Analysts say Russian membership of Nato is not a realistic possibility in the foreseeable future.
So there remains a realistic possibility that Lloyds will not receive any realistic offers for the bank.
An information web, linked by a common language, makes that disintermediated model of finance a more realistic possibility.
"The promise of new treatments based on stem cell technology is moving nearer to becoming a realistic possibility, " said Stojkovic.
Germans may say they want the D-mark back, but fewer than a tenth see this as a realistic possibility, says Allensbach.
Lou Reed (200-1): I don't think this is a realistic possibility but would be worth it just for the crabby news conference.
The ongoing debate is nothing less than a battle over the soul of the sport was "safe" football a realistic possibility, or a PR fantasy?
If you're sure there's no realistic possibility they put their heads together, the evidence of each is capable of supporting the evidence of the other.
He insisted that the Taliban was not representative of the Pushtuns as a whole, and drew the conclusion that defections from the movement were a realistic possibility.
Now this matters, because it is the first time that an EU institution has hinted that there is a realistic possibility of default by Greece, Ireland and Portugal.
Indeed, one could argue that the intense economic interdependence and shared prosperity among China and its neighbors (including Japan) rules out any realistic possibility of warfare within the region.
Manchester City, the current champion, only recently established itself among the elite, and former winner Blackburn Rovers was relegated last season, so the dreaded drop is a realistic possibility for much of the league.
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Under the old standard, tax pros could safely recommend positions (on routine issues, not tax shelters) that had a "realistic possibility" of success--meaning, what the heck, if there's some reasonable basis, go for it.
And a maiden Test century looked a realistic possibility before he was undone by the guile of Nathan Hauritz for 72, playing inside the line of a delivery which went straight on to strike off stump.
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Joel Feller, a Philadelphia attorney who represents several young men who say they are victims of Mr. Sandusky, said there is a "realistic possibility" that civil claims against the university can be settled by year-end, a goal set by the school.
Bus-only tunnels under Cambridge are a "realistic" possibility if funds are won from the government, according to Cambridgeshire county council's leader.
The risks inherent in Israel's concessions must be assessed in light of the possibility, grim though realistic, that within five to 10 years, Khomeini-style Islamist regimes may be running Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and whatever new state is created for the Palestinian Arabs.
Mr. McGreevy says television, and streaming Web television in particular, felt like the ideal medium to tell his horror story, with the possibility for long narrative arcs, gradual character development and more realistic dialogue.
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Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado Last week, the possibility of war in space moved from pure science fiction created in Hollywood to realistic planning done here by the Air Force.
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