Example sentences of "possibility is that the " in BNC.
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1 | One possibility is that the Government will advocate a ‘ carbon ’ tax on the burning of fossil fuels — oil , gas and coal . |
2 | One possibility is that the complex wobbles of the Earth 's axis as it orbits the sun contrived to produce a peak of solar insolation — stronger than usual phases of heating by the sun — during the two times of accelerated meltwater runoff . |
3 | One possibility is that the DGSE somehow hoped that by buying the dinghy in London blame for the operation would be placed on MI6 , although in this case it would have made more sense to buy one made in Britain . |
4 | The third possibility is that the adjective is a deliberate invitation for the population to divide themselves into ‘ active ’ and ‘ passive ’ citizens . |
5 | The most obvious possibility is that the waning of the overt unconditioned response ( UR ) produced by pre-exposure to the to-be-CS might be directly responsible , in whole or in part , for some instances of latent inhibition . |
6 | One further possibility is that the extracellular material provides a means of communication . |
7 | Another possibility is that the noun descriptions suggest a particular set of activities which become dominant in addressing schemas for interpretation . |
8 | One possibility is that the tendency to use both is restricted to reducing strain induced by unfavourable syntactic constructions ( i.e. verb-with as against and ) . |
9 | A related possibility is that the El |
10 | Another possibility is that the stripes operate at much closer quarters as a personal identification system . |
11 | One possibility is that the yeast is releasing toxins and other products that travel around the body in the blood . |
12 | A third possibility is that the Candida provokes antibodies which happen to cross-react with some of the body 's own proteins . |
13 | One possibility is that the colic represents an initial ‘ crisis ’ reaction as the child is exposed to large amounts of cow's-milk or other foreign proteins . |
14 | The first possibility is that the cat in question is ill or senile and its whole behaviour routine is starting to collapse . |
15 | Another possibility is that the winning person continues the story . |
16 | One possibility is that the first team to fill their container is the winner . |
17 | Another possibility is that the two deuterium nuclei combine to form helium-4 ; here again the mass of helium-4 is less than the combined masses of two deuterium nuclei and the ‘ spare ’ mass is manifested as electromagnetic radiation far beyond the visible spectrum and known as a gamma ray ( denoted by γ ) . |
18 | Another possibility is that the globules could first have been created in the atmosphere by the electrical activity of thunderstorms . |
19 | One little discussed possibility is that the Star of Bethlehem was in fact simply the setting Sun , which the Magi followed westwards . |
20 | One possibility is that the Sun is currently going through a ‘ quiescent ’ phase : the nuclear reactions at its core are continuing just sufficiently to keep our star shining , but no more than that ; in due course the Sun will get back to ‘ business as usual ’ . |
21 | A second possibility is that the child is able to employ a set of relatively sophisticated strategies for analysing adult speech . |
22 | Another possibility is that the court could impose a community service order . |
23 | A second possibility is that the male 's spectacular plumage indicates that he is free of parasites , otherwise he could not have grown such superb feathers . |
24 | The details of Baldwin 's story are confused , but one possibility is that the abbess 's action was prompted by Rufus as a way of making Matilda unmarriageable . |
25 | A further possibility is that the individual may , at least for a time , hold onto beliefs and values taken without question from others , for example parents , teachers , peers . |
26 | One possibility is that the eclipsing material results from the ablation of the surface of the companion star by radiation from the pulsar , derived from its spin-down energy . |
27 | The second possibility is that the high-velocity masers are emitted in molecular gas flowing out from ( or flowing in towards ) the nuclear region . |
28 | The third possibility is that the shifted features are not due to the Doppler motion of the gas but due to stimulated Raman scattering of the main features . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | Another possibility is that the timescale represents recurrence in a physical limit-cycle , for example unstable flaring in a pair-plasma . |