Horrible and shocking as the shootings on the first day were, there was still the possibility that they would be containable. |
Most virus diseases I believe would be containable moderately readily, once we know how they're transmitted. |
Yet the effects, even in a few American states, will be neither containable nor revocable. |
Thus what was containable in 357 B.C. had grown into something that by 338 was not. |
As for the danger of a widely predicted political crisis within Labour's own ranks, that seems likely to be containable if the conflict goes as expected. |
Approaching without undue apprehension therefore, we pulled up into a scenario of barely containable triumph. |