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 | It is possible that a greater difference would have emerged if we had been able to age-match the Crohn 's disease and control groups , as age has been shown to be inversely correlated with intestinal blood volume . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It is possible that a substantial increase in demand for teacher education on language could develop in the next few years . |
8 | It is possible that a similar flexural effect is associated with great escarpments along passive continental margins . |
9 | It is possible that a dilated colon would generate only very low amplitude contractions that are not distinguished during manometric studies . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | It is possible that a third person might have entered the lavatory and been provoked into violence by what the defendant was doing — the woman 's partner , for example . |
12 | ‘ 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | It is possible that a few minor markets did grow slowly from an earlier village but they are difficult to discover . |
15 | It is possible that a few cells or nuclei were damaged at the site of crypt bisection and damaged nuclei would not have been measured . |
16 | Alternatively , it is possible that a fundamental determinant of matrix-initiated cellular differentiation is a change in cell shape and size . |
17 | It is possible that an increased mucosal blood flow due to the inflammation per se can contribute to increased absorption . |
18 | It is possible that an enabling bill will be brought before Parliament next year , and the first trial could be within a year . |
19 | The canopy slates are old and similar to the main roof and it is possible that an earlier gallery stood here . |