1.  The Meteorological Office is studying the possibility that the recent warm summers have raised sea temperatures enough to alter the behaviour of the storms.

2.  AMR is studying the possibility of using nurses, physician assistants or paramedics to provide house-call services.

3.  Archaeologists are studying the possibility that the bones could have been from a mixed tribe of Chumash and the Fernandeno, whose people were bilingual.

4.  At one point, Dingell commissioned the Secret Service to study the possibility that some research data supporting the experiment had been fabricated later as part of a cover-up.

5.  Baesa is studying the possibility of filing for a pre-packaged bankruptcy, Chief Executive Osvaldo Banos said in a recent interview.

6.  -- The Energy Department will study the possibility of setting up a reserve of heating oil similar to the strategic petroleum reserve.

7.  A committee will once again study the possibility of a merger.

8.  A committee is studying the possibility.

9.  A Southwest spokesman said the airline has not studied the possibility of expanding service to the three states.

10.  Administration officials said they were studying the possibility of imposing trade sanctions against Japanese firms that produce whaling equipment.