very possibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofveryandpossibility
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very
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈver.i/us/ˈver.i/
(used to add emphasis to a noun) exact ...
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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 ofveryandpossibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvery possibility
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But as utilitarian agents we should not calculate about whether to calculate, for this would defeat theverypossibilityof inculcating the character traits that make us virtuous greens.
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After all, if it is not at all clear which is the gold standard, text or the real, paper money or gold, theverypossibilityof a referent is compromised.
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Theverypossibilityof writing a book like his, a book offering a novel explanation of the concept of welfare, gives the lie to that view.
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One explanation appeals to the fact that theverypossibilityof group living implies the existence of pro-social behaviour.
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Theverypossibilityof rational knowledge is often being called in question.
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As she does so, she also makes real theverypossibilityof an unsuccessful transaction between novel and reader.
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Second, theverypossibilityof such a technique may have been established only by means of its use on subjects, animal or human.
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And the paradox which will haunt identity from then on is that it was discovered in the negation of itsverypossibility.
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Indeed, theverypossibilityfor a canon to exist in an art form like popular music has also been questioned.
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For something about what he underwent seems to block theverypossibilityof his being able to teach about it.
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She also provides the reader with compelling reasons to share her scepticism regarding theverypossibilityof genuine fully informed consent.
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We must also recognize art as the vehicle that first opened nature to theverypossibilityof interpretation.
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This question, in effect, raises theverypossibilityof creation, the production of the new.
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The paradox of the birth of identity is that it was discovered in the negation of itsverypossibility.
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Theverypossibilityof accurate knowledge is thus embodied by the apparatus.
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Speculation threatens the integrity, theverypossibility, of a gold standard.
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A familiar objection to monism challenges theverypossibilityof unifying the list of pro tanto duties in terms of a single principle.
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