Example sentences of "it may [adv] be that [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 In 1944 it took courage to write so favourably about Pound ; and it may even be that Phyllis Bottome foresaw , and was trying to guard against , the peril that Pound would be in as soon as hostilities should be over .
2 It may well be that Mark made the events fit a single week because the Church was already celebrating a ‘ Holy Week ’ , thereby giving a structure to the early Christian celebrations .
3 It may well be that Wilfrid was no more acceptable to Ecgfrith than he had originally been to Oswiu .
4 It may well be that Murad II , instead of turning outside the Ottoman world , created within it a figure to parallel the Abbasid caliph in respect of the religious authority and sanction he represented .
5 It may just be that Clinton is taking advantage of the transition period until he takes over the Presidency to air some personal prejudices and satisfy the grievances of some of his supporters .
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