Example sentences of "possible that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The differences between them and their mainland cousins were only small , but if such changes had taken place , was it not possible that over many millions of years , the cumulative effects on a dynasty of animals could be so great that they could bring about major transformations ? |
| 2 | The cause of this decrease in open probability is unclear , but it is possible that over this range of depolarising voltages , Ca 2 + at high concentration ( 1.2 mM in the bath ) blocked the channel at a site that normally binds Ba 2 + ( see below ) , as seen with rabbit skeletal muscle K + channels incorporated into planar lipid bilayers . |
| 3 | Because phosphorylated gap43 can not bind calmodulin , it is possible that through the resulting increased availability of calmodulin , the phosphorylation of synaptic vesicle proteins such as CaMKII substrates synaptophysin and synapsin could be affected , leading to modulation of vesicle fusion and hence of transmitter release . |
| 4 | On the other hand , it is quite possible that through misjudgments and errors committed by policy makers and IT systems designers , not many of the above opportunities will ever be exploited . |
| 5 | It is always possible that despite all the behaviour there are actually no sensations going on there at all , or at least different ones from those we imagine . |
| 6 | Well I think that it is possible that as a result of the reporting of the Shadow Cabinet elections , that the sense was out in the public that somehow this was a setback for women , and that Labour |
| 7 | If it were possible for Jessie to go and live in Durham , it was also possible that at times she could meet Robbie Felton , and then perhaps they could get married and go off somewhere . |
| 8 | The Arabic , for example , is ambiguous in respect of whether it is the copy or the itself that Yusuf Bali — who held the kadilik of Bursa for a time in the 840s-wrote ; and , on the evidence of the signature alone , it seems entirely possible that at some point , perhaps during his kadilik , he made a copy of the which Molla Husrev subsequently attested to be a true copy . |
| 9 | Indeed it is quite possible that at this pH range there is a mixture of gastric acid and duodenal alkaline juices which may be damaging ( with toxic synergism ) to the oesophageal mucosa , but this can not be assessed using the parameter of pH . |
| 10 | Although most of these techniques are expensive and difficult to use , it is possible that at least some of them may become more easily available ; they can be very useful both for discovering in detail how English speakers produce their speech sounds , and for demonstrating to learners of English their pronunciation errors in a way that helps them to correct them . |
| 11 | It is also possible that with the decline in activity in Norfolk , other eastern counties were considered attractive for the next phase in development , perhaps because the ground in the west appeared to have been secured through Shearman and Miss Green . |
| 12 | The then Prime Minister also emphasized the political awakening to the environment in statements such as : ‘ it is possible that with all these enormous changes ( population , agricultural , use of fossil fuels ) concentrated into such a short period of time , we have unwittingly begun a massive experiment with the system of this planet itself ’ ( Thatcher 1988 ) . |
| 13 | Of course , almost always the two immediately annihilate each other , so the event might never have happened , but it is possible that on occasion , for one reason or another , the two are separated so swiftly that annihilation does not occur . |
| 14 | Was it possible that for the sake of prayer and guidance of souls he had a calling to the unmarried state ? |
| 15 | We are all different : but , certainly it is possible that for many of us our current consumption of cigarettes , alcohol , tea , coffee , sugar , and even chocolate are enough to adversely affect our health and our nutritional balance . |
| 16 | ( Is it possible that for some reason , such as disease , the manpower became too weak to handle these massive stones ? |
| 17 | It is possible that for all its lofty consequences , Nietzsche 's willingness to expose himself to Meistersinger in the first place arose out of nothing loftier than social contacts : the coincidence that a sister of Wagner 's living in Leipzig was friendly with Professor Ritschl and his wife , with whom Nietzsche was on excellent terms at the time . |
| 18 | It is possible that for brief periods during construction of the breakwater , barges or other vessels may need to moor in positions which would affect operation of the radar station . |
| 19 | It is possible that during the later Mesozoic small mammals began to co-exist with the much larger dinosaurs because the ecological roles had become separated . |
| 20 | I suppose it was possible that after being handled they would forsake their young anyway . |
| 21 | It is possible that after analysing certain European markets it becomes apparent that your objectives might best be met by a start-up venture . |
| 22 | It is possible that against a long-term downward movement of population , perhaps sparked off by a variety of economic concerns , the economic depression helped to determine the immediate attitudes in some of the old declining industrial centres just as the prospect of prosperity , and the accumulation of consumer goods and property , may have stimulated a desire to control family size among the population of the expanding industrial centres of the Midlands and the South East . |
| 23 | It is at any rate possible that in her a certain ethical rightness and decency coexisted with aesthetic stiffness and suspicion . |
| 24 | In fact I think it possible that in the context of hi-jacking we are developing the anti-tank weapon — one which is largely a moral weapon and lies mainly in the hands of political authority . |
| 25 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 26 | It is possible that in the past any Zuwayi would have felt free to continue personally the feud with Zliten if he could allege that the peace was unsatisfactory or incomplete . |
| 27 | It is possible that in some protein it would be an improvement to change one particular glycine to proline . |
| 28 | It is possible that in the Eastern District , the committee and officers were not fully aware of the implications of the Bedfordshire arrangement in their natural anxiety over the immediate issue of continuity of the rural scheme . |
| 29 | Exactly what happened between this date and 10 July is not known precisely and it is possible that in addition to the group of six already identified there were other DGSE agents involved . |
| 30 | It is possible that in fact the true Shetland breed disappeared by the 1950s but the type persists . |