Example sentences of "[pers pn] is possible that a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 From the unlikely beginning of an extreme and unremitting egocentricity , Hobbes has thus explained how it is possible that a civil society can come into being .
2 In many instances it is likely that these lowered rates of employment are the direct result of providing care , although in some cases it is possible that a temporary withdrawal from the labour market ( for example , because of redundancy or child-bearing ) may enable some women to take on informal caring responsibilities and delay their return to paid employment .
3 It is possible that a strong sense of teamwork , which was less apparent in other instances , had been engendered through such within-board activity .
4 A number of considerations need to be made , and it is possible that a combined method may be preferable .
5 If the WC cistern takes a long time to fill , it is possible that a high-pressure type of ballvalve has been fitted instead of a low-pressure type ( page 38 ) or that there is dirt in the valve orifice .
6 It is possible that a substantial increase in demand for teacher education on language could develop in the next few years .
7 It is possible that a similar flexural effect is associated with great escarpments along passive continental margins .
8 It is possible that a dilated colon would generate only very low amplitude contractions that are not distinguished during manometric studies .
9 It is possible that a high-status tomb may yet be found entirely intact and that many gold and silver objects remain to be discovered by excavation .
10 It is possible that a slow economic recovery and lower beef prices will coincide to increase consumption in the next few years but in the wake of consumer scares , such as BSE , the market needs a push .
11 However , it is possible that a bright flash observed on the Moon by five English monks in the summer of 1178 was the formation of Bruno , in which case it is about the only lunar crater that has ever been observed to form .
12 Alternatively , it is possible that a fundamental determinant of matrix-initiated cellular differentiation is a change in cell shape and size .
13 It is possible that an increased mucosal blood flow due to the inflammation per se can contribute to increased absorption .
14 It is possible that an enabling bill will be brought before Parliament next year , and the first trial could be within a year .
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