Sentence examples for be possible in theory from inspiring English sources

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Setting a standard for ash may be possible, in theory.

Some people thought that while it might be possible in theory, in practice it would prove impracticable.

This may be possible in theory, but most readers, despite the author's noisy cheerleading, will pull up short when faced with Latin's notorious system of noun declensions.

Career breaks may be possible in theory; in practice, the numbers who get around to jacking in work to go travelling later in life are pretty low.

Some have devoted themselves to working out how it might be possible in theory, if difficult in practice, to build a time machine using exotic configurations of black holes, wormholes or cosmic strings.

It could be possible in theory for economic choices to increase average utility while severely harming the least fortunate; that would clearly be ethically perverse, and Rawls thought that the difference principle would avoid the problem.

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A cut in the allowance is possible in theory, though seems highly unlikely.

Such an "internal devaluation" is possible in theory, but it is unusual (and painful) in practice.

There are several hundred ragas in present use, and thousands are possible in theory.

It is possible, in theory, that Christie will appoint Booker, if only because, in theory, Christie can appoint whomever he wants.

His point is that yes, it is possible in theory, that bedbugs pass through train stations and reports have surfaced recently but it's not very common.

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