Example sentences of "it is possible that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that lithium has an effect on the conduction in an axon by replacing the sodium ion and it is used in the treatment of depressive illness . |
| 2 | Even in non-calcareous rocks it is possible that sea water may exert a chemical action on some rock-forming minerals , thus causing a rapid dissolution of the rocks . |
| 3 | People indeed talked privately about the waste of government money , the lack of respect for public property , and it is possible that government might have regarded a discussion of that issue alone as constructive criticism : Kufrans were not sure . |
| 4 | It is possible that pollution affects their reproductive and immune systems , but there has only been piecemeal research on this subject . " |
| 5 | Therefore , it is possible that back diffusion of H + ions secondary to disruption of the mucosal barrier plays a part in the failure of these beverages to stimulate acid secretion . |
| 6 | This surprising observation has implications for the application of d 3C A to the study of DNA-protein interactions since it is possible that DNA duplexes containing this analogue may still bind proteins in the minor groove and therefore , the results from such studies need to be interpreted with care . |
| 7 | If the explanation of affinity is true , then it is possible that spermatozoa produced by a male hybrid would contain only the paternal chromosomes , and will therefore carry the Y sex chromosome , a donkey-Y in male mules and a horse-Y in male hinnies . |
| 8 | As lack of MHC class II antigens on the cell surface does not adversely affect the ability of cells to grow ( 35 ) , it is possible that pleiotropism is implicated . |
| 9 | It is possible that epinephrine can only temporarily stop bleeding and keep vessel existent , while a sclerosing agent can actually clot the vessel , and thereby decrease rebleeding . |
| 10 | In addition , it is possible that hypertension and obesity are linked by a common but as yet unknown factor . |
| 11 | Therefore , it is possible that relief of gaseous distension may have some influence on a surgical decision . |
| 12 | Writing in the International Journal of Epidemiology , the researchers said : ‘ It is possible that lung function like height is a marker of the effects of growth and development of childhood environmental factors such as nutrition and infection . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ In the short run , it is possible that inflation will exceed the top of the target range during calendar 1993 , but it is more likely that inflation will remain in the 3 per cent to 4 per cent range in the absence of any unexpected shocks , ’ the report said . |
| 14 | It is possible that Oct- 11 is activated in a similar manner in this cell line . |
| 15 | In fact , since C/EBPα can also act as a repressor on some promoters or enhancers ( 46–47 ) , it is possible that down-regulation of C/EBPα by IL-6 may be responsible for the induction of C/EBP δ/NF-IL6; β . |
| 16 | It is possible that quantum effects inhibit the formation of physical singularities ( see Chapter 12 ) . |
| 17 | It is possible that re-examination of these patients at a later date when any persisting antral gastritis has resolved may indicate that fasting gastrin consists entirely of G34 . |
| 18 | All were controlled for long periods with endoscopic treatment altough it is possible that obstruction contributed to death in one patient . |
| 19 | Consequently , it is possible that alteration is responsible , at least in part , for these unusual groundmass compositions . |
| 20 | But it is possible that unemployment may push people to the political margins and this may deepen their social isolation . |
| 21 | It is possible that speech and language developed from pre-existing neural structures lateralised to the left cerebral hemisphere . |
| 22 | As the different alcoholic beverages have not been shown to cause different diseases it is possible that alcohol itself is the most harmful component of the beverages . |
| 23 | If subjects actually experienced risk while watching the films then it is possible that attention focusing might have taken place and systematically biased the information subsequently described by subjects . |
| 24 | In Hampshire it is possible that boat traffic is too high at 1991 levels . |
| 25 | We know from the temple archives at Knossos that the geographical reach of the administrators was exceptional , so it is possible that ivory carvers in Palaikastro were employed and controlled by the Zakro priests . |
| 26 | It is possible that chromaticism favours the use of true intervals ; certainly the high degree of chromaticism in serialism goes well with canonic usages . |
| 27 | Of course , these considerations may lead firms collectively to undertake absurdly ambitious , big science projects when more modest research programmes would be optimal , and it is possible that research conducted collectively will be less well managed than a series of smaller scale independent projects ( the incentive to control costs may be weakened when costs are shared , and centralizing research efforts can often narrow their scope considerably ) . |
| 28 | It is possible that LIFESPAN has been unable to create the output file for the mail in your current directory as the VMS account has insufficient disk quota available ( or the device is full ) . |
| 29 | It is possible that efficiency considerations dominate once the nature of transactions is given , but that power is important in explaining their nature . |
| 30 | It is possible that ethanol liberates hstamine from cells containing histamine in the gastric mucosa . |