strong possibility

collocation in English

meaningsofstrongandpossibility

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strong
adjective
uk
/strɒŋ/us
/strɑːŋ/
powerful; having or using great force ...
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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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(Definition ofstrongandpossibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If we are not careful, there is astrongpossibilitythat these homeless families will become institutionalised in communal establishments financed by local housing authorities.
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Although he said that that was astrongpossibility, it is still only a possibility and not a probability.
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They say that there remains astrongpossibilitythat the compound reported as microcystin was wrongly identified, and report that work is continuing.
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There will be astrongpossibilityof a vote at 9.30 am.
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We have good and improving communications and, to cap it all, thestrongpossibilityof a new source of indigenous fuel.
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Strongpossibilityis of course a familiar modal notion.
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The two groups could continue independently, although there is also astrongpossibilitythat the situation could change.
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It is not easy to know the precise conditions, but there is astrongpossibilitythat both types were used simultaneously.
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There is a verystrongpossibilitythat this was the site of the summer detached palace.
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However, because most of this work has taken place in adults with recurrent depressive disorder, confounding by pre-existing depression remains astrongpossibility.
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All of them, of course, assume that animal research will indicate astrongpossibilityfor success.
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There is astrongpossibilitythat a virtual mobility-related dimension to exclusion could occur.
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Much as we might want to think otherwise, there is astrongpossibilitythat the intellectual impetus for the change came, rather, from ethology.
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An extensive system of linked characteristics would be astrongpossibility.
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There is astrongpossibilitythat certain malignancies may be attributable to perturbations of mitotic checkpoints.
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Without a dairy option, moreover, there is astrongpossibilitythat other, more profitable activities would have emerged than suggested by merely the current technology set minus dairy.
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Even if events are not held there, thestrongpossibilityshould exist of preparation being carried out there.
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There was astrongpossibilitythat, by then, it would be possible to continue with some shipbuilding work.
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Will he also bear in mind the verystrongpossibilitythat the public might not find our debates as exciting as they expect?
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Before that capital is expended and the work completed, thestrongpossibilityis that the upgrading work will cost much nearer £400 million.
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