Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is possible [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is documentary evidence that considerable numbers of Garonnais cattle went to England during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and it is possible that they influenced the big , yellow-red South Devon . |
| 2 | Sometimes the workmanship in these archaic stone artefacts was very fine , and it is possible that they were used as insignia of rank , in much the same way as stone maces in the Wessex Culture in southern England ; if so , it is curious that the same obsolete tool became associated with rank in two cultures that were geographically so widely separated . |
| 3 | The homologies of these small basal sclerites in different insects have been much discussed and it is possible that they are derived from an original subcoxa . |
| 4 | Similar torcs were worn by the deities , like those represented on the Gundestrup cauldron ( fig. 30 ) , and it is possible that they may have been used to dress wooden idols . |
| 5 | Although it is often assumed that these were one and the same battle , there is no evidence that Clovis fought at Zülpich , and it is possible that they were separate events . |
| 6 | erm There does seem to be a sort of slight discrepancy in the idea of us trying to have a nice clean city and then the people on the allotments committee continuing to build bonfires. erm And it is possible that they perhaps , they have n't in fact any alternative way of getting rid of their rubbish , on the allotments site . |
| 7 | ‘ Tomorrow morning we attack the German positions and it is possible that we have nothing more to eat after this evening . ’ |
| 8 | It is known that Dionysos was worshipped at Pylos shortly after the Minoan period on Crete and it is possible that his orgiastic cult was preceded by a Minoan proto-Dionysian cult . |
| 9 | In spite of his enthusiastic involvement in Wales , he must then have been something of an unknown quantity and it is possible that his role in the north was originally envisaged as that of one among equals . |
| 10 | In spite of his enthusiastic involvement in Wales , he must then have been something of an unknown quantity and it is possible that his role in the north was originally envisaged as that of one among equals . |
| 11 | With his junior staff loyally taking the blame and trying to pretend he knew nothing about it ( despite his signature on the 17 January presidential order ) , Reagan began to believe he had known nothing about it and it is possible that he did not know what he was signing . |
| 12 | He is not easy at the hostel and it is possible that he will have to return to hospital , but at the moment he is not certifiable . ’ |
| 13 | It may be that Aethelwald 's genealogy does not survive because his family did not claim descent from Ida and it is possible that he was descended from Oswine of Deira . |
| 14 | But Mr Bellford works very hard , and it is possible that he has amnesia . |
| 15 | Of course , the British are not the only ones to take holidays and it is possible that you will be sharing your hotel with a group ( perhaps a large one ) from another country . |
| 16 | However , under a provision known as the ‘ Official Error Concession ’ , allowances are sometimes made and it is possible that you may not have to pay the full amount . |
| 17 | She had chased it out of the house in February when one of her grandchildren was visiting ; and it is possible that it spent the night in the house during the week of the March sighting , as there was a very strong smell in the dining room the following morning . |
| 18 | The work of the Dragon Project though , is beginning to show that there may be some basis for thinking that unusual behaviour of certain known energies could be taking place at certain sites ( New Scientist , 21 October , p 166 ) , and it is possible that our ancient ancestors could detect this ‘ Earth energy ’ . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , available evidence suggests that the tissue damage in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease is mediated by immune mechanisms , and it is possible that our patient 's perineal disease improved as a result of thymectomy . |
| 20 | But it is possible that we have such an idea when there is no external thing like it . |
| 21 | No German records relating to such a formation have so far been found , but it is possible that they were aircraft of III/ZG 26 . |
| 22 | But it is possible that they will ask . ’ |
| 23 | The strong release of gastrin stimulated by these beverages is clearly an important mediator of this response but it is possible that they may have a direct effect on the parietal cell as well . |
| 24 | The available information on these voyages is sparse and the aims of the voyagers unknown , but it is possible that there was a regular series of them . |
| 25 | Mancini 's account is an inversion of that suggested here , but it is possible that he had the spectrum of conciliar opinion right and then misread its implications . |
| 26 | It is not known how he was related to former kings of Mercia , but it is possible that he represented a line claiming descent from Penda . |
| 27 | Mancini 's account is an inversion of that suggested here , but it is possible that he had the spectrum of conciliar opinion right and then misread its implications . |
| 28 | He did add , however : ‘ But it is possible that it could be held elsewhere , maybe in Italy , Germany or Britain . ’ |
| 29 | The concept of ‘ effective enforcement ’ is not a very clear one ; but it is possible that it could be used to attack other rules which limit the remedies available against governmental bodies . |
| 30 | Thymectomy has previously been reported to be of benefit in ulcerative colitis , but it is possible that it may also have a beneficial effect in Crohn 's disease . |