Example sentences of "[is] conceivable that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is clear that these changes were made in order to admit light to the new , deep-plan living accommodation , it is conceivable that the judicious use of ranges of standard reversible and ventilating roof windows might have provided an answer to this requirement which would have been less erosive of the original external appearance . |
| 2 | It is conceivable that if an agreement had been signed and if henceforth Anglo-American relations had been bathed in sweetness and light , arrangements might have been made for pooling atomic weapons production . |
| 3 | It is conceivable that the forceful suppression of women 's inordinate sexual demands was a pre-requisite to the dawn of every modern civilization , and almost every human culture . |
| 4 | It is conceivable that some electors actually misled the pollsters , not in the sense of lying deliberately but in the sense of ‘ letting off steam ’ . |
| 5 | Theoretically , it is conceivable that , say , experiencing regret ( the verb ) at having made a wrong decision and depicting regret ( the adjective ) are a different genre . |
| 6 | While you are not entitled to recover twice the same amount of loss , it is conceivable that you might be eligible for full compensation in respect of both claims . |
| 7 | It is conceivable that an advice session on site is too public , so Stockton have developed an educational role in the school instead . |
| 8 | However , the phenomenon is unusual in healthy individuals and it is conceivable that circulation stresses may have similar effects on platelets in vivo . |
| 9 | Also it is conceivable that cash limits , whilst being effective in capping overall expenditure , may militate against the adoption of new , cost-effective , procedures if these necessitate financial outlays . |
| 10 | Therefore , it is conceivable that a higher cost drug would be worthwhile , compared to the alternative , if it had much higher effectiveness . |
| 11 | On the other hand , it is conceivable that he would not have been in a position to appreciate the differences very clearly . |
| 12 | While monkeys are not normal elephant food , it is conceivable that such an event could occur ( or at least , it is hard , at the current state of the art , to envisage a reasoner that could reject this possibility without rejecting other , similar ones incorrectly ) . |
| 13 | Once Calder Hall and Chapel Cross , the military reactors , reach the end of their operational life it is conceivable that the military could produce weapons grade plutonium from the civil nuclear programme in one or more ways . |
| 14 | Whilst it is conceivable that some of these jobs will be craft based and thus provide an outlet for some initiative and self activism , the significant reality will be that they have no economic power and no industrial muscle . |
| 15 | While it is conceivable that , for example , mortgagees would be able to insert an audit requirement in the lending document , this remedy is not available to creditors or other accounts users . |
| 16 | While it is conceivable that bribes can be used to secure the sale of a better and cheaper product , the more general effect is to shift the balance of business away from the most efficient producer and in favour of the most corrupt producer . |
| 17 | Should the artist win approval for his project this April or May , it is conceivable that ‘ Wrapped Reichstag ’ might be realised in August or September 1994 . |
| 18 | It is conceivable that they could even be denied permission to reproduce their own work . |
| 19 | It is conceivable that collective resistance would be individually advantageous . |
| 20 | Thus , it is conceivable that , within such a framework , pupils could enjoy considerable opportunities for choice , for curriculum negotiation and for pupil-centred learning . |
| 21 | In addition to its apparent role in controlling limb mesenchyme proliferation , it is conceivable that FGF-4 also functions in the specification of pattern along the anterior-posterior ( A-P ) axis by regulating the expression of genes that play a role in this process . |
| 22 | It is conceivable that the modest groundmass variations ( A–D ) derived by and , on the scale of a thin section , reflect uncertainties inherent in their technique , in which case a ‘ trend ’ would represent only scatter about an average composition . |
| 23 | It is conceivable that OUP could achieve its objectives on its own . |
| 24 | Given that these insider/fiduciaries occupy a privileged position of trust in relation to the affairs of the company , it is conceivable that they may inflict a hurt upon it . |
| 25 | It is an obvious advantage that ASV provide two substantial fill-ups in shorter pieces by the same composers , though it is conceivable that Hyperion might recouple what was one of its early CD issues , adding more material by Finzi and Stanford already recorded by the same soloist . |
| 26 | It is conceivable that Kim had spent a brief period with the CCP at Yenan in the later 1930s . |
| 27 | It is conceivable that the sender could set up a board and easel and compose a poem to signal to another , or write a message on a piece of paper and make a paper aeroplane to fly across the room . |
| 28 | It is conceivable that the people can consent to the abolition of democracy . |
| 29 | However , just as the latter might be thought to have an intuitive grasp of affairs automotive which ought to be taken into account by anyone prone to theorising about the motor car , so it is conceivable that the way theoretical physicists regard the objects of their study might be a factor to be taken into account in assessing their significance . |
| 30 | Since electrical stimulation of the exposed cortex of one hemisphere can induce a deviation in eye gaze towards the opposite side ( Penfield and Roberts , 1959 ) it is conceivable that naturally occurring lateral eye movements reflect , at least in some circumstances , asymmetrical activity in the two hemispheres . |