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

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1 It is equally possible that these officials were billeted on local householders , a practice which became increasingly common among Roman army units in the late empire .
2 It is thus possible that most of the tissue damage is caused by neutrophils generating free oxygen radicals and releasing lysosomal enzymes when in contact with a chemoattractant within the lumina propria .
3 However homoeopathy is very successful in veterinary practice and it is theoretically possible that suitable animal tests could be devised for the study of at least some homoeopathic remedies .
4 It is even possible that acoustic recording techniques dictated the popularity of the fox-trot , which to modern ears is a very four-square and unsophisticated rhythm .
5 It is even possible that some might be low ‘ g ’ sensitive and be at risk if a low ‘ g ’ situation suddenly occurs .
6 It is also possible that two of these constituents in their liquid form substitute for water as a suspension medium for organic compounds .
7 It is also possible that one organization adopts all five simultaneously !
8 It is also possible that small intestinal overgrowth with deconjugating bacteria was present in some cases , which could counteract a concomitant effect of ileal dysfunction on bile acid synthesis .
9 It is also possible that many advertisers were put off by the political tone .
10 However , it is also possible that persistent high PTHrP , unaffected by pamidronate treatment , could have a more potent effect on bone in these patients .
11 However , it is also possible that these domains might not be directly involved in the association but that deletions of these regions might induce a conformational change of each protein , affecting the interaction .
12 It is also possible that some small babies have insufficient lactase to cope with very large feeds — they can digest small feeds , but if their morning feed is larger than usual , the extra lactose overwhelms their capacity to cope with it .
13 It is also possible that some of this weathering might be caused by salt crystallisation effects ( see Chapter 3 ) .
14 On the other hand , it is also possible that some abortions that were originally induced by primitive or illegal means will be finally treated by medical personnel and reported as spontaneous abortion .
15 It may be that one day we shall discover a complete unified theory that predicts them all , but it is also possible that some or all of them vary from universe to universe or within a single universe .
16 It is also possible that some research is directed towards developing a technique , methodology , computer program , or piece of equipment which has wide applicability , but whose initial testing was carried out within some field of Scottish geology .
17 It is also possible that some research is directed towards developing a technique , methodology , computer program , or piece of equipment which has wide applicability , but whose initial testing was carried out within some field of Scottish geology .
18 as if to emphasise the relative longevity of this sequence , however , it is also possible that some mosaics might pre-date the sequences of simple geometric and Orphic pavements .
19 It is also possible that this is meant to show her inability to do anything without her lover , even to kill herself .
20 It is also possible that non-price competition , in terms of quality of products , can be stimulated by the creation of a CU .
21 The current position is that the language of the Convention suggests one conclusion , while the intentions of the parties another ; it is also possible that those intentions changed after the negotiations precisely because of the changed stance of the United States .
22 It is also possible that seasonal meeting places had already been determined for the exchange of goods and people as well as social intercourse .
23 It is also possible that more women were attracted to the idea of site-specific work .
24 It is also possible that cultural adaptations during this phase may have selected genetic bases for behaviour in ways that ensured the development of social strategies designed to ensure that individuals fitted well into the existing social structure .
25 And it is just possible that Western ideas in psychiatry could be incorporated into a relativity model .
26 It is just possible that this is a master stroke on the part of the CEGB : focus attention on a topic that really has little to do with the inspector .
27 It is just possible that this far-off configuration will be unstable , and that the Sun will draw the Moon away into an independent orbit around the Sun , leaving the Earth Moon-less .
28 It is just possible that this is exactly the situation that we face when , as individuals , we experience these stages , and it may certainly be the situation that , as psychoanalysts , we encounter when we try to reconstruct the phases of ego- and superego-development from the sole evidence of the clinical analysis of individuals ( For instance , I strongly suspect that this fact has seriously misled the Kleinian school in its theory of developmental stages and is still obscuring much of the psychological structure of the psychoses , and perhaps the neuroses too . )
29 It is just possible that these properties would be sufficient , together with the abilities required by specific tasks , to engender a coordinated interdigitation of actions that would ( remotely ) resemble human interaction .
30 Football has become the focus for a new kind of identity for working-class male youth and it is quite possible that other forms of sport — cricket for instance — will be similarly used .
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