Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [conj] we [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been frequent and major set-backs ; and it may be that we are now on the threshold of a new era , in which , for the first time , leaders in society will make a conscious decision to allow the flood-waters in some areas to rise again . |
| 2 | It may be that we are becoming a more ‘ criminal ’ nation as the increase in crime rates would suggest , but this can not just be assumed and it is important to be aware of other possible reasons for such an increase . |
| 3 | On the other hand it may be that we are not cost-effective . |
| 4 | ‘ It may be that we are going to need to use some of the homes which are to close . ’ |
| 5 | Mind you there again it 's cheaper than it should be because we 're paying it on VAT , you know , it , er , they must think we 're fools |
| 6 | It must be since we were first married . ’ |
| 7 | You said when we bought those bloody birds last Christmas , ‘ I wonder how long it 'll be before we 're yanking all this apart again and halving the furniture and carving up the doves . ’ |
| 8 | Oh I think that the well more or less kind of like what it 'll be when we were young . |
| 9 | It could be that we are fatally drawn to the mysterious : the water is that which we can not fathom , the unfathomable . |