Example sentences of "it [be] possible that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's possible that the sluggish progress of satellite TV , for example , derives in part from the considerably less than state-of-the-art feel of its dishes . |
| 2 | As part of the installation routine , a device command is placed in your CONFIG.SYS , and other system configuration files are altered — if , for instance , you are running Windows 3.1 , then it 's possible that the virtual memory utility contained therein uses 32 bit disk access to write to and read from your permanent swap file . |
| 3 | And it 's possible that the curious telephone conversation in the flat , with its reference to postponing something for a week , related to your time limit . |
| 4 | It 's possible that the increased understanding that we now have of miocenia gravis will help us to understand more about diseases such as multiple sclerosis which are , unhappily , much more common than miocenia gravis . |
| 5 | I 'd play it but it 's possible that the red one will go when you take it out . |
| 6 | It is possible that the striking proliferative events started by TAGH in vivo reflect secondary actions of TAGH . |
| 7 | In fact , it is possible that the distinctive low-frequency sounds and hums generated by deserts , mountain tops and other locations act as homing beacons . |
| 8 | Indeed , it is possible that the black hole could emit a television set or the works of Proust in ten leatherbound volumes , but the number of configurations of particles that correspond to these exotic possibilities is vanishingly small . |
| 9 | Failing such developments , it is possible that the European Court will find the unprincipled and unpredictable system of libel awards to be a breach of Article 10 of the European Convention , under which all restrictions on freedom of expression must be " prescribed by law " . |
| 10 | Bouguereau has not been selling well at auction in recent years , and it is possible that the recent exhibition at Borghi & Co. in New York has stimulated a revival of interest in his work . |
| 11 | Thus it is possible that the chronic alcoholism reported in some socialist utopias in the East may have the same psychological roots as that so vividly described by the Spanish chroniclers of Inca Peru . |
| 12 | Nonetheless it is possible that the general relationship between response criterion bias and normality ratings reflects the operation of some form of schema at retrieval . |
| 13 | It is possible that the traditional tendency for researchers to exclude uncertainty variables from tested models may result in mis-specified models and false conclusions . |
| 14 | If the lamp remains on for a longer time it is possible that the incorrect outer ( track ) connection to the rotary potentiometer VR2 has been used . |
| 15 | Though this danger is now realised , it is possible that the current models are also incomplete and that some errors in the correspondence between the model and the observed data are due to insufficient sophistication in the model . |
| 16 | It is possible that the prospective commissioners will begin advising the Secretary of State on staffing matters next spring . |
| 17 | It is possible that the young Evelyn , who had never seen a Court masque , was easily impressed . |
| 18 | The Anonimalle Chronicle 's account of de la Mare 's selection does not give the impression that it was usual to choose a speaker , though it is possible that the small groups which had appeared before the lords on behalf of the commons in earlier parliaments had chosen one of their number to speak on their behalf . |
| 19 | The question in the 1959 survey was open-ended , and it is possible that the great increase in preparedness to act is an artefact of the changed method of question administration . |
| 20 | It is possible that the entire animal kingdom is the inevitable by-product of the process . |
| 21 | It is possible that the entire text is a combination of description and recollection from the perspective of a single flight , in which case it takes place over the course of a few hours , the time it takes to read it . |
| 22 | It is possible that the subjective sensation experienced by a female bat when she perceives a male really is , " say , bright red : the same sensation as I experience when I see a flamingo . |
| 23 | Allowing for the vagaries of memory , plus some very likely embellishing in the way Whitaker recounted the tale to his , then , fiancee , it is possible that the above tale contains just a couple of overt simplifications . |
| 24 | There is no certainty that it will happen but it is possible that the deaf people of this country and of other EC countries stand on the threshold of a breakthrough in their fortunes . |
| 25 | But it is possible that the poor reputation of Mary 's Council is based on too credulous a reading of the reports of Imperial envoys . |
| 26 | Despite the undoubted pre-eminence of the left hemisphere for language in the majority of right handers , it is possible that the right half of the brain can participate in certain language functions as indicated by the split-brain studies reviewed in Chapter 3 . |
| 27 | It is possible that the Outer Hebrides supported an independent small ice-cap ( Flinn , 1978 ; von Weymarn , 1979 ) . |
| 28 | No fauna of pre-Chokierian age has yet been discovered , and it is possible that the early Namurian succession is condensed in the district . |
| 29 | As already pointed out , it is possible that the apparent difference in response between the two groups was due to greater severity at baseline in subjects receiving active treatment . |
| 30 | In both cases , the breccias are thought to be exclusively developed in the Z1 Carbonate , although it is possible that the upper part of the reservoir in Auk may represent a collapsed portion of the Z2 Carbonate . |