Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] that [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 The answer must be that they have nothing to do with crofting as such , and little to do with agriculture , although there are agricultural problems .
2 The terms of this argument repeat exactly those of the critical debate about univocal meaning , according to which the only alternative to the idea that history has a single meaning must be that it has none at all .
3 Where beat officers come into play is where you 've got the non-urgent , what we call , the traffic , the non-urgent jobs , erm , where people can afford , maybe a couple of hours , it might be that they have to wait until the beat officer gets on duty could be a day or so 's time and they they do do an awful lot of work , and it 's an ongoing thing .
4 So again perhaps tied in our prices , it might be that we 've assumed that we 'd do more , perhaps than the other groups .
5 Or it might be that you have to learn to give yourself credit for what you are able to achieve .
6 At some point it might be that you have to accept that things are not going to be as you 'd hoped .
7 But Meg , it might be that he had stole her cubs , was not for his surrender .
8 That is , it might be that he had fully internalized the requisite mental structure , but for some reason lacked the capacity to use it .
9 An alternative to thinking that Harald had been in England since 1016 , and returned to Denmark with part of a disbanded fleet in 1018 , might be that he had in the interval been expelled from it , and sailed with the fleet in 1018 in an attempt to regain control .
10 Mm , it might be that she 's got
11 ‘ It could be that I 've simply never felt strongly enough about anyone , ’ she cut in , instantly wishing the words unsaid as she realised how much they revealed about her feelings for him .
12 ‘ It could be that I have had some new shafts put in my clubs ’ , Woosnam pondered , ‘ and they are too stiff .
13 It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ?
14 Yes it 's er , I 'm sure it 's in there somewhere yeah I wonder what will happen then with the beach huts it could be it could be that you 've got to get the , you can still sell them private but , and the Council will , will just say yes or no
15 He had watched until the night nurse had left the office and now he was as sure as he could be that she had gone below for a meal .
16 She was as sure as she could be that she had n't been followed , but she knew she would n't breathe freely again until she was airborne .
17 But may be that we had a description , want to get the description out to as many people as possible , to see if anybody recognizes the person described , er then we 'd come to you there , give you the description of the
18 The other development officer predicted making considerable use of volunteers as well as paid carers : ‘ it may be that we have two types of carer , an informal unpaid visiting service , and then the regular paid carers ’ .
19 It may be that we have upset someone and a rift exists .
20 In a letter to his congregation he said : ‘ It may be that we have no influence on those who plan and carry out murders in both parts of our community , but we can all help create a climate of opinion where they will be increasingly isolated and disowned . ’
21 We know more about Milton , his personal concerns and his literary plans than we do about any other poet of his time , and indeed it may be that we have to come right up to the nineteenth century before we learn so much about the inner life of any poet .
22 It may be that they have developed new sensitivities to foods , or that they are becoming chemical-sensitive .
23 It may be that they have been healed ; it may be that they have known the manifest presence of God as the church has drawn near to him in worship .
24 It may be that they have been healed ; it may be that they have known the manifest presence of God as the church has drawn near to him in worship .
25 It may be that they have been without God and alone and lost in the world and that through the preaching of the word they have become Christians .
26 It may be that they have just had their operation or they are just about to have it . ’
27 It may be that they have found a way to train humans .
28 When archaic figures of this type first became known they were called ‘ Apollo ’ , and it may be that they have an early association with his worship , but certainly not all can represent him and the non-committal ‘ kouros ’ is preferable .
29 It may be that they have feelings stronger than law-abiding persons , which is why they have committed crimes .
30 It may be that they have discussed the matter with other witnesses , or even the opposition , and reconsidered their evidence .
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