Example sentences of "possible that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , this kind of work would not be undertaken unless it was thought possible that causal relationships between variables might exist , just as a medical researcher might hypothesize a causal relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer , or as a historical linguist might hypothesize that a contributory cause of palatalization of [ k ] is an adjacent front vowel . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Although we may want to reject Wagner 's ( 1976 , 1981 ) specific formulation , it remains possible that other versions of associative theory might be able to explain the findings on context-specificity . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is therefore possible that subtle abnormalities of lipoprotein lipase activity may occur . |
| 10 | It is possible that future cohorts of older people will illustrate different patterns of disability . |
| 11 | It is possible that future developments in storage and warehousing may intensify these problems . |
| 12 | " Or it is possible that exaggerated stories have got about of the valuables in Moorlake . |
| 13 | It is , of course , possible that general practitioners refer only difficult cases for a specialist opinion , but most of these patients were not particularly complex from the diagnostic point of view . |
| 14 | Is n't there something suspicious about making the performance of intentional actions the acid test of objective knowledge when it is quite possible that young babies have a very rich knowledge about the unseen existence of objects but that they lack the capacity to co-ordinate this knowledge with their motor skills at object removal ? |
| 15 | Since the infra-red reflectance is strongly linked to the presence of water it was thought possible that unfiltered readings might not show the same decline — since to the eye at least the area does not decline until the onset of withering , which occurs only at a much later stage . |
| 16 | However , it is possible that cognitive changes occurring in the early stages of a depressive disorder may initiate a vicious circle that can transform an otherwise mild and short-lived reaction into one that is more severe and protracted . |
| 17 | With eighty percent of the scholarly publications in research libraries printed on acidic paper and major campaigns underway in the US and Europe either to reformat or substitute that material in new formats such as microfilm or digital media it is possible that retrospective conversions will eventually digitize millions of volumes . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And it is just possible that Western ideas in psychiatry could be incorporated into a relativity model . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It is possible that concrete foundations for a boundary wall will be laid at the same time by the adjacent landowner ) ; |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It is possible that time-gap experiences represent driving at the tactical level which is conducted without controlled processes being involved , the assumption here is the common one that unless a stimulus event receives conscious attention it will not be stored in long term memory ( e.g. Bargh , 1984 ; Broadbent , 1958 ; Moray , 1959 ; Shiffrin & Schneider , 1977 ) . |
| 25 | The team of subject assessors is around 400 strong — but new recruits are regularly needed as module uptake patterns change and as previous assessors leave , SCOTVEC tries to maintain a balance in the team , ensuring if possible that different sectors of education , as well as industry and commerce , are represented . |
| 26 | Administrators , on the other hand , are entirely the creatures of statute and it is possible that different considerations apply to administrators than apply to administrative receivers on the question of unregistered companies . |
| 27 | It is possible that hormonal fluctuations which occur while a woman is pregnant can affect both mood and pre-natal development more than was once recognised . |
| 28 | This underwater world has not yet been thoroughly explored , so it is possible that unknown monsters exist there . |
| 29 | Mr Reynolds believed it possible that inter-party talks on Northern Ireland could resume again , even before May 's local government elections . |
| 30 | But it hardly supports the conclusion which , without further ado , Berkeley draws from it : that it is not possible that sensible things ‘ should have any existence out of the minds or thinking things which perceive them ’ . |