Example sentences of "[vb -s] the possibility [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implications of the medical diagnosis in so far as it is likely to affect the child 's education will need to be considered and attention given to the prognosis , especially if it involves the possibility of progressive deterioration of sight . |
| 2 | Because of the nature of scientific work , much of the earlier " practical " work has to be carefully structured and supervised , especially when it involves the possibility of dangerous accident . |
| 3 | His critique centres on two related problems : in the first place if , as Foucault argues , the expulsion of madness by reason constitutes the possibility of history as such , so that this gesture of exclusion produces the fundamental structure of historicity , then the ‘ classical ’ moment of this proscription that he describes must be an example rather than an originary moment . |
| 4 | But if the perceptual powers of babies , higher mammals such as mature dogs , and of more primitive beings such as parakeets and fish is also covered , then to talk of concepts unduly evokes the possibility of a linguistic criterion . |
| 5 | Continuous blockwork minimises the possibility of tell-tale cracking . |
| 6 | They offer free ’ valuable information ’ on how to detect a potential drug user ( sunglasses worn at inappropriate times , irritable mood ) and how to dismiss that person in a way that minimises the possibility of a lawsuit . |
| 7 | You can never entirely eliminate human error and oversight , but this gimmick of marking replies to searches , etc , minimises the possibility of your forgetting to pass on to your client vital information that might give time to consider whether or not to proceed with the purchase , such as the fact that redevelopment of the area within the next ten years is contemplated . |
| 8 | Both these positions entail a great deal of risk ; going long produces the possibility of capital losses on the shares held , going short produces the possibility that the jobber may have to buy in the shares at a future date at expensive prices . |
| 9 | The Queen of Beauty encompasses the ebb and flow of feminine life , and she represents the possibility of expressing each nuance of this . |
| 10 | And of course I knew that this hierarchical organization offers the possibility of reward and incorporation into the highest ranks to those who conform to such dictates . |
| 11 | Media coverage now offers the possibility of enormously increased revenue from advertising either directly or indirectly through named sponsors . |
| 12 | The second feature which offers the possibility of overcoming the problem of how to incorporate the rich and exciting range of activities we would like , is the move to planning the curriculum as a progression of learning from 5–16 ( hopefully eventually 3–21 ) . |
| 13 | Instead of upholding one at the expense of the other , Bachelard offers the possibility of a deconstructive history which would reinscribe that which had been excluded ; this could also enable a differential history of science and ideology , accounting for the perpetuation of ideology after the production of science . |
| 14 | Such observations may help to explain the protracted sense of crisis in the humanities ; but the model also offers the possibility of regrouping the traditional concerns of the humanities around the notion of ‘ being ’ , if that concept can be allowed . |
| 15 | The second option is , in fact , the only one that offers the possibility of high real incomes in America . |
| 16 | Progress will inevitably be slow but the dual-task technique offers the possibility of determining something of the nature of the dynamic interaction between the two hemispheres . |
| 17 | Since video offers the possibility of separating sound from picture , and each of these channels carries its own information , it should be a good medium for this technique — jigsaw viewing instead of jigsaw listening . |
| 18 | In any kind of training a video camera offers the possibility of recording the trainees ' performance . |
| 19 | ERA thus offers the possibility of real-time quality control not only for industrial pollutants but also for pathogens such as E.coli or parasites like cryptosporidium in drinking water . |
| 20 | The log-hyperbolic distribution offers the possibility of a range of curve fittings , one limiting case of which is the log-normal distribution . |
| 21 | At the same time , the new digital system — ISDN2 — offers the possibility of using the same lines for either telephone or computer communication . |
| 22 | Measurement of sodium concentrations is simple to perform and offers the possibility of prolonged continuous monitoring . |
| 23 | Transplantation with either a combined liver and lung ( heart ) or in certain situations a liver alone , however , offers the possibility of longterm relief of PHT . |
| 24 | A university based institute offers the possibility for greater objectivity and a greater preoccupation with overall purposes than may be possible in a hard pressed Ministry , together with the potential ( and it remains a potential ) for linking research findings with the practical problems of curriculum design . |
| 25 | The universality of the pragmatic features of communication means that all communicatively competent speech contains the possibility of the ideal speech situation : |
| 26 | I would also like to erm ask that erm that we do have everything we can to ensure that where this council has the possibility as erm landowner or property owner or whatever that we prevent or certainly discourage the use of such property for car boot sales and I had in mind sales that are taking place based on erm education property and in the case of Hatfield we were able to persuade the relevant authorities to er cause the car boot sale to cease but that particular car boot sale was causing great damage to the legitimate traders in both the Hatfield market and the Hatfield town centre . |
| 27 | On completion of training the trainee becomes a third assistant purser and has the possibility for promotion up to head purser level but always dependent on the individual 's ability . |
| 28 | These are self-report inventories where the testee has the possibility of cheating in that he can respond with an answer which he considers will give him a good score rather than providing a completely truthful one . |
| 29 | Has the possibility of two or more employees sharing one post been considered ? |
| 30 | If the national court dealing with a question of Community law finds it particularly difficult , it always has the possibility of referring the matter to the European Court for a preliminary ruling to elucidate the matter . |