And yet a military dominated regime remains a real possibility.

The dreaded inflationary endgame suddenly looms as a very real possibility.

The possibility of a Sino Japanese arms race is becoming increasingly real.

There is also a real possibility of major upheavals in both Bahrain and Jordan.

Even to contemplate such a possibility is proof of diplomatic failure, not a triumph of real leadership.

There is a real possibility that global growth will register its first contraction since World War II.

The perceived need for real or even manufactured  enemies as a managerial tool has, in fact, transformed the nightmare of a clash of civilizations from a theoretical construct into a real possibility.

What about the possibility of endangering lives? What about real secrets about terrorists and delicate negotiations?

He also mentioned the real possibility that we are dealing with a creature which has a remarkably developed brain and a high degree of intelligence.

The current differences in the interest rates of euro zone government bonds show that the financial markets regard a break up as a real possibility.

The possibility of being rejected in a real election would naturally make board members accountable to shareholders, indirectly making the executives accountable as well.

In Egypt, the tense, polarized environment following the military s overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi has created the real possibility of civil conflict.

The very real possibility of death in combat may serve to distance men from the more remotely perceived threat of HIV infection.

Although a real breakthrough in the Arab Israeli peace process appears unlikely, United States envoy George Mitchell is still talking of Arab Israeli peace as a distinct possibility in 2011.

As before, they would get no real power in return, and any possibility of genuine change from within the existing power structure would remain minimal.

There's a possibility of war.

There's a possibility of war.

This is again a possibility.

And what we thought about the possibility of those young soldiers going into combat as being theoretical was now very, very real and leadership seemed important.

That makes failure a distinct possibility.

The alliance between presidential candidate Antanas Mockus and vice presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo offers the possibility of a real break, because neither man comes from the currently weakened traditional liberal conservative political milieu.

The possibility that US President Barack Obama and the Republicans in Congress will fail to reach a compromise before mandatory deep spending cuts and tax increases take effect on January 1 is very real.

As with many efforts of its kind, the agreement needs to be compared to alternative outcomes, starting with the real possibility of not concluding any deal at all.

Now, this is a real hospital, in a real emergency room.

There's a possibility that Tom will be late.

Now a more radical possibility has been raised.

China is hardly immune to such a possibility.

Suddenly, something that wasn't even a possibility became a reality.

Yet another area of regional and global concern was the spread of avian influenza, especially the real possibility that the virus might mutate at some point into a form capable of human to human transmission, leading to a possible pandemic.

Jean Michel Basquiat, important to me because he was the first black artist in real time that showed me the possibility of who and what I was about to enter into.

The proposed programme budget for 2004 2005, which displayed real growth of 0.5 per cent, envisaged the possibility of reallocating resources among the different subprogrammes in order to finance priority activities.

In our lifetimes, we have seen a welcome change from the darkest days of the Cold War, when a devastating conventional and nuclear war in Europe was a real possibility, to a new era in which no state faces this type of existential threat.

In this single story there was no possibility of Africans being similar to her in any way, no possibility of feelings more complex than pity, no possibility of a connection as human equals.

we have the possibility to fly like a bird.

4.10 According to the State party, the communication does not disclose any compelling circumstance substantiating the possibility of a real and foreseeable personal risk of torture, and is therefore inadmissible as incompatible with article 22 of the Convention.

Notably, by introducing a review clause, the draft resolution provides for the real possibility of further adjusting and adapting the Security Council to constantly changing international realities, making sure that the new permanent members make good on their word.

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The Government was nevertheless exploring the possibility of a referendum.

There is always a possibility of insurrection in Liberia itself.

It is a question that I am repeatedly asked at seminars and conferences. After all, participants in the housing and equity markets set prices with a view to prices in the bond market, so contagion from one long term market to another seems like a real possibility.

That's certainly one possibility.

Here s the second, rosier possibility Immigration may give Icelandic a boost.

And as a result of this convergence, this synthetic attempt to make sense of these two ideas together, there's a real possibility that, instead of a clash of Islamic civilization if there is such a thing and democratic civilization if there is such a thing we'll in fact have close compatibility.

Layla is a real bitch.

That is a real pity.