Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [conj] [noun prp] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way of answering the question might be that Stalin was as unorthodox a Marxist as Makarenko , but this avoids the crucial problem of political control . |
| 2 | It may be that Somerset was as much in the grip of the obsession to unite England and Scotland as ever Edward I or Henry VIII had been , while like them asserting English power in France ; for he continued Henry 's policy of war on two fronts , at enormous financial expense , and ultimately at the cost of his own position in England . |
| 3 | It was in September 1953 that I arrived as a new boy at Woolverstone Hall School and it may be that Ray was also new to the school . |
| 4 | It may be that Dickens was a better psychologist than some of his critics . |
| 5 | Obviously , that was not the case but it may be that Viola was so used to people thinking like that about her that she felt a need to assert herself as well . |
| 6 | The reason for this may be because God was increasingly called ‘ the Holy One ’ ( there was a slightly increasing tendency in intertestamental writings and the Dead Sea Scrolls to speak of ‘ the Holy Spirit ’ ) but might just be due to the character of Jesus . |
| 7 | She wondered how much longer it would be before Jack was brought in in this sort of state , and how she would feel if he was . |