Example sentences of "[is] [adv] possible [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is entirely possible that this mechanism does operate , and that the members of a herd do use these clues when looking at one another .
2 And it is just possible that Western ideas in psychiatry could be incorporated into a relativity model .
3 It is just possible that these properties would be sufficient , together with the abilities required by specific tasks , to engender a coordinated interdigitation of actions that would ( remotely ) resemble human interaction .
4 In this case the misgivings appear to be unfounded , but it does highlight the need for adequate controls on such experiments , both from a national and international perspective , since it is always possible that genetic engineering firms , which are now proliferating in the USA , Japan and northwest Europe , will turn to those , usually developing countries , where regulations are not as strict as those of , for example , the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) in the USA .
5 Although direct associations between the context and the target stimulus can play little part in the effect , it is still possible that associative interference might be responsible , in whole or in part , for latent inhibition .
6 It is also possible that one organization adopts all five simultaneously !
7 It is also possible that many advertisers were put off by the political tone .
8 It is also possible that seasonal meeting places had already been determined for the exchange of goods and people as well as social intercourse .
9 However , it is also possible that these domains might not be directly involved in the association but that deletions of these regions might induce a conformational change of each protein , affecting the interaction .
10 On the other hand , it is also possible that some abortions that were originally induced by primitive or illegal means will be finally treated by medical personnel and reported as spontaneous abortion .
11 as if to emphasise the relative longevity of this sequence , however , it is also possible that some mosaics might pre-date the sequences of simple geometric and Orphic pavements .
12 It is also possible that some research is directed towards developing a technique , methodology , computer program , or piece of equipment which has wide applicability , but whose initial testing was carried out within some field of Scottish geology .
13 It is also possible that some research is directed towards developing a technique , methodology , computer program , or piece of equipment which has wide applicability , but whose initial testing was carried out within some field of Scottish geology .
14 It is also possible that cultural adaptations during this phase may have selected genetic bases for behaviour in ways that ensured the development of social strategies designed to ensure that individuals fitted well into the existing social structure .
15 The current position is that the language of the Convention suggests one conclusion , while the intentions of the parties another ; it is also possible that those intentions changed after the negotiations precisely because of the changed stance of the United States .
16 It is also possible that non-price competition , in terms of quality of products , can be stimulated by the creation of a CU .
17 It is also possible that more women were attracted to the idea of site-specific work .
18 Depending on the actual manufacturing costs and screen quality , a low-end 1024 x 768 version is also possible though last week he and his cronies were reportedly deciding its fate .
19 It is even possible that acoustic recording techniques dictated the popularity of the fox-trot , which to modern ears is a very four-square and unsophisticated rhythm .
20 It is equally possible that these officials were billeted on local householders , a practice which became increasingly common among Roman army units in the late empire .
21 It 's quite possible that some MPs will try and talk the bill out .
22 Is n't there something suspicious about making the performance of intentional actions the acid test of objective knowledge when it is quite possible that young babies have a very rich knowledge about the unseen existence of objects but that they lack the capacity to co-ordinate this knowledge with their motor skills at object removal ?
23 It is quite possible that that arrangement is the one that is most conducive to the public good .
24 Football has become the focus for a new kind of identity for working-class male youth and it is quite possible that other forms of sport — cricket for instance — will be similarly used .
25 It is quite possible that some selection factors may point towards your retention while others will , in comparison , favour colleagues .
26 In the absence of an animal , or even in addition to it , it is quite possible that some form of comfort was found at a particular place or sanctuary , and even within the minute span of evolutionary time measured by a single generation , it is possible for such a retreat to have become a very special place for a whole family , or even a tribe .
27 Now it is quite possible that these players could all bounce back through the mini tour , or through invitations gained in 1991 , but it does indicate what an unpredictable game golf is .
28 However homoeopathy is very successful in veterinary practice and it is theoretically possible that suitable animal tests could be devised for the study of at least some homoeopathic remedies .
29 It is therefore possible that subtle abnormalities of lipoprotein lipase activity may occur .
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