Hi,

Yes, is possible with something like this:

<record id="new_id" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">new_name</field>
    <field name="model">[name_of_module]r</field>
    <field name="inherit_id" ref="[name_of_module].[id_of_view]"/>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
    <xpath expr="[path_until_notebook]/notebook" position="replace">
       ....
      changes that you want like first page appear first
      ...
    </xpath>
    </field>
</record>

I think with this you resolve your problems.