Example sentences of "is [adj] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is no certainty that it will happen but it is possible that the deaf people of this country and of other EC countries stand on the threshold of a breakthrough in their fortunes . |
| 32 | Despite the undoubted pre-eminence of the left hemisphere for language in the majority of right handers , it is possible that the right half of the brain can participate in certain language functions as indicated by the split-brain studies reviewed in Chapter 3 . |
| 33 | Thus it is possible that the chronic alcoholism reported in some socialist utopias in the East may have the same psychological roots as that so vividly described by the Spanish chroniclers of Inca Peru . |
| 34 | No fauna of pre-Chokierian age has yet been discovered , and it is possible that the early Namurian succession is condensed in the district . |
| 35 | If the lamp remains on for a longer time it is possible that the incorrect outer ( track ) connection to the rotary potentiometer VR2 has been used . |
| 36 | It is possible that the latter drew some plans for Biddick ; if he did not , then he had a powerful influence . |
| 37 | It is possible that the latter held lands to the west also , taken from the hostile Durotriges after their defeat by Vespasian . |
| 38 | The distinction between steady-state subduction and plate collision at convergent boundaries is due to the resistance of continental crust and island arcs to subduction , although it is possible that the latter can be subducted . |
| 39 | Bouguereau has not been selling well at auction in recent years , and it is possible that the recent exhibition at Borghi & Co. in New York has stimulated a revival of interest in his work . |
| 40 | The Anonimalle Chronicle 's account of de la Mare 's selection does not give the impression that it was usual to choose a speaker , though it is possible that the small groups which had appeared before the lords on behalf of the commons in earlier parliaments had chosen one of their number to speak on their behalf . |
| 41 | The question in the 1959 survey was open-ended , and it is possible that the great increase in preparedness to act is an artefact of the changed method of question administration . |
| 42 | Failing such developments , it is possible that the European Court will find the unprincipled and unpredictable system of libel awards to be a breach of Article 10 of the European Convention , under which all restrictions on freedom of expression must be " prescribed by law " . |
| 43 | Indeed , it is possible that the black hole could emit a television set or the works of Proust in ten leatherbound volumes , but the number of configurations of particles that correspond to these exotic possibilities is vanishingly small . |
| 44 | In fact , it is possible that the distinctive low-frequency sounds and hums generated by deserts , mountain tops and other locations act as homing beacons . |
| 45 | Nonetheless it is possible that the general relationship between response criterion bias and normality ratings reflects the operation of some form of schema at retrieval . |
| 46 | Though this danger is now realised , it is possible that the current models are also incomplete and that some errors in the correspondence between the model and the observed data are due to insufficient sophistication in the model . |
| 47 | Alternatively , it is possible that the abnormal recordings are the result of poor summation of the electrical signal in the abnormal muscle syncytium and poor projection onto the body surface . |
| 48 | I may believe it is possible that the dead Giselle really did communicate with Alberic , but that in fact she did not . |
| 49 | Taken to its logical conclusion , it is possible that the same three groups of supporters may combine to ‘ represent ’ England in an overseas confrontation with continental supporters ( Williams et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 50 | It is possible that the natural history of cryptosporidiosis in the United Kingdom includes diarrhoea extending up to 21 days . |
| 51 | So it is possible that the short-run agents in the model over estimate the long term agent 's type after a particular sequence of shocks and subsequently revise this estimate downwards . |
| 52 | It is possible that the silent witness of a man 's life was more in accordance with the tradition of meditation and contemplation that Gandhi was accustomed to than the more vocal and prophetic approach of the Christian tradition . |
| 53 | In addition , it is possible that the high gastric juice urea concentration encourages the colonisation of the upper gastrointestinal tract by urease positive organisms . |
| 54 | For example in Barcelona Traction 67 it is possible that the corporate authorities felt that the company 's interests were never placed squarely before the International Court and that the legal issue , whether Belgium could represent the Belgian shareholders , ignored the question of third party interests in the company itself . |
| 55 | It is possible that the earlier epidemics absorbed the existing population surplus and that the later outbreaks upset the balance between land and labour which had been re-established after 1350 . |
| 56 | It is possible that the earlier opposition of Chramn to his father , Chlothar , and to his brothers was linked to the fact that he alone was the son of Chunsina . |
| 57 | It is possible that the weird clouds are not unprecedented . |
| 58 | It is possible that the relative lack of efficacy of fluticasone propionate compared with a standard regimen of prednisolone is because the dose chosen was too low to produce therapeutic concentrations in the colon . |
| 59 | ( It is possible that the Chinese qinghaosu , a natural drug derived from the medicinal herb quinghao , Artemisia annua , which has been used in China for at least 2000 years , may prove useful . ) |
| 60 | It is possible that the steep age gradient observed in Figure 5.1 is mainly due to these factors . |