Example sentences of "as a possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once witnessed an incident that could so easily have been avoided if the pilot had considered a downwind landing as a possible option . |
| 2 | My inclination to reject law as a possible course was incomprehensible to many , and while I was waiting to go to university I was constantly challenged about this . |
| 3 | The May timetable also saw the reintroduction of a limited and experimental passenger service between Oxford and Bicester Town ( previously Bicester London Road before closure in January 1968 ) , sponsored by Oxford City and County Councils , Cherwell District and Bicester Town Councils as a possible partial solution to traffic congestion in Oxford . |
| 4 | That race had been touted as a possible target for the French and Irish Derby winner Old Vic , who like Nashwan carries the colours of a member of the Maktoum family . |
| 5 | It is safe to assume that these were prominent factors when Biggs was considered as a possible opponent for Mason who will go to his corner at the Royal Albert Hall in London tonight with a record of 31 professional victories , 30 inside the distance . |
| 6 | Mr Morton has long been rumoured as a possible successor to Sir Bob Reid at British Rail . |
| 7 | He was , in the early Seventies , spoken of as a possible future Tory leader . |
| 8 | It was important to him , important enough to see that members of his family met her and that he found out what they thought of her as a possible wife for him . |
| 9 | He saw him now as a possible Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 10 | The idea of a National Government , then , had implanted itself in the mind of the King , and in that of his closest adviser , as a possible solution to the economic crisis which many felt to be imminent . |
| 11 | • Renault Trucks chairman Jean-Pierre Capron , tipped as a possible successor to Renault boss Raymond Levy , joins the management group . |
| 12 | One month has been suggested as a possible suspension period . |
| 13 | Takeover talk now dominates with John Hall , the Tyneside entrepreneur and long-time combatant for control of Newcastle , emerging as a possible saviour of Hartlepool . |
| 14 | He is on my short list as a possible Grand National winner . |
| 15 | However , the development has attracted criticism in the past months as a possible white elephant following the effect of the steep rise in interest rates on the economy . |
| 16 | However , the development has attracted criticism in the past months as a possible white elephant following the effect of the steep rise in interest rates on the economy . |
| 17 | Experts cite Romania as a possible future instance where human rights violations could lead to a call for action from outside national boundaries . |
| 18 | It had seen the East German poll as a possible stepping-stone to countrywide influence , but the results hardly look like that . |
| 19 | Standing around the lobbies , bars and corridors of the Commons after Mr Major 's 1990 budget speech were plenty of Tories ready to speak of the new chancellor as a possible ‘ healing ’ prime minister . |
| 20 | He is still regularly mentioned as a possible secretary of state should the Democrats regain the White House . |
| 21 | When I mentioned Aids as a possible reason , she looked blank . |
| 22 | Such reliance upon Baldwin and the dependability of the Conservatives did not work , and produced within the Conservative Party internal divisions which saw Neville Chamberlain being suggested as a possible alternative to Baldwin and the emergence of the Empire Party , led by Lord Beaverbrook and the press barons , as a challenge to Baldwin 's leadership . |
| 23 | That is how I see the Nineties as a possible new dawn . |
| 24 | There is no doubt that Karajan was able to observe musical power-politics at close quarters , having arrived by some malign chance in 1937–8 as a possible rival to the politically recalcitrant Furtwängler . |
| 25 | As a theory it is common enough : in the Italian Constitution the family is the only association among people which is designated ‘ natural ’ , and contemporary British conservatives tend to see the family as a possible counterweight to the power of the state . |
| 26 | Lack of time has been cited as a possible reason why a new set of criteria put before the world governing body 's council in Tokyo last year failed to come up for discussion . |
| 27 | There has been considerable concern over the sooty specks ( particulates ) from diesel exhausts as a possible cause of cancer . |
| 28 | Gary Klesch , the American financier , has been mentioned as a possible negotiator on behalf of bondholders . |
| 29 | They selected a 90,710-acre of the Ponca Reservation , Oklahoma as a possible new home for the Nez Perce , though it was little better . |
| 30 | As a possible agent of change , the bourgeoisie was discarded by dependency theorists , but in the wave of post-dependency criticism , there have been attempts to resuscitate this role for them . |