Example sentences of "possible [conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well I think that it is possible that as a result of the reporting of the Shadow Cabinet elections , that the sense was out in the public that somehow this was a setback for women , and that Labour
2 It is also possible that with the decline in activity in Norfolk , other eastern counties were considered attractive for the next phase in development , perhaps because the ground in the west appeared to have been secured through Shearman and Miss Green .
3 Was it possible that for the sake of prayer and guidance of souls he had a calling to the unmarried state ?
4 Of course , psychiatric diagnosis is not an error free process , and it is possible that in a proportion of the cases where there was diagnostic disagreement it was the research assessment that was in error ; it should be noted that in some cases the research psychiatrists could not agree among themselves on the diagnosis .
5 It is possible that in the course of time scientific advance will be able to offer at least an hypothesis which will throw some light on the mystery of the origin of the universe and give substance to the belief that life , in some form or other , does have an ineradicable and eternal place in the universe .
6 It is thus possible that in the course of the next few years Council will assign the headship for a period to the holder of the Halford Mackinder Professorship , who will among those carrying an obligation to serve if so requested .
7 It is , therefore , possible that in the presence of an autonomic neuropathy of long duration the number of working sweat glands decreases and their distribution becomes irregular .
8 It is possible that in the past any Zuwayi would have felt free to continue personally the feud with Zliten if he could allege that the peace was unsatisfactory or incomplete .
9 In fact I think it possible that in the context of hi-jacking we are developing the anti-tank weapon — one which is largely a moral weapon and lies mainly in the hands of political authority .
10 It is possible that in the future they may begin to be stored in an electronic , rather than a paper , file .
11 Since the QT Meeting on the 7th has indicated that she is feeling a little better and for the time being is willing to continue as the Teachers ' Representative , however , it is possible that in the future she may require assistance to carry out her duties .
12 It is possible that in the absence of Lmp2 and Lmp7 , peptides of inappropriate length are generated , which would result in a decreased stability of the assembled class I molecules .
13 Such direct methods were hardly possible except with the backing of military power .
14 She called for an exposure of the headhunting industry as a whole , accusing consultants of a variety of sins : of perpetuating another form of updated old-boy network , of ignorance about systematic interviewing practice , of poor report writing , of rushing through assignments as quickly as possible and of an inability to handle complex , highly specialist assignments : they would either fail to find anyone or send someone completely unsuitable .
15 I tried to make him as comfortable as possible and with the assistance of a French Commando placed a shell dressing into the large wound in his back .
16 Those rules are therefore designed to preclude , in so far as is possible and from the outset , the possibility of a situation arising such as that referred to in article 27(3) , that is to say the non-recognition of a judgment on account of its irreconcilability with a judgment given in a dispute between the same parties in the state in which recognition is sought .
17 At the beginning of his term as General Secretary , Brezhnev had been seen as a leader pursuing the art of the possible but by the end of his life , his leadership was seen , more pointedly , as the avoidance of the necessary .
18 The UK 's position in the mid 1960s provides a good example since she tried to avoid a change in her par value for as long as possible but in the end was forced to devalue because of increasing capital outflows .
19 This was the 41st competition between the two sides for the Directors Trophy which was presented to both clubs for annual competition in April 1953 , although in 1958 no play was possible because of a snowstorm .
20 On Nov. 15 the French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said in Bahrain that sanctions against Iraq , necessary to curb its war-making potential , should be lifted as soon as possible because of the hardship imposed on the Iraqi people .
21 However , prospective applicants should note that a few combinations of languages are not possible because of the teaching timetable .
22 Many of the new innovations have only been possible because of the company 's commitment to total quality management ( TQM ) .
23 relatively detailed specification , which was made possible because of the change from fixed to relative location , and
24 Time and time again it is made clear that many of Dan 's great exploits are only possible because of the application of science .
25 ‘ We suspect that he was primarily concerned to leave the course as soon as possible because of the proximity of his selected position to the start , ’ it said .
26 ‘ We suspect that he was primarily concerned to leave the course as soon as possible because of the proximity of his selected position to the start , ’ it said .
27 Although direct access between the two properties was not possible because of the ravine , both properties fronted onto the same beach which , though public , was not much used by outsiders .
28 Do you know it is possible because of the fear of people around you , the fear of your peers , the fear of what men may say , of what your family will think , of what your work mates might say about you , it is possible to allow that fear to send you to hell .
29 Mark claims that all this is possible because of the authority of Jesus :
30 The merging together of different financial institutions in this way to form ‘ one-stop multi-service financial supermarkets ’ would not have been possible but for the relaxation of certain types of regulatory barriers .
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