Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb -s] the possibility " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoffert and Covey 's conclusion , that the existence of widely varying climatic states excludes the possibility of low sensitivity to doubling CO 2 , is only plausible for a one-dimensional Earth . |
| 2 | On the contrary , I shall maintain that this distinction demands the existence of such objects , and that moreover its applicability to such objects presupposes the possibility of certain criteria . |
| 3 | Neither of these alternatives excludes the possibility that a change in associability might also play a part on generating latent inhibition . |
| 4 | But to attempt to isolate them , in practice , can be no more than an illustrative device since the language-game we use of human beings encapsulates the possibility that at any moment Mary can be summoned from such a state , or summon herself , to one of reflection about her reasons for adopting this or that tactic . |
| 5 | The development of liquid acrylics expands the possibilities further . |
| 6 | The widespread agreement across the electorate on many issues increases the possibilities for voters to shop around the political parties , as well as for the political parties to attract voters who are not traditional supporters . |
| 7 | A market participant with no initial assets perceives the possibility of making large profits by buying up all the available supply of a given resource , and then establishing himself as the monopolist producer of a particular commodity . |
| 8 | As regards the phenomenal world , the meaningfulness of references to identical particulars presupposes the possibility of logically adequate criteria of re-identification , and such criteria , in turn , can operate only within a unitary spatiotemporal system ; conversely , the idea of such a unitary system presupposes the possibility of particular-identification . |
| 9 | Chapter 2 considered how shareholder passivity in large public companies with widely dispersed shareholdings creates the possibility that managers will pursue self-interested ends , divergent from the goal of profit maximisation . |