Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] that [pron] [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a secretarial assistant does not wish to accept the invitation with its terms , we would not press the matter but the policy should be that we appoint no more off-the-payroll secretarial assistants and that the whole arrangement ends by April 1993 . |
| 2 | It might be that they lead the opinions of a group of three people , ten people or thirty , but those opinion-makers are the key . |
| 3 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 4 | Now you may as a manager think well you do n't have to do it all yourself , you can use senior people within your section who have the knowledge or you can use training officers or you can use people like ourselves at the training centre or the C B T or the I Vs or it could be that you bring the marketing department to help you out . |
| 5 | In a letter to his congregation he said : ‘ It may be that we have no influence on those who plan and carry out murders in both parts of our community , but we can all help create a climate of opinion where they will be increasingly isolated and disowned . ’ |
| 6 | When archaic figures of this type first became known they were called ‘ Apollo ’ , and it may be that they have an early association with his worship , but certainly not all can represent him and the non-committal ‘ kouros ’ is preferable . |
| 7 | It may be that I find a situation hard to manage because I am apparently unable to prevent myself from reacting with paralysing anger when spoken to in this way . |
| 8 | Although this may be unwelcome , particularly if you are very fond of the place in which you live , the alternative may be that you spend the next few years in a state of anxiety and misery because of money worries . |
| 9 | It may be that you have a form of postnatal depression that needs treatment . |
| 10 | It may be that you have an Ordnance Survey plan in your office that you can work with the seller in order to produce an accurate plan , at least one for identification purposes only . |
| 11 | If I had any criticism of our organisation it would be that we have a tendency to hide our light under a bushel . |
| 12 | My reading of these figures would be that they reflect a surging interest and are not quite as unpopular as you would indicate . |
| 13 | Whilst it is conceivable that some of these jobs will be craft based and thus provide an outlet for some initiative and self activism , the significant reality will be that they have no economic power and no industrial muscle . |
| 14 | The problem will be that we have no great tacklers in the midfield without Batts . |