Example sentences of "[pers pn] is possible [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is possible that advance notice of these strikes , combined with some noisy revving of jet engines from American aircraft carriers off the Dalmatian coast , would be enough to make the Bosnian Serbs change their minds . |
2 | Finally , it is possible that tighter control of restrictive practices agreements between firms is one of the factors that provide an incentive for mergers , a subject we take up in the next section . |
3 | On the contrary , it is possible that greater training in counselling skills may lead to a more skilfully directed and efficient interview . |
4 | Apparently it was convenient for BR to say that , because , had there been such a high-speed line included in the Channel Tunnel Bill , it is possible that that Bill would have fallen . |
5 | While waiting for an ambulance it is possible that first aid carried out immediately would save a patient from choking or bleeding to death . |
6 | It is possible that other base tag sets will be added in the future . |
7 | It is possible that one enclave — Sarajevo and the area to its north — will survive . |
8 | It is possible that one day you will come back to Normandy . ’ |
9 | ‘ It is possible that one day we will return . ’ |
10 | Of course , with this strategy being market-oriented , it is possible that one firm could purchase more pollution permits than it needed , with the intention of keeping out competitors , and the market would cease to function . |
11 | In any game of brinkmanship , it is possible that one side will collapse suddenly . |
12 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
13 | In addition , it is possible that colonic decompression may reduce the chance of perforation and improve blood flow to the bowel wall . |
14 | So it is possible that avian death-feigning is tuned in to this one crucial moment of possible escape . |
15 | Since they collaborated on ballets there in the 1750S it is possible that Roman performance ideas were incorporated in Paris . |
16 | Theoretically , it is possible that longterm use of H 2 receptor blockers , or the even more potent proton pump inhibitors , could lead to an increased risk of gastric cancer . |
17 | It is possible that synthetic speech may have a useful role to play in testing language learners ' ability to perceive important segmental and suprasegmental distinctions in the language they are learning . |
18 | Hospital Trusts appear to have the freedom to choose what they provide , and as they increase in number and DHA provision declines , it is possible that long-stay care will become a residual service , separated from profit-making , ‘ attractive ’ services . |
19 | In the case of extensive uplift it is possible that Carboniferous source sediments could be raised to sufficiently high structural levels for oxidation of the section to occur . |
20 | Yet even in such cases , it is possible that public involvement on specific issues will stimulate a more critical evaluation of such proposals in the future and generate a wider concern in other aspects of their environment , including the nature of the existing mechanisms for decision making . |
21 | It is possible that some day such concern will change . |
22 | It is possible that some basis for explaining British football hooliganism may be found in appropriate studies of American sports-related disorder . |
23 | Quantitative measures of its effect are hard to come by , but it is possible that some co-citation clusters may be subject to this form of coupling distortion . |
24 | Of course , it is possible that corporate power is itself a barrier to changes in distribution . |
25 | It is possible that this expression is sometimes used to reinforce a plural reference pattern in circumstances where such a reference pattern may be overshadowed by the potential for singular reference . |
26 | Its cause is not fully understood , but in view of the known connection between infra-red reflectance and water content on the one hand , and the demonstrated correlation between exposure to a low humidity regime and a decline in the measurement on the other , it is possible that this behaviour is related to reflectance . |
27 | We initiated the solution of P2 by solving LP ( 1 , θ ) , but it is possible that this problem is unbounded whereas LP ( 1 , θ ) has a solution for some other values of θ . |
28 | ‘ It is possible that this incident might be linked with them , but it is very difficult to say . ’ |
29 | It is clear from these data that the capacity to form and present this influenza epitope has been returned to the T2/TAP1+2 transfectant , although it is possible that this capacity is suboptimal . |
30 | It is possible that this disparity of purpose contributes to the discrepancy in performance indicated above . |