Example sentences of "it [is] possible that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's possible that a sexually-transmitted infection might cause cancer of the cervix — especially if you 're under 20 . |
| 2 | I think it 's possible that a lot of the women here are saying no because of the stigma that 's attached to the word feminist feminism . |
| 3 | So , if you are going to typeset a fine art book or produce high quality galleys for an advertisement then it 's possible that a WYSIWYG package will not suffice . |
| 4 | He says that when burning oak powder it 's possible that a spark could have gone astray . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Surely it is possible that a jury might decline to convict of murder a person who intentionally killed under gross provocation , even though they knew that the judge could give a lenient sentence , because they wished to signify the reduction in the defendant 's culpability by using the less stigmatic label of manslaughter . |
| 7 | It is possible that a cement mixer or a tower crane may go into action or other works be carried out , as a hotelier or apartments owner seeks to maintain or improve standards and facilities . |
| 8 | It is possible that a ‘ fire storm ’ condition developed in the town , similar to that which occurred in several German cities during the last war , when saturation bombing raids started so many fires that the city became effectively one big fire , sucking into itself hurricane force winds to bring fresh oxygen to the heart of the inferno . |
| 9 | First , it is possible that a too narrow definition of comparative costs would be used . |
| 10 | It is possible that a trust clause may have been omitted . |
| 11 | It is possible that a generation of children may grow up deprived of their entitlement — an introduction to the powerful and splendid history of the best that has been thought and said in our language . |
| 12 | It is possible that a mixture of all three levels of care might be indicated to meet the needs of one client . |
| 13 | It is possible that a figure of the King was once part of the scene , and that his heroic intervention in the face of disaster was part of the cult iconography . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Bull Court at Knossos is not well preserved , but it is possible that a fence of some kind ran round its edge ; a fragment of fresco found in the Labyrinth shows a strongly made three-rail wooden fence with a priestess or attendant leaning on it , watching the spectacle . |
| 16 | Thus , if an individual deals on behalf of his company , it is possible that a company could be charged with aiding and abetting an offence under the legislation , or with conspiracy to commit an offence under the legislation . |
| 17 | It is possible that a domain such as Estate Agents will be adequately covered by the LOB corpus , due to its nature as a concrete , well-understood domain that is concerned with ’ everyday ’ words and concepts such as houses , towns , rooms , etc . |
| 18 | It is possible that a few minor markets did grow slowly from an earlier village but they are difficult to discover . |
| 19 | It is possible that a failure to distinguish between the two sexes can explain the lack of agreement . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It is possible that a substantial increase in demand for teacher education on language could develop in the next few years . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It is possible that a strong sense of teamwork , which was less apparent in other instances , had been engendered through such within-board activity . |
| 25 | In horizontal mergers it is possible that a merger will allow exploitation of economies of scale . |
| 26 | A number of considerations need to be made , and it is possible that a combined method may be preferable . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It is possible that a piece of slate or glass has been cemented over the rodding arm . |
| 29 | It is possible that a dilated colon would generate only very low amplitude contractions that are not distinguished during manometric studies . |
| 30 | The stringent criteria for selecting our patients meant that we had few patients and it is possible that a difference in acid secretion between the patients with idiopathic DU and H pylori positive patients with DU could become apparent with greater numbers . |