Example sentences of "always the possibility " in BNC.

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1 And in that case , wrote Harsnet , there is always the possibility that it will not be the end but a simple pause , a mere hiatus .
2 In very light cross winds there is always the possibility of dropping a wing on to the ground and swinging badly .
3 And there is always the possibility — the necessity ? — that beauty can be its own truth .
4 For women officers there 's always the possibility that they 'll have to deal with the perpetrators of sexual abuse and violence .
5 He lived at a very difficult time ; they wanted him back at La Scala , but there was always the possibility that Toscanini would return .
6 ‘ As for Neighbours there is always the possibility I could go back to it , the door has been left open for Charlene to reappear at any time .
7 New trilobites are being discovered every year , and there is always the possibility of finding one with its legs preserved !
8 There was always the possibility , of course , that his suggestion of a fortnight ago may have been a whim of the moment , and he would no longer be approving of the idea .
9 Although there was always the possibility of drought or flooding , the Nile seldom brought disaster to Egypt .
10 There is always the possibility that young people will grow out of their peculiarities .
11 There is always the possibility of disruption .
12 The other is that even if subsidiaries of large companies are attracted to a particular region , and the company decides to develop innovations in that location , there is always the possibility that the firm ( likely to be a multinational corporation ) will relocate its plant , or switch manufacturing to other plants , and the local/regional authority will be powerless to intervene .
13 The production machinery has to be moved every day as the face moves , geological variations mean that the size and quality of the seam is unpredictable , and there is always the possibility of the collapse of the walls , roof , etc .
14 While the possibility of affluence influencing political stability may be present in the future , there is always the possibility that the worker , from his subjective experience of work and of his society , may articulate a political outlook of dissent and radicalism .
15 Although the latter was in the hands of people who rarely expressed anything but praise for the Government and TANU , neither of these institutions had editorial control , and there was always the possibility of its political line changing : after all , Ulimwengu had formerly been a firm TANU supporter .
16 I 'm not sure he liked it much , because there 's always the possibility of a label like that sticking .
17 It is likely to be frightened in the dark , and there is always the possibility of exhaust fumes leaking into this compartment , sometimes with deadly effects .
18 There was always the possibility of an obscure clash escalating into full-scale conflict .
19 Moreover , few types of resource-based learning are as clearcut as perhaps they sound to the newcomer ; there is always the possibility , indeed the likelihood , that at any one point the teacher may find it necessary to intervene , to establish a point , to correct a set of errors , to reinforce an insight , or to bring in an additional set of experiences , including the experience of argument and group debate while the interest is hot .
20 Yes there 's always the possibility that it might .
21 And even if a structural , timber can be dated , there is always the possibility that it was stored for some time between being felled and being used , or even that it was re-used timber salvaged from an earlier building .
22 But this ploy fails , partly because such a conception fails to tell us what is to count as ‘ adding 2 ’ , and partly because it relies upon a smooth interpretation of ‘ every ’ ; but we could ask about ‘ every ’ the same questions as we are asking about' + 2' , for there is always the possibility that someone should after a while begin to use ‘ every ’ as we would use ‘ every other ’ , maintaining that he was the only one in step .
23 Aspirants to further or higher education may well have to migrate and , once the initial break with the home area has been made , there is always the possibility that young people will not return to their villages .
24 There 's always the possibility of making a terminal ass of yourself , is n't there ? ’
25 As with many successful products there was always the possibility of a sequel and Collector 's Edition II duly appeared earlier this year .
26 ‘ And always the possibility he was killed because of something to do with his time in the secret service . ’
27 ‘ And then there was always the possibility that we might decide to keep Jane Pargeter after all . ’
28 There 's always the possibility that one of the passengers or crew noticed something .
29 Encourage them to play outside as there is always the possibility of bursting .
30 There was always the possibility that there might be other places , beyond the limits of the known , which were inhabited by the unnatural monsters of fable .
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