Example sentences of "is possible that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Steers ( 1953 ) has stressed the importance of vegetation and of dune formation in the history of offshore bars on the north Norfolk coast , which will be discussed below , and it is possible that slight changes of base level may also be important in the initial stages of some offshore bars .
2 Since they collaborated on ballets there in the 1750S it is possible that Roman performance ideas were incorporated in Paris .
3 It is possible that concrete foundations for a boundary wall will be laid at the same time by the adjacent landowner ) ;
4 Most of the terraces are preserved as flattenings on spurs and it is possible that similar features might result from wasting of a spur due to attack by the headward erosion of valleys on either side .
5 It is possible that future developments in storage and warehousing may intensify these problems .
6 It is possible that future cohorts of older people will illustrate different patterns of disability .
7 As the severity of Crohn 's disease and linear growth velocity during the first two years of follow up among males and females were comparable , it is possible that varying demands on growth during normal puberty may account for these differences .
8 It is possible that other base tag sets will be added in the future .
9 Given that the recognition of the significance of portal hypertension in portopulmonary hypertension is recent , it is possible that other cases of PBC associated primary PHT have been dismissed as merely associated with liver disease .
10 Expanding upon his conversation at the Paris airshow ( see the August issue ) , Yakovlev noted that , ‘ It is possible that other types of single-engined Yak replicas or restorations will appear . ’
11 It is not clear how such appointments related to the right of the steward of a specific lordship to appoint his own deputy , but it is possible that two deputies coexisted .
12 It is not clear how such appointments related to the right of the steward of a specific lordship to appoint his own deputy , but it is possible that two deputies coexisted .
13 While waiting for an ambulance it is possible that first aid carried out immediately would save a patient from choking or bleeding to death .
14 If at least some people and states obey some laws for other reasons , such as moral conviction or non-coerced self-interest , then it is possible that all persons and states might do so .
15 It is possible that all dreams are merely mental detritus .
16 It is possible that one enclave — Sarajevo and the area to its north — will survive .
17 It is possible that one day you will come back to Normandy . ’
18 ‘ It is possible that one day we will return . ’
19 Of course , with this strategy being market-oriented , it is possible that one firm could purchase more pollution permits than it needed , with the intention of keeping out competitors , and the market would cease to function .
20 But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results !
21 In any game of brinkmanship , it is possible that one side will collapse suddenly .
22 Apparently it was convenient for BR to say that , because , had there been such a high-speed line included in the Channel Tunnel Bill , it is possible that that Bill would have fallen .
23 It is possible that advance notice of these strikes , combined with some noisy revving of jet engines from American aircraft carriers off the Dalmatian coast , would be enough to make the Bosnian Serbs change their minds .
24 On the contrary , it is possible that greater training in counselling skills may lead to a more skilfully directed and efficient interview .
25 Finally , it is possible that tighter control of restrictive practices agreements between firms is one of the factors that provide an incentive for mergers , a subject we take up in the next section .
26 In addition , it is possible that colonic decompression may reduce the chance of perforation and improve blood flow to the bowel wall .
27 A quarter of the present patients had no identifiable gastrointestinal infection/infestation ; it is possible that new organisms or occult infection are implicated , and , although unlikely given the absence of CD4 receptors on healthy biliary epithelium , HIV may itself damage the biliary tree .
28 For the most part it made use of trackways already established and ancient , though it is possible that new pieces of track were trampled out where the direct line required it .
29 Even in the case of language tests , it is possible that situational factors will influence a child 's performance and hence make comparisons between two sets of scores difficult to interpret .
30 So it is possible that avian death-feigning is tuned in to this one crucial moment of possible escape .
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