Example sentences of "it [be] possible that [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It is possible that some day such concern will change .
3 It is possible that some basis for explaining British football hooliganism may be found in appropriate studies of American sports-related disorder .
4 Quantitative measures of its effect are hard to come by , but it is possible that some co-citation clusters may be subject to this form of coupling distortion .
5 It is possible that this expression is sometimes used to reinforce a plural reference pattern in circumstances where such a reference pattern may be overshadowed by the potential for singular reference .
6 Its cause is not fully understood , but in view of the known connection between infra-red reflectance and water content on the one hand , and the demonstrated correlation between exposure to a low humidity regime and a decline in the measurement on the other , it is possible that this behaviour is related to reflectance .
7 We initiated the solution of P2 by solving LP ( 1 , θ ) , but it is possible that this problem is unbounded whereas LP ( 1 , θ ) has a solution for some other values of θ .
8 It is possible that this incident might be linked with them , but it is very difficult to say . ’
9 It is clear from these data that the capacity to form and present this influenza epitope has been returned to the T2/TAP1+2 transfectant , although it is possible that this capacity is suboptimal .
10 It is possible that this disparity of purpose contributes to the discrepancy in performance indicated above .
11 It is possible that this funding may cease after 1997 , but as Manchester Computing Centre has been designated a national datasets centre , the expertise to support the data should remain there .
12 It is possible that this year we 'll have hunt saboteurs to contend with .
13 It is possible that this surface , which is not entirely obliterated in the intercrater plains , predates almost all the craters on Mercury .
14 It is possible that this increase may have been , on the one hand , indicative of a greater frequency of homosexual activity ‘ in public ’ and , hence , of a degree of ‘ permissiveness ’ .
15 It is possible that this leakage was caused by minute perforations of the gall bladder allowing transudation of bile , that healed by the time of cholecystoscopy .
16 It has been argued that compression of the abdomen increases the ‘ pinchcock ’ effect of the angular incisura and so it is possible that this manoeuvre could actually prevent reflux in some patients .
17 It is possible that this appearance of non-particulateness is illusory , and that the analogy with genes does not break down .
18 It is possible that this difference of opinion was pre-arranged and intended simply to minimize the extent of the cooperation between Richard and Philip as a preliminary to the new proposal which the King of France now made and which clearly had been worked out between them .
19 It is possible that this form of political organization is more conducive to non-competitive peaceful behaviour but , as many instances from New Guinea and Amazonia show , it is certainly no guarantee of it .
20 It is possible that this statement commits us to a misnomer at the outset .
21 It is possible that this effect on ileal motor activity may facilitate absorption of bile salts in the ileum by the ‘ ileal pump ’ mechanism by slowing intestinal transit time .
22 Mr Justice Stegmann , who sentenced her in May , said that it was possible that another court might reach a different verdict .
23 It was possible that this ineptitude revealed incipient senility .
24 On 2 October 1990 the inspector requested accounts of and details of transactions with one of the plaintiff 's subsidiaries , B ( Pte ) Ltd ( a Singapore company ) , as it was possible that this information would lead to the amendment of existing assessments .
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