Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] possible that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She supposed it was equally possible that , for reasons known only to himself , Puddephat had been lying to Bridget . |
| 2 | It was equally possible that you had never been forced to respond to a man before . ’ |
| 3 | In these circumstances it can fairly be said that there was no medical evidence favouring such ventilation , although it was clearly possible that within the paediatric medical speciality some consultant of repute could be found who took a different view . |
| 4 | But it was clearly possible that W. might at any time decide to refuse consent to some form of treatment , even if it was only the oral administration of medicines , because one of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa is a desire by the sufferer to ‘ be in control ’ and such a refusal would be an obvious way of demonstrating this . |
| 5 | The boy would hardly have been stupid enough to invent the tale about the lamps and it was easily possible that Ernie Passmore had been mistaken about the night . |
| 6 | Surely it was n't possible that he had tracked them down ? |
| 7 | It had just been decided that it was not possible that the coffin in a horizontal position could be manoeuvred around the many angles of doors and walls between there and the front door . |
| 8 | Clegg consulted four psychologists on the feasibility of selection for technical education at eleven ( G. B. Jeffrey , Charlotte Fleming , Godfrey Thomson and Cyril Burt ) , and their advice was so clearly in support of his belief that it was not possible that he refused to select for it at all . |
| 9 | It was even possible that some strange , feminine instinct of hers had ‘ known ’ about his earlier relationship with the girls . |
| 10 | It was even possible that she could argue the case for Chester 's survival in a calm , rational way , if only she could overcome this personal aversion to her unwelcome holiday companion ! |
| 11 | If it were possible for Jessie to go and live in Durham , it was also possible that at times she could meet Robbie Felton , and then perhaps they could get married and go off somewhere . |
| 12 | But , he added , it was also possible that Channel 7 's representative failed to make his ‘ position ’ clear or ‘ stepped over the line ’ . |
| 13 | It was also possible that they saw his state of mind as a potential liability , particularly if he got desperate and tried to escape again . |
| 14 | It was possible that he had forgotten to switch it off last night or that he was at work early , but it was also possible that there had been an intruder . |
| 15 | It was also possible that a national referendum would be held on the package , an option which the leader of the opposition Liberal Party at federal level , Jean Chretien , strongly supported , but on which the Mulroney government remained uncommitted . |
| 16 | It was just possible that Floss had got shut in one of them . |
| 17 | But it was just possible that Ash 's own Vico had marginalia missed even by the indefatigable Cropper . |
| 18 | Of course it was just possible that something had delayed them ; they might even now be hurrying up the steep incline to the station . |
| 19 | It was just possible that the painkillers she had taken for her shoulder had reacted with the alcohol , but it seemed unlikely . |
| 20 | And if he were mistaken , it was just possible that the lass was with child . |
| 21 | The best season for an eastwards voyage was already past , though it was just possible that we might run far north and cross in the high latitudes where , even in summer , we could expect fog , rain and cold . |
| 22 | At 500 yards distance it was just possible that we could have been mistaken . |
| 23 | It was just possible that the kidnappers might show it to him . |
| 24 | It was just possible that he 'd discovered something about Puddephat . |
| 25 | Now , it was logically possible that the cue used by the recruits following a dancer was something other than the angle of the dance — and for a while von Frisch was sharply criticised for precisely this reason . |
| 26 | She said it was highly possible that had he received a blood transfusion his life might have been saved . |
| 27 | It was quite possible that it would be still open for business . |
| 28 | She warned that when things vanished as quickly as this , it was quite possible that they might come back . |
| 29 | I explained to her that , although I could make no promises , since she now felt much more confident about the technique it was quite possible that this session would reveal the cause of her phobia . |
| 30 | Also , Mildred realized that even if Ethel was feeling merciful enough to confess , it was quite possible that no one would realize that Mildred was actually the frog in the jar . |