conceivable - use in sentences

Preposition: that

  • people: It is conceivable that people associate RNIB too closely with blindness rather than less severe but nevertheless disabling sight loss.
  • man: Is it conceivable that a man serving in the British army could have hidden deep pathological tendencies for a full fifteen years?
  • issue: We believe that we have identified all the main issues; however, it is conceivable that other issues may arise subsequently.
  • group: It is conceivable that such groups of individuals might also maintain the live vaccine strain of poliovirus.
  • name: It is conceivable that names of variants of the functionality might change in future versions.
  • someone: Young people achieve high marks; it is quite conceivable that someone who got a grade D this year got approximately 75 % .

Modifies a noun

  • angle: I had shots of my coffee table from every conceivable angle.
  • circumstance: It is not possible to catalog in advance all conceivable circumstances.
  • genre: Based in Nashville, the show pulled in artists from every conceivable genre, highlighting the breadth of Cash's tastes.
  • aspect: Flash animation covering every conceivable aspect of the attack.
  • scenario: The UK has sufficient stocks of smallpox vaccine to cover every conceivable scenario.
  • kind: They supply every conceivable kind of sock to all types of retailers, from high street outlets to large corporations.

Modifying Another Word

  • scarcely: It seems scarcely conceivable that they would have behaved any differently.
  • hardly: Which of them is closest to the truth is something it is hardly conceivable that historical research could ever now discover.
  • perfectly: It is perfectly conceivable that they could be imported into the UK in the future.
  • quite: It is quite conceivable that he may not even have heard of the Invisible Man.
  • entirely: It is entirely conceivable that something has prevented him from coming to open the door.
  • certainly: In fact, a yes vote in the referendum is certainly conceivable under his guidance There is no need to despair, tho.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: It uses ordinary objects in a way that doesn't seem conceivable.
  • become: It became conceivable that nature made leaps after all.

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