Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] possible that the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It is logically possible that the next brick to be released will ‘ fall ’ upwards .
3 It is logically possible that the difference between the behaviour of two types of animal could be genetically caused , but that both types could learn the behaviour in question .
4 It is thus possible that the effect of the Great Conspiracy has been magnified in order to give Count Theodosius greater credibility in his programme of restoration .
5 The theoretical territory attached to this hillfort , as suggested by Ian Burrow , is very similar to the land defined in the seventh-century charter , and it is thus possible that the estate of the hillfort persisted throughout the Roman period to emerge as a land unit belonging to Glastonbury Abbey until the sixteenth century .
6 It was previously suggested that fixed information will tend to be peripheral to the driving task and variable information is more likely to be central , it is thus possible that the amount of these types of information will constrain any effects of attention focusing .
7 It is thus possible that the two exchangers have distinct functional roles and are selectively regulated .
8 It is thus possible that the α 1 AT gene is a susceptibility locus for alcohol induced liver damager .
9 Thus , while a ruling of the executive is helpful in determining a particular course of action , it is nevertheless possible that the ruling could be reversed subsequently by the application of the other party to the takeover or , possibly , an aggrieved shareholder .
10 A version of it may have heartened the Normans in 1066 ; and it is even possible that the earliest surviving version was composed in Normandy .
11 It is even possible that the attempt to use the LWP for internal repression played a part in Gomulka 's downfall .
12 Their salvation lies in the adoption of middle-class values ; it is even possible that the heir of Monseigneur can find his — in a quiet , modest , comfortable English home .
13 It is even possible that the most famous migrants of all — the birds — follow the scents of home .
14 It is scarcely possible that the most incisive speaker and planner should have had to drive himself up to Newcastle for a meeting the other day — and in a car without a telephone .
15 Given the certainty that freebooters were among the raiding armies , it is clearly possible that the contingents contributed by Swegen and Cnut were wholly or partly comprised of such men too , rather than exclusively of Danish levies .
16 Thirdly , it is also possible that the advances in birth control operating within the climate of an ‘ acquisitive society ’ might well have permitted couples to plan their family lives in such a way as to allow them to enjoy the consumer benefits of society .
17 It is also possible that the fowl 's red face and strutting gait reminded the English of a caricature of a haughty Turkish dignitary , complete with fez , especially as the curious gobbling noise sounded rather like Arabic .
18 It is also possible that the king held his own country estates and was , to that extent , self-supporting .
19 It is also possible that the tribal tattoos which Savage Orc Shamans paint onto the Orcs ' bodies protect them in some way .
20 It is also possible that the numbers are used as symbols of power and importance , rather than a literal count of heads .
21 However , it is also possible that the extra arm of the X chromosome holds genes not found in the Y chromosome . )
22 It is also possible that the shares chosen for inclusion in the arbitrage portfolio are those which have a high price elasticity .
23 It is also possible that the POU S domain may contribute to transcriptional activation ( 23,67 ) .
24 It is also possible that the bedding of the wall plate may be included with ( b ) or ( c ) above .
25 It is also possible that the animals may have had other significance .
26 It is also possible that the rotation of Venus was reversed by the impact of a large body during or shortly after its formation .
27 However , it is also possible that the outer 200 km or so cooled and became rigid whilst they were deformed by internal turmoil which destroyed hydrostatic equilibrium .
28 It is also possible that the leadership qualities demanded by a group are less exacting than those required by a collection of individuals .
29 It is also possible that the route would be used on weekdays by small numbers of commuters from Kirkliston , and possibly South Queensferry .
30 It is also possible that the fall in Vg is an indirect result of smoking , because nausea has been shown to inhibit significantly pentagastrin stimulated gastric secretion .
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