Example sentences of "but it be [adv] possible [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that one day we shall discover a complete unified theory that predicts them all , but it is also possible that some or all of them vary from universe to universe or within a single universe . |
| 2 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 3 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 4 | But it is also possible that ( as he once hinted in a press conference ) he might have refused Marshall Aid rather than cave in to Anglo-American pressure on the German issue . |
| 5 | Rugby will not get any change out of Leicester , but it is just possible that Nottingham are now so fired up that they might escape with the point they need at Orrell . |
| 6 | It may be that the Breton expedition was intended to keep up pressure on the French to make the sort of concessions the English would feel able to accept , but it is equally possible that the confused direction of English policy reflected conflicting influences at court . |
| 7 | It might , of course , mean that that particular person will readily be labelled ‘ deviant ’ , but it is equally possible that an individual could fully appreciate the attitude(s) of the generalized other and yet choose not to act within its framework . |
| 8 | Miron 's tentative conclusion is that older staff may become less concerned about teaching as they develop other priorities ; but it is equally possible that students are responding more similarly , and more favourably , to lecturers who are more like themselves . |
| 9 | But it is equally possible that he could spoil any chances he might have had by making some political slip . |
| 10 | ‘ They look at each individual case , but it is certainly possible that Liverpool will be punished for three red cards . |
| 11 | But it is quite possible that the programme could go ahead at some point , and it would be comparatively cheap . |
| 12 | ? It 's not an animal , but it 's just possible that it 's a dog . |
| 13 | But it 's very possible that neither of those will make the final at all . |
| 14 | It was possible that he had forgotten to switch it off last night or that he was at work early , but it was also possible that there had been an intruder . |
| 15 | But it was just possible that Ash 's own Vico had marginalia missed even by the indefatigable Cropper . |
| 16 | But it was clearly possible that W. might at any time decide to refuse consent to some form of treatment , even if it was only the oral administration of medicines , because one of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa is a desire by the sufferer to ‘ be in control ’ and such a refusal would be an obvious way of demonstrating this . |
| 17 | I knew nothing of Quigley 's sexual life , but it was entirely possible that Marjorie and Emily were not enough for him . |