Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [be] that [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may not be that we have become too sophisticated but that we are so confused we seek salvation even from out there . |
| 2 | So it might well be that we do n't get the S I S people that we previously thought we might do . |
| 3 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 4 | Therefore , one further reason why policemen dislike dealing with rape might well be that they feel uneasy about having to ask the very personal questions which are necessary in order for the victim to be taken seriously , and on the occasion quoted above the sergeant went on to say that as a result of asking for these very personal details policemen ‘ have had a very bad rap over dealing with rape cases ’ ( FN 16/3/87 , p. 14 ) . |
| 5 | Er I mean it could just be that they do n't like it , so anything which they do n't like is grating or |
| 6 | Ordinary domestic horses always suffered greatly in tropical Africa , and it could simply be that they attract more insects than zebras . |
| 7 | It could even be that you need to change job altogether . |
| 8 | It could well be that you have agoraphobia or some kind of depression . |
| 9 | It could well be that I have prejudices about what makes a decent DTP system , but I tried to outline and then to justify them as part of the review . |
| 10 | It may also be that we look for different attributes in different parts of the public service . |
| 11 | It may even be that he receive Dalriadic assistance . |
| 12 | I mean it may well be that we have in this country we have erm pretty much Mill 's system because MPs get paid relatively little bearing in mind what most of them could be getting elsewhere , so maybe we 've got something like Mill 's system but it strikes us as rather a bizarre suggestion that MPs should n't be paid to prevent adventurous and lower classes becoming MPs . |
| 13 | I mean it may well be that we have to resort to some sort of er |
| 14 | It may well be that we send what we consider to be the fuller report there . |
| 15 | ‘ That is strict procedure but it may well be that we need to have another look . |
| 16 | Indeed at times it appears that she thinks that this liberation progresses from age to age ( though in correspondence she tells me that she thinks that the conclusion to history may well be that we annihilate ourselves ) . |
| 17 | On the other hand it may well be that you plan to reset the nets somewhere else and net again that same night . |
| 18 | It may well be that you do n't actually do that , it may be that you have one to one meetings with people or group meetings er which could be when you have to put across your point of view . |
| 19 | As predators ourselves it may simply be that we identify more easily with other carnivores . |
| 20 | Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net . |
| 21 | It ca n't be that you have no principles . |
| 22 | Do you think it will always be that we have one ? |
| 23 | The final reason for ignoring human actors can only be that they do not matter . |