Example sentences of "[pers pn] is possible [conj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is possible that many cases of petty assault were instituted as retaliation for verbal abuse .
2 Nor do the minutes provide evidence of any formal attempt to compare the cost of improving Village school building with the cost of transporting the children to Green Haven , though it is possible that such studies took place .
3 It is possible that such errors however , are merely indicative of the same craftsman 's readjustments .
4 It is possible that such customers will not be concerned by an indirect holding via an index future ( Martin , 1988 ; Luskin , 1987 , pp. 343 4 ) .
5 Lillian Faderman accepts that women 's relations may have been less physical in the past , but asserts that it is possible that such relations were still lesbian :
6 It is possible that such perturbations to regional heat flow may have affected the evolution of vitrinite reflectance in the underlying Carboniferous rocks .
7 It is possible that all dreams are merely mental detritus .
8 If at least some people and states obey some laws for other reasons , such as moral conviction or non-coerced self-interest , then it is possible that all persons and states might do so .
9 Despite the extensive decline , it is possible that more Redshanks still nest in Sussex today than did in the 19th century .
10 He argues that ‘ it is possible that those universities which have done badly in the UFC exercise have paid the penalty of over-investment in course development and teaching ’ , obviously to the benefit of their students .
11 However , it is possible that both phenomena ( adaptive cytoprotection and surfactant lipid barrier ) are integrated in a common protective mechanism , as far as the enhanced mucosal ability to synthesise prostaglandins would facour the prompt accumulation of hydrophobic phospholipids on the mucosal surface in response to mild irritation , rendering the mucosa more resistant to subsequent acid challenge .
12 But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time .
13 But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time .
14 It is possible that these changes have been critical in generating the considerable crustal extension ( possibly up to 100 per cent ) calculated for the Basin and Range Province .
15 It is possible that these differences reflect the availability of suitable timber , but it is difficult at present to determine the extent of woodland at a sufficient level of detail .
16 It is possible that these differences do not preclude these mosaics as works of the same mosaicist .
17 It is possible that these countries could become virtual havens for the continuing production of CFCs .
18 It is possible that these symptoms are due to hormonal upsets , caused by anti-bodies affecting the ovaries .
19 It is possible that some elements of the Hooligan dress-style were derived from the clothes favoured by costermongers in mid-nineteenth-century London .
20 The two 1973 elections , i.e. for Local Government as well as the Assembly , were held immediately after the advertising campaign and the electorate could concentrate on one method of voting , but since that time two Westminster elections were conducted by means of the X-vote , and it is possible that some voters may have been confused .
21 We have seen above that it is possible that some individuals may wish to work fewer hours and take more leisure as a result of an increase in the real wage .
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