Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think it can be said that the manner of death is any more horrific than it used to be ( although it may well be different ) but it may be that the way of reporting someone 's death has radically changed and that this has brought its own problems . |
| 2 | The court does not offer any criteria of awfulness ; but it may be that the law will reflect those factors involved in the analysis of the circumstances in which treatment is considered to be ethically not indicated . |
| 3 | ‘ A man may deposit on his land excrement which is foul smelling and a nuisance , but it may be that the evil effects wear off in twenty-four to forty-eight hours so it is difficult for a local authority to serve an abatement notice and prove that the nuisance was still in existence when service was made , whereas now , once the deposit is made and is indeed a statutory nuisance , then the statutory nuisance has occurred , and if the local authority are satisfied it will occur again they may serve a prohibition notice ’ . |
| 4 | So far as we can tell , the men-folk ruled in every sphere ; but it may be that the further one got from the world of high feudalism the less of a slave the woman became ; it is certainly true , in a rather different way , that the Norman Conquest brought both a more complete feudalism and a fall in the status of women . |
| 5 | There is a lot to be learnt from standing back and observing the way a child plays with shape and form , but it may be that the child will want to talk about it afterwards , or ask for help to find particular shape materials as he works . |
| 6 | This looks as if the intervention is effective but it may be that the child is just responding to rewards rather than learning new behaviour . |
| 7 | But it may be that the things they have been through these past few hundred years have exaggerated some of their original characteristics . |
| 8 | But it may be that the company is producing a range of products and has set up separate units or subsidiaries to exploit each product market . |
| 9 | You 're doing all the right things but it may be that the source of the irritation is from within your vagina rather than just on the outer labia . |
| 10 | ‘ If this [ the limitation to the relationship of master and servant ] is so , it is unfortunate ; but it may be that the provision is not so severely limited . |
| 11 | But it may be that the way forward is to look at secondment ( from the Dublin office has been seconded to Sri Lanka for several months . |