Example sentences of "can possibly " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , I do not understand how anyone can possibly think that a menu which features one fat-laden course after another — foie gras , creamy soup , fat-wrapped lamb , pan-fried potatoes , cheese and more cream in the mousse — is a well-planned menu . |
| 2 | And if the doctor wants the police the performance will be over by then and the house cleared before they can possibly get here . ’ |
| 3 | If they do attack again in strength I do n't see how we can possibly hold them , due to our large number of casualties and the very few reinforcements that seem to be joining us . |
| 4 | suddenly , they are put into a situation where the expectations of their performance are much higher than they can possibly deliver . |
| 5 | I want to play as many different roles as I can possibly manage . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , although the Haydn can possibly compete . ’ |
| 7 | Only one disturbing rumour can possibly mar the film 's success . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We do n't want this to get around if we can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 10 | No one lucky enough to be at Newmarket when he first appeared can possibly forget it . |
| 11 | So , come and see the different faces of Rhodes and ask yourself how there can possibly be so much in one place . |
| 12 | In ponds and lakes , surplus phosphorus in particular , but also nitrogen , commonly from fields but also from domestic sewage , may cause tremendous overgrowth of cyanobacteria or of green algae , far more than the resident animals can possibly consume . |
| 13 | Obviously more questions are raised here than can possibly be answered in a short book . |
| 14 | If the chancel or east end is self-contained , it can possibly be left substantially intact . |
| 15 | No man is an island ; no smallholder can possibly find the time or produce all the skills needed for complete self-sufficiency . |
| 16 | Nothing that can possibly matter much . |
| 17 | No brief summary can possibly do justice to the depth of the analysis ; but it has already been tried out on some uncommonly hard-nosed customers , and elicited their approbation . |
| 18 | I do n't suppose Mehra can possibly have had time to knock out some SF on the side , but I am deeply curious to know which great scientist lurks behind the mask of ‘ Robert Anton Wilson ’ . |
| 19 | For surely it can never be accepted by any normal thinking person that the bloody battles and massacres that have been necessary to establish even a tentative hold on any part of that unhappy , and anything but ‘ holy ’ , land can possibly represent a successful implementation of that promise . |
| 20 | If you can possibly afford it , opt for more than one bedroom . |
| 21 | The knowledge you need to make your marriage the best it can possibly be . |
| 22 | The company of a dog or cat can mean more to an elderly person than perhaps we can possibly imagine . |
| 23 | All slimming diets which can possibly work are based on calorie reduction , but it is easy to see why people become confused about this . |
| 24 | My own view is that , if you want really high-quality fish , and can possibly afford them , now is the time to buy , Good , old-fashioned haggling is supposed to be alien to the British nature , but we are rediscovering the art — which applies to Koi just as much as to motor cars or kitchen units ! |
| 25 | Indeed , in many cases some species were even bigger than we can possibly imagine . |
| 26 | I 'd have to say that Deuce was the most aggressive and distorted band around Washington , and that 's always been one of my attitudes : to be the most aggressive , no-holds-barred type of player that I can possibly be . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ When we go in to write songs it 's not fun , ’ protests Paul , who promptly giggles hysterically as if to suggest that , actually , songwriting is about as much fun you can possibly have with your clothes on . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It can possibly be traced to Taps in 1981 . |
| 30 | He said yesterday : ‘ The situation is difficult … and we 're going to have to tread very carefully about how we proceed , and it 's important that we do so with all the information that we can possibly have . ’ |