Example sentences of "it [is] possible that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's possible that some other minor eruptions occurred between 1681 and 1883 , but if they did , there is no record of them , and all of the reports and descriptions made by ships passing Krakatoa suggest that it was quite dormant . |
| 2 | His lace assumes a natural look he 's able to sit up and breathe more normally and for a time seems well My dear Dr Dunstaple , perhaps you could explain to us why , if the symptoms are caused , as you seem to believe , by damage to the lungs or by a poison circulating in the blood and depressing the action of the heart … why it 's possible that these symptoms should thus be suspended by an injection of warm water holding a little salt in solution ? " |
| 3 | Indeed it is possible that many people recognise subconsciously that the hypothesis is not merely unprovable , but false ; certainly many drift away from an active interest in the subject . |
| 4 | It is possible that many cases of petty assault were instituted as retaliation for verbal abuse . |
| 5 | While some landforms may have been so produced , it is possible that many of them may be relict forms subject to little later modification . |
| 6 | It is possible that many with irritable bowel syndrome patients have a pan-intestinal motor disorder , and that extra-alimentary sites innvervated by the autonomic nervous system , such as the bladder , are involved . |
| 7 | It is possible that many of the anti-microbial antibodies described in inflammatory bowel disease and other inflammatory disease states , may in fact be reflections of immunisation against microbial heat-shock proteins , which has been implied in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune disease states and which may induce anti-lactoferrin antibodies ( see below ) . |
| 8 | Events which have been implicated in schizophrenia are of a more everyday nature ( although it is possible that many also have a private meaning ) , and a very wide range of emotionally arousing events may trigger a relapse . |
| 9 | It is possible that such authoritarian actions will occur again as soon as another crucial appointment to the hierarchy comes up . |
| 10 | Lillian Faderman accepts that women 's relations may have been less physical in the past , but asserts that it is possible that such relations were still lesbian : |
| 11 | As it is possible that such an offence will be committed on any march or demonstration , the Act gives the power to tap any organization engaged in such activity . |
| 12 | It is possible that such perturbations to regional heat flow may have affected the evolution of vitrinite reflectance in the underlying Carboniferous rocks . |
| 13 | It is possible that such people had minor enzyme deficiencies before their damaging exposure , but that these were not causing any symptoms at that stage . |
| 14 | Nor do the minutes provide evidence of any formal attempt to compare the cost of improving Village school building with the cost of transporting the children to Green Haven , though it is possible that such studies took place . |
| 15 | It is possible that such customers will not be concerned by an indirect holding via an index future ( Martin , 1988 ; Luskin , 1987 , pp. 343 4 ) . |
| 16 | However , it is possible that such " cutting " was intentional , in order to create the effect of a movement away from the spectator ( who is seen to be receiving a privileged view ) . |
| 17 | It is possible that such errors however , are merely indicative of the same craftsman 's readjustments . |
| 18 | Of course it is possible that neither of these political showbiz programmes would actually survive even until the interval . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But it is possible that all this evaluation of sites and techniques may be wasted . |
| 21 | It is possible that all dreams are merely mental detritus . |
| 22 | If at least some people and states obey some laws for other reasons , such as moral conviction or non-coerced self-interest , then it is possible that all persons and states might do so . |
| 23 | A. Discus would normally begin to display courtship at the age of nine months , so it is possible that all your Discus are of the same sex . |
| 24 | In the ‘ worst case scenario , ’ say MAFF and DoE , ‘ it is possible that most of the Anglian region would have to be declared a water protection zone as well as substantial parts of Severn Trent and other areas , accounting in total for the great bulk of the UK arable protection area . ’ |
| 25 | Despite the extensive decline , it is possible that more Redshanks still nest in Sussex today than did in the 19th century . |
| 26 | But it is possible that more or less than this number may develop . |
| 27 | Others are moving into the frame and within five years it is possible that more than half of all lamb will be sold overseas . |
| 28 | It is possible that those who work in education , even at senior management level , lack the confidence to press for this sort of recognition ; a diffidence which has its origin in the perceived ‘ otherness ’ referred to above , combined with the erroneous view that education has little or nothing to offer a commercial board-room . |
| 29 | It is possible that those who theorise about choice and independence are sometimes out of touch with the misery and squalor in which a small number of old people live . |
| 30 | He argues that ‘ it is possible that those universities which have done badly in the UFC exercise have paid the penalty of over-investment in course development and teaching ’ , obviously to the benefit of their students . |