Example sentences of "it is not inconceivable that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is not inconceivable that Lloyd Davies , Adrian 's brother , who won a rugby Blue in December , could follow a family precedent , this time at right-back . |
| 2 | According to North , it is not inconceivable that such an oscillating striking device , triggered at suitably chosen intervals by a hydraulic clock , pointed the way to the first mechanical escapement proper . |
| 3 | It is not inconceivable that a government would wish to render all strikes criminal . |
| 4 | It is not inconceivable that other organisations would become relevant in the future if I fell ill , but I like to assume that I am not going to fall seriously ill . |
| 5 | Merlin was soon known for his fantastic mechanical automata , and it is not inconceivable that Tylney met him at one of the many masquerades then all the rage in London . |
| 6 | It is not inconceivable that the USSR would exchange the known perils of peace for the uncertainties of war if the perils of peace were serious enough . |
| 7 | It is not inconceivable that Merewalh was the son of a sister of Penda . |
| 8 | Though Caedwalla remained unbaptized until after his abdication as king in 688 , it is not inconceivable that he approached Wilfrid in such a capacity , and certainly by the time of his abdication Caedwalla had resolved to seek baptism in Rome itself . |
| 9 | This could suggest a domestic crisis , for the Chronicle records immediately after that the aetheling , Ealdberht , whom Ine had exiled , went into Surrey and Sussex and it is not inconceivable that Ealdberht was either Ine 's son or the son of his brother , Ingild , who died in 718 , seeking recognition perhaps as Ine 's heir . |
| 10 | It is not inconceivable that a dedicated Marxist might be more interested in the long-term plan for the collapse of capitalism than in the survival of the corporation with which he works . |
| 11 | It is not inconceivable that his son Cnut was with him . |
| 12 | It is not inconceivable that the parts were doubled , thus involving six players , and perhaps a bassoon played the bass line while Hymen sang . |