Example sentences of "[conj] it might [be] that " in BNC.

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1 Or it might be that you have to learn to give yourself credit for what you are able to achieve .
2 We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y.
3 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 .
4 Or it might be that you do n't want to talk about her because there is something to hide ?
5 It could be that you were suddenly changing your motion , or it might be that an extra force of gravity had been switched on .
6 Or it might be that she would have to barricade the windows against the revenants , against all the figures from the history books who had once had a lease on life and property and wanted their rights back .
7 So now I always and so I , I 'm thinking that it might be that , that I that erm maybe you know like I used to be anxious about something like that and I used to wake up and the dream used to happen , but now that I 've double checked that I know for sure that , that I 'm safe you know for the night it does n't happen any more by cutting off possibility
8 That 's it , that 's what I had they told and they said that it might be that she 's just , she 's just is small for her size , but it might be that Katie taken all the goodness from Hannah
9 I mean I mentioned earlier the fact that it might be that people perceive sexual harassment , where in fact the behaviour has been perfectly appropriate and it 's just that the person perceiving it is unused to it , but I think that 's the minority of cases , incidentally .
10 Pu pulled Bob out of his coffee yesterday So one of the issues is if we do n't do certainly er the timing , all of the issues that are on there that we 'd like to do erm that means we 've got less testing , if you 're gon na do less testing then so it might be that they er re-utilize the resource that way .
11 He had burned it himself on the fire he had made against the fruit-garden wall and it might be that no copies of it existed , yet in his mind 's eye it recreated itself , the child for ever stilled , its face a waxen mask , the old doctor haggard with sorrow and lack of sleep , the mirror no breath had misted held in his hand , the parents in each other 's arms .
12 In France the system was much more centralized , and it might be that the stiffness of the Napoleonic system was one reason why France had lost to Germany the prominent place she had had at the beginning of the century when that system was set up .
13 Er and it might be that er there 's a space there where a caravan looks as though it used to stand .
14 And it might be that what we 've got to do is t is to change that to perhaps include P Way .
15 Yes , okay , then maybe you can mark that up then , and it might be that we , we might have to circulate all members again to see if they assume the situation of being able to undertake these particular requests er , about the visits .
16 John Paton. as General Secretary , pointed to the organizational hazards of withdrawing from the Labour Party : The practical difficulties of maintaining and developing the organisation outside the Labour Party were enormous and it might be that it would involve a risk of the complete disintegration of the ILP .
17 Erm it 's a very , it 's always a good idea to do a plan , cos yeah , spend five minutes or so planning and jot down a rough plan and it might be that we would , we wo , we would normally ignore , ignore the plan when marking but if , you have n't finished a question and er , it 's a bit thin we might look at your plan to get some idea of what you would actually written
18 Cos it might be that it 's more productive .
19 I do n't know , but it might be that Luke thought Elise would turn out to be one of my problems — a bad influence on me .
20 Er , we 've already got some items on the agend agenda this morning , specifically to do with issue of teen care , but it might be that we look at , at , at a lot earlier
21 ‘ I ca n't figure out which buttons to push but it might be that he 's rather more intelligent , ’ admits Dad .
22 That 's it , that 's what I had they told and they said that it might be that she 's just , she 's just is small for her size , but it might be that Katie taken all the goodness from Hannah
23 Clear as it might be that this was no time to continue old feuds with the shipowners , to lower one 's guard against them was too much to be expected .
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