Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [that] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An officer said : ‘ It may be that they just did n't act quickly enough for him . ’ |
| 2 | It may be that they simply see no value in the building or that they are concerned that any use of the building might detract from their estate or business . |
| 3 | Similarly the status of commas in the speech of the T(eacher) is not made explicit — presumably they are to indicate pauses in the stream of speech , but it may be that they simply indicate a complex of rhythmic and intonational cues which the analyst is responding to . |
| 4 | It may be that we secretly admire those who attempt to ‘ beat the system ’ , and that we sympathise with the underdog . |
| 5 | The suggestion I 've had is that we have got held in the budgets erm land acquisition , I mean it may be that we actually pool this the , the new land acquisition after the centenary , which might be erm a way of recognizing the centenary of the , of the parish council . |
| 6 | It may be that he just does n't feel very well , and decided to stay in bed . |
| 7 | It may be that he really thinks there is nothing that he really thinks . |
| 8 | But he will not yet be either , since he will not , at that stage have been ‘ entered on the register ’ and , it may be that he never will be . |
| 9 | It must be that you also perceive it . |
| 10 | It might be that they genuinely do not feel that they have the energy or even the interest to effect change in their lives . |
| 11 | It might be that it only affected the absorption and emission processes of black bodies and did not represent an abiding individuality — like drips from a tap which merge into the mass of fluid lying in the basin . |
| 12 | Now some of you were nodding there and some of you were smiling , it might be that you actually would quite like to say you know that I believe it 's wrong for people to be born disabled , handicapped . |
| 13 | It might be that there really is nothing else of importance , or it might be that I just do n't want to make the whole of me available . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , this does not prove that retinoic acid is the signal : it could be that it merely mimics the true signal . |
| 15 | I suppose it could be that he just wants to crow in his own back yard . |
| 16 | It could be that he too was preoccupied nearer home , for example , in wars with the Welsh and the Life of Guthlac may provide evidence of this . |
| 17 | If you 've ticked a mixture of areas it could be that you just like to learn in lots of different ways . |