Example sentences of "[vb mod] well be that [conj] " in BNC.

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1 tines longer than 30cm will not fit conveniently on conventional sized paper ( A4 ) and it may well be that because of this many pupils had relatively little experience of measuring or drawing such lines .
2 It may well be that because of this large variation and the comparatively small numbers of patients in this study a possible correlation between the presence of H pylori and the development of gastric metaplasia could not be shown .
3 It may well be that as , perhaps , in the teaching of reading , so in the teaching of writing , the real art lies in discerning the approach that best suits the individual writer for a particular type of compositional task .
4 The actual income of a kadi depended not only — or even principally — on his allowance , of course , but also on fees of various kinds ; and it may well be that if indeed the kadis of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa continued to receive allowances of only 300 akce a day down to Hezarfen 's time , they did so because their allowances represented a relatively insignificant proportion of the monies they actually received , so that raising them to match the importance of the kadiliks was not a matter of particular moment .
5 It may well be that if you set the penalties so high , and if you can have a hundred per cent detection , then there may well be a deterrent element in these crimes , but basically the law is clearing up a mess , and the mess has occurred , and then the law comes along and does the best it can .
6 It may well be that when the archaeologists and historians have studied a sufficient number of towns intensively in this country , as they have done abroad , we shall add something appreciable to our knowledge of English history , knowledge which we could get in no other way .
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