Example sentences of "might [be] possible [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be possible to pick up more people . |
| 2 | These alternatives will not always be available at short notice but it might be possible to plan for them . |
| 3 | Not only are such predicates eliminable , it might be argued , but conceivably it might be possible to devise a method of paraphrase which would enable us to dispense with quantifiers as well ; and if the latter can be achieved , then the myth of the " logical independence " of existential propositions will have been exploded once and for all . |
| 4 | If the interdependencies do not involve all SBUs in a corporate group , it might be possible to form largely separable business clusters and form the portfolio-grid analysis in terms of those rather than smaller SBUs . |
| 5 | It might be possible to use an annual grant of £300 to carry out the necessary paintwork . |
| 6 | It might be possible to use an annual grant of £300 to carry out the necessary paintwork . |
| 7 | This would , or course , only be justified for serious disease , but if more benign targetting techniques could be devised , it might be possible to use the liver as a target tissue for any interaction with serum metabolites , such as cholesterol . |
| 8 | For example , it might be possible to predict the demand for desk-top minicomputers in West Germany or France from earlier demand for the product in the USA . |
| 9 | We suggest that it might be possible to evolve new viral tropisms ( see below ) using repertoires of antibody fragments or peptide sequences displayed on the virus , with cycles of infection and selection . |
| 10 | Some forms ( Turrilites ) adopted the helical spire , and were it not for the obligatory suture lines it might be possible to mistake these species for large gastropods . |
| 11 | Fosbrooke even believed that it might be possible to educate them without danger to the state . |
| 12 | In explaining this situation , it might be possible to point to sources inherent to Japan — its culture , mentality , religion , or geography . |
| 13 | Putting it in an academic essay would certainly be unexpected , but it might be possible to claim that it is a regional/class standard written form . |
| 14 | If we could be sure that everyone in the community was equally generous , it might be possible to finance social services by announcing how much it would cost to run the Health Service per head in the coming year and then leave it to individuals to post an appropriate sum to their local health authority . |
| 15 | On the basis of this type of analysis , the planner can then apply his or her judgement — of the suitability of individual publications for the product , and of the type of deal that it might be possible to negotiate — to select the final mix of publications . |
| 16 | Presumably you also believed that it might be possible to negotiate some form of multilateral disarmament in the region ? |
| 17 | It might be possible to argue that the direction and control vested in the member States were sufficient to create an agency relationship between the Council and the member States . |
| 18 | It might be possible to take a statement from the driver of such a vehicle in cases of difficulty . |
| 19 | If we were simply talking about a supplementary form of school report , with or without external validation , it might be possible to envisage GCSE results as simply one component of such a report . |
| 20 | In contrast to the other option , it might be possible to monitor and recover the waste . |
| 21 | In your situation , as both employees work in the kitchen , it might be possible to monitor the situation , eg checking on stock after each shift , etc . |
| 22 | It might be possible to relocate government research establishments and to target high-technology , public-sector purchasing to create more demand for innovations in older regions , for example . |
| 23 | David began to think that it might be possible to go on living in the same house as Julia and Anthony without either betraying himself or suffering unendurable frustration . |
| 24 | If the level of money incomes in the economy is known , it might be possible to estimate the transactions and precautionary demand for money . |
| 25 | Adam was talking to a man she vaguely recognised as a financier of some sort , and she wondered when it might be possible to leave without appearing rude . |
| 26 | But , if you can isolate the component , it might be possible to swap it for a new one at minimum cost . |
| 27 | I wonder if , even at this late stage , it might be possible to arrange for the loan of an item from your collections for our forthcoming exhibition on John Slezer , of which you may already be aware . |
| 28 | It might be possible to resolve the situation with a course of tranquillisers . |
| 29 | Moreover , it might be possible to resolve some of the difficulties that might arise before , say , eviction or redundancy became real possibilities . |
| 30 | Either of the Machin boys — because it might be possible to cut Rose out of the agreement about book royalties . |