Example sentences of "is possible that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Since they collaborated on ballets there in the 1750S it is possible that Roman performance ideas were incorporated in Paris . |
| 3 | It is possible that concrete foundations for a boundary wall will be laid at the same time by the adjacent landowner ) ; |
| 4 | We do not , however , have the diagnoses of all patients who died between three months and two years , and it is possible that chronic renal disease was a factor in some of these . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is possible that future cohorts of older people will illustrate different patterns of disability . |
| 7 | It is possible that future developments in storage and warehousing may intensify these problems . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is possible that other base tag sets will be added in the future . |
| 12 | It is possible that other radioactive metals such as plutonium could be similarly dealt with . |
| 13 | It is possible that advance notice of these strikes , combined with some noisy revving of jet engines from American aircraft carriers off the Dalmatian coast , would be enough to make the Bosnian Serbs change their minds . |
| 14 | It is possible that metabolic , hormonal , or neural changes secondary to hyperglycaemia , rather than glucose itself , modulate gastrointestinal function . |
| 15 | In addition , it is possible that colonic decompression may reduce the chance of perforation and improve blood flow to the bowel wall . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 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 | So it is possible that avian death-feigning is tuned in to this one crucial moment of possible escape . |
| 20 | It is possible that due to replacement of ageing springs and ropes the organs originally went somewhat slower , but they could not have gone slower by much because the bellows are linked with the barrels ' rotation too slow a pace means that insufficient air circulates for the pipes to speak . |
| 21 | " Or it is possible that exaggerated stories have got about of the valuables in Moorlake . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It is possible that practical and theoretical authorities have little in common . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Theoretically , it is possible that longterm use of H 2 receptor blockers , or the even more potent proton pump inhibitors , could lead to an increased risk of gastric cancer . |
| 26 | Jordan says it is possible that genetic engineering could be used to enhance plants ' resistance to UV radiation . |
| 27 | Apart from the artifactual GS-ANA staining pattern caused by antibodies directed against nucleophilic cytoplasmic antigens , it is possible that true GS-ANAs also exist . |
| 28 | Further research is needed in this area and it is possible that important abnormalities in the ‘ modulating ’ apoproteins may be found . |
| 29 | It is possible that special introductory units should be produced to get teachers out of the C category ( TESTDRIVE goes some way towards this ) , but at present the CDL teacher is a challenge that every unit must face . |
| 30 | For example , it is possible that clinical cases are only an extreme form of a normal reaction to the short winter days . |