The phrase "a distinct possibility of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the likelihood or chance of something occurring.
Example: "There is a distinct possibility of rain tomorrow, so we should consider bringing umbrellas."
Alternatives: "a strong chance of" or "a clear likelihood of".
Even so, there is a distinct possibility of an upset.
It is not scaremongering to suggest there is a distinct possibility of a full-blown recession (usually defined as two or more consecutive quarters of GDP contraction) in the next couple of years.
That doesn't meant that stocks will go straight down from here, but there is a distinct possibility of a sharp decline over the next six to nine months.
He added: "This slapdash bill needs to be thought through more carefully because in its current form there is a distinct possibility of negative, unintended consequences that we simply cannot allow to happen".
Problems came to a head when ABC's Nightline revealed that there was a distinct possibility of embezzlement of American finances by the Russian authorities in order to build a suite of new cosmonaut houses in Moscow, or else that the building projects were being funded by the Russian Mafia.
By the start of Phase One, cosmonauts regularly found their missions extended to save money on launchers, the six-yearly flights of the Progress had been reduced to three, and there was a distinct possibility of Mir being sold for around $500 million.
In the cell, DNA can coordinate CuII, and therefore, Cu-mediated chemistry rather than FeII-driven Fenton chemistry is a distinct possibility for the source of the lesion.
"The likelihood of it ending up in the hands of al-Shabab or another terrorist organisation is a distinct possibility, regardless of who is identified as the end recipient," says Supervisory Special Agent EK Wilson of the FBI field office in Minnesota.
"There is a distinct possibility that much of the development and diffusion of new technologies in the current wave of innovation still lies ahead, and we cannot rule out productivity growth rates greater than is assumed in the official budget projections".
It is a distinct possibility that prevention of extracellular HMGB1 release forms a common denominator for the action of gold and the therapeutic effects exerted by oxaliplatin in the present studies.
If they clobber their opponents by 50 points -- a distinct possibility in several of the men's preliminary games -- detractors will wonder if sending American professionals to the Olympics was a good idea in the first place.
