Example sentences of "it [modal v] possibly [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ITC says it may possibly award none at all . |
| 2 | As we have , therefore , travelled together through so many pages , let us behave to one another like fellow-travellers in a stage coach , who have passed several days in the company of each other : and who , notwithstanding any bickerings or little animosities which may have occurred on the road , generally make up at last , and mount for the last time into their vehicle with cheerfulness and good humour ; since after this one stage , it may possibly happen to us , as it commonly happens to them , never to meet more . |
| 3 | It is included in the present study because it may possibly occur in deeper water elsewhere in the North Atlantic . |
| 4 | It may possibly have begun as a baptistry or succeeded a cult centre at the spring head . |
| 5 | Whilst it may possibly have been the intention to increase the amount in the new rates , no provision appears as yet to have been made . |
| 6 | The system was the last shadow of the original shield in space , pursued partly because it contained exciting high technology , partly because it might possibly offer some worthwhile advantages , and partly because it could be used to show that Mr Bush had not turned his back on Mr Reagan 's dream . |
| 7 | It might possibly have been convoked earlier had not Luther urged that a general Council , to which the pope would be compelled to submit , should decide for or against his Ninety-Five Theses , thus reviving the spectre of conciliarism . |
| 8 | There was a distinct possibility that it could sink without trace , weighed down by listeners ' indifference , or , of course , it might possibly cause a public outcry , disgusting not merely Tunbridge Wells . |
| 9 | She 'd decided to go along with the FBI for a laugh , and because it might possibly help British Intelligence . |
| 10 | This would offer a considerable threat to the future supply of labour were it not for the fact that agriculture also attracts a disproportionate number of school-leavers — more , in fact , than it could possibly cope with if they were all to stay in the industry . |
| 11 | Sir , Skelton has taken all of that that it could possibly stand , without destruction . |
| 12 | To Peggy Say , Anderson 's sister , it seemed that some particularly keen sympathy compelled North never to turn down her requests to see him , when all she would do was sit at his desk upbraiding him and complaining and crying ; and when all he could do was repeat , cryptically , infuriatingly , that the government was doing everything it could possibly think of . |
| 13 | Do you do you think erm your father when he started the shop in twenty six , would ever imagined that it could possibly go on to the the end of the century ? |
| 14 | It could possibly have happened before . |
| 15 | It could possibly have been an animal , for witnesses have described it as being ‘ woolly ’ and having a stale smell , rather like a sheep . |
| 16 | But even should she explain it to her as his ruse to get his own way with her , there was still the possibility that the ruse might not have come off ; in anyone older than him and less strong , it could possibly have achieved its object . |
| 17 | It is not stated by the originator as to the exact site of the primary tumour from which MKN45 and MKN45G were derived but because of the gastrin secretory nature of MKN45G it could possibly have been in the antrum . |
| 18 | Unfortunately it is exactly these thoughts and behaviours which make the panic attack worse , make us terrified of having another and make us begin to avoid any and every situation where it could possibly happen again . |
| 19 | Despite the murmurs of anxiety over recent months , none of us considered realistically it could possibly happen . |
| 20 | This was just about as bad as it could possibly get . |
| 21 | And when in 1973 the Lord Chief Justice was asked to ‘ give some guidance upon the phrase ‘ cohabiting as man and wife ’ he swiftly handed back the poisoned cup , saying that the phrase was ‘ so well known that nothing I could say about it could possibly assist in its interpretation hereafter ’ . |
| 22 | CELEBRATING everything it can possibly think of this autumn ( In The City , Haç tenth birthday parties ) , Manchester is not a place to miss out on honouring recreational drug use . |
| 23 | A fox in a chicken run , faced with such an unnaturally generous supply of food , will release its instinct to kill until all the birds are dead , and it has far more than it can possibly cope with . |
| 24 | It seemed very obvious , first of all , that a country does not get rich by importing manufactured goods if it can possibly manufacture them itself . |
| 25 | Tillie Olsen can warn you about all the ways it can possibly happen , and show , too , how the best writers have gone quiet in response to discouragement and lack of understanding . |