Example sentences of "can we possibly " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But how can we possibly … trust … after …
2 How can we possibly retain that self-reliance and confidence if we become more and more a nation of programmed consumers , stuffed with the produce of an automated technology over which we feel we can have little influence ?
3 When our internal organs , lungs , liver or kidneys , are like the far side of the moon , never visible , how can we possibly have any feeling for them ?
4 To begin with , how can we possibly know what we would really need if stricken by serious illness or accident perhaps many years later ?
5 How can we possibly begin to work them out ?
6 For musicians , the lure of the West must be strong , and for reasons as understandable as basic working conditions and standard of living , but as a result we stand at a crossroads : how can we possibly avoid the continuing standardization of orchestral , instrumental and vocal production , and continue to have the opportunity of hearing music played in a style and tradition for which it was probably originally conceived .
7 Can we possibly claim that potatoes helped to win the battle of Waterloo ?
8 How can we possibly justify creating 7,000 additional children 's books each year ?
9 How can we possibly justify creating 7,000 additional children 's books each year ?
10 " Oh , Laurie , " ( to my father ) " how can we possibly leave them here ?
11 How can we possibly sustain the change process for seven years ?
12 So , if that is the case how can we possibly lose our identity because we have n't , we 're not , there 's no suggestion if we go on an inward journey , the inward journey must be within our selves , within our individuality , not , not jumping out into some form of spacial context .
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