Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be significant [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be significant that neither the receipt of this memorandum , nor any subsequent action taken , is mentioned in the minutes of the management committee of the Grand Junction . |
| 2 | It may be significant that Paul Black was involved heavily at the London end in the design of such schemes , but again not from the total viewpoint which in any case would probably be regarded as one of the weaknesses of the London development where there was less overview than obtained in Oxford . |
| 3 | Next came the 1960s , perhaps the least Crusoe-like of the post-war decades , when a garnishing of foreign influences , like the fictional devices that decorate John Fowles 's The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1969 ) , was sometimes felt to be a fashionable obligation , though it may be significant that Fowles 's novel remains deeply rooted in a realistic tradition . |
| 4 | In the iconography , they far outnumber the priests and male attendants , and it may be significant that on Side A of the Agia Triadha larnax the lyre player is a male dressed in a priestess 's robe . |
| 5 | Although the depositions must be somewhat suspect , it is likely that the countess did feel herself under pressure to agree , and it may be significant that her feoffees , after agreeing in principle to the transfer , then dragged their feet over finalizing it and had to be sued in chancery by Gloucester and , nominally , the countess . |
| 6 | It may be significant that Rose was working for Henry Compton [ q.v. ] , bishop of London , in 1675 , for it was Compton who , in the words of Stephen Switzer [ q.v. ] , was London 's ‘ great Encourager ’ , employing him at Fulham Palace . |
| 7 | It may be significant that the most restrictive concept of copyright , that enshrined in the Berne Convention , has become the main worldwide standard . |
| 8 | It may be significant that the stage direction ‘ A Composition in imitation of Hunting ’ — not set by Purcell — and the opening of the Act 5 masque , where the theatre score places his ‘ Dance for Six Monkeys ’ but Q1692 does not , both appear on pages which belong to outer G ( pp.44 and 48 respectively ) . |
| 9 | None of the other Arabic sources cited refers either to a visit earlier than the one in 823 or to the presence of Mehmed Sah on this pilgrimage ; and , on the latter point , it may be significant that in the account in the Arabic sources of Molla Fenari 's departure from Egypt ( 22 Rabi " I 823/6 April 1420 ) the presence of his son-in-law , but not of his son , is mentioned . |
| 10 | It may be significant that , as I have sat here throughout the debate , riveted as ever to the contributions that have been made , I have noticed no more than three Labour Members present at any point . |
| 11 | It may be significant that it is the only instance where pooling the data has a strengthening effect on the correlations , supporting the view that communication problems are at the root of a large number of industrial problems in all cultures . |
| 12 | Although the depositions must be somewhat suspect , it is likely that the countess did feel herself under pressure to agree , and it may be significant that her feoffees , after agreeing in principle to the transfer , then dragged their feet over finalizing it and had to be sued in chancery by Gloucester and , nominally , the countess . |
| 13 | Siward himself fell ill , and returned to Abingdon in 1048 , and it may be significant that at about this point close resemblances between C and E cease . |
| 14 | It may be significant that it was almost certainly Eadui who also wrote the oldest surviving copy of S 22 , an alleged grant of the Kentish king Wihtred ( d.725 ) apparently forged in Canterbury in the early ninth century . |
| 15 | So it may be significant that in 1023 the translation of Ælfheah 's body began on 1 June , only about six weeks after the anniversary . |
| 16 | It may be significant that the only speaker who never adapts the STRUT vowel is the white speaker , Susan . |
| 17 | How he obtained this skill is not recorded , but it may be significant that he visited Ravenna , where he befriended the poet Arator . |
| 18 | It may be significant that Clermont , which was one of the Aquitanian cities consigned to the east Frankish kingdom of Theuderic and his successors , was also one of the cities which he had invested in 507 , in the aftermath of " Vouillé " . |
| 19 | It may be significant that Clovis was murdered at about this time , apparently at Fredegund 's instigation . |
| 20 | It may be significant that the mouse Oct-1 homeodomain sequence is diverged at four positions compared with Xenopus , chicken and human Oct-1 . |
| 21 | He says it must be significant that when , in the 1970s , semen from top British Friesian bulls was used in Norway along with Holstein semen from Canada and USA , the British Friesian had no impact on the population . |
| 22 | It is not known when Raedwald died but it must be significant that when Eadwine sought a new bride ( before c . |
| 23 | Edgar thanked the Danes for their support and allowed them to live under such laws as they might choose , and it must be significant that Swegen landed in Lincolnshire when he made his bid for the kingship in 1013 , and that in 1066 King Harald of Norway made for York , where he had hopes that the citizens would assist him in his endeavours . |
| 24 | In La Male Honte , " Foul shame " ( although the title itself is ambiguous , representing Anglo-French " The purse of Honte " , and the fabliau itself revolves around this ambiguity ) , the deceased Honte 's friend carries the legacy due to the crown to the king " " a son col " " : simply , " on his back " , although since we know that we are reading a " " fablel " " we are especially prepared for a word such as col = " arse " , and have to carry forward in our minds to the rest of the fabliau the notion that it might be significant that the friend carries what is due to the king on his backside . |
| 25 | It is unlikely that Gloucester needed Hastings to prod him into action , although if Mancini is even partially correct it would be significant that the duke 's view of events in London was coming from so biased a source . |
| 26 | It is unlikely that Gloucester needed Hastings to prod him into action , although if Mancini is even partially correct it would be significant that the duke 's view of events in London was coming from so biased a source . |