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词汇 example_english_mere-possibility
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mere possibility

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meanings of mereand possibility


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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk /mɪər/ us /mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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possibility
noun
uk /ˌpɒs.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ us /ˌpɑː.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
a chance that something may happen or ...
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Examples of mere possibility


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But this is not to deny the merepossibility that they might come to rely on jurisprudential expertise at some later time.
But the merepossibility of that risk requires that we do not take their alignments with anti-hegemonic critical-theoretical values at face value.
On the other hand, sometimes the fear that a claim is wrong is unmotivated - only the merepossibility of being wrong is noted.
Of course, the musical quality of the finished work is not under discussion here, only the merepossibility of 'creating it'.
Indeed, the merepossibility of expressing hierarchical structure in a grammar does not guarantee its utility.
However, it seems as though the signalling effect and the merepossibility of 'losing' customers might have an effect, even when conditions are less than perfect.
First, they have an interest in the industry which is beyond that of the merepossibility of earning their bread and butter.
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One wants to guard against the merepossibility that juries might be packed.
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The merepossibility of war in these days of civilisation is scandalous.
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It referred to the "merepossibility of damage".
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Will evidence have to be provided, or will the merepossibility be enough?
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First, the merepossibility of disclosure would destroy all confidence in the confidentiality of the reports which it is the duty of civil servants to make.
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There must be a probability, not a merepossibility and if we required a legal certainty it would mean that two-thirds of the present pensions would vanish.
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I believe that the reverse is true, and that the merepossibility that a criminal might face the capital consequences of his act would constitute a deterrent.
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Is it not beyond a merepossibility that, in the next few years, at least one of the other parties might seek to adopt such a structure?
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It has frequently been put forward.... and has equally frequently been rejected or treated as a merepossibility.
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Matter, on the other hand is passive, being a merepossibility that the forms bring to life.
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The merepossibility that this will be the case is enough to preserve a criminal case from ending ignominiously in the limbo of mootness.
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For this reason, the merepossibility of disclosure may impede disclosure of the confidential relationship necessary for successful treatment.
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It is a metaphysical principle that denies all merepossibility; there is exactly one way for the world to be.
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