately . |
| 27 | The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately . |
| 28 | ‘ Tenby 's tongue was hanging out and there is a possibility that it may have got over his bit , ’ said the Newmarket trainer . |
| 29 | We shall take into consideration the possibility that it might happen , but it would be dreadful if it did . " |
| 30 | What Gunn means by this is , I think , that everyone realises the risks but yet we all feel a tendency to delude ourselves of any possibility that it might happen to us . |