Example sentences of "it [adv] seemed possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the weekend , when it still seemed possible that Baldwin would resign in the next few days , Sydney Arnold and Lees Smith advised MacDonald not to take office , on the grounds that a Labour Government would be bound to fail and that the party would then be ‘ overwhelmed ’ . |
| 2 | In London there were doubts as to whether the likely trade justified the expense of full diplomatic representation : it still seemed possible that Japan 's ports would be used mainly by whaling ships in the north Pacific rather than by merchantmen . |
| 3 | On Sunday , only the day before yesterday — it hardly seemed possible ! |
| 4 | When John was so short-tempered , it hardly seemed possible to conduct a civilised conversation . |
| 5 | It hardly seemed possible that powerful , destructive passions could spring unendingly from such an unpromising source ! |
| 6 | Once again , the fiction of Hollywood merged with fact ; scenes of fantasy portrayed on celluloid for entertainment — like those in Easy Rider had become , it was said , the acted-out realities of a group of people whose minds had been expanded to breaking point , until they performed deeds so indescribably vile that it barely seemed possible that one human being could inflict such wounds upon another for no apparent reason . |
| 7 | It therefore seemed possible that referral rates would be higher among fundholders than among control practices in the year before the introduction of budgets , but that fundholders ' NHS referral rates would then fall . |
| 8 | It never seemed possible . |