Example sentences of "it [modal v] have be because " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not sure why the Greeks chose the number 360 but it may have been because 360 can be divided up in a lot of different ways . |
| 2 | Alternatively it may have been because a rising number of night visits , increasingly performed before 1990 by deputies , increases health service expenditure as the cost of deputies is eventually reimbursed in the expense element of general practitioner remuneration . |
| 3 | It may have been because the school was voluntary-aided that the head also wanted religious education to have an important place , not so much in shaping the school but in underlining the requirement that everyone should at least think about his or her religious belief . |
| 4 | it , it may have been because I had raised some concerns , concerning that particular er statement |
| 5 | Robert knew that his stepdaughter would have a little inheritance , not as much as it should have been because that stubborn old woman had dipped into her capital to buy worthless stock , but it would be a nice little nest-egg all the same . |
| 6 | It it should have been because I put in . |
| 7 | The drive down was very straightforward until the last few miles ( it must have been because up until then we did n't get lost ) when we had a slight hitch and had to study the map a little more carefully . |
| 8 | ‘ I though it must have been because they were accusing each other of sleeping with each other 's husbands , ’ said McLean . |
| 9 | I suppose it must have been because a string of boyfriends seemed quite willing to spend their last penny on her before going off to the front . |
| 10 | At least when he was not with her she now knew where he was but the comfort this brought her was not as complete as it might have been because he was also with Annunciata during those times . |
| 11 | Our afternoon was not as enjoyable as it might have been because of a large number of supporters who had to stand alongside our seats in the east stand as they had purchased transfer tickets for seats and there were no seats for them . |