Example sentences of "an [adj] possibility [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | An interesting possibility is that the IP 3 R might function to communicate information between the ER and the plasma membrane . |
| 2 | An interesting possibility is that , with a wider tropical belt than at present , one might expect an equatorial hyper-tropical belt around the equator , with minimum temperatures not known in modern seas . |
| 3 | An obvious possibility is that the QPO timescale ( 500s ) is an orbital period ; the modulation could arise directly from the presence of bright spots on an accretion disc , or could drive physical variations , as in the accretion disc corona model . |
| 4 | An alternative possibility is that electrically active axons release substances such as K + or glutamate that potentiate the mitogenic effect of PDGF or other growth factors . |
| 5 | An alternative possibility is that the sperm may activate PLC- γ 1 through a tyrosine kinase-linked mechanism similar to that used by growth factors ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 6 | A second and earlier poem Moliant Cadwallon ( ‘ In Praise of Cadwallon ’ ) , possibly by Cadwallon 's bard , Afan Ferddig , celebrates Cadwallon 's victorious progress against Eadwine ‘ the deceitful ’ after his return from Ireland , where he may have been in exile , though an alternative possibility is that he had been gathering reinforcements there . |
| 7 | An alternative possibility is that these three versions of a word are treated as the same ( which would happen if the visual word-recognition system operates at a relatively abstract level ) . |