Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [be] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have been that its conflicts with the communists exaggerated its importance . |
| 2 | One reason for this may have been the conventional wisdom that secularisation had made the subject well nigh irrelevant , another reason may have been that there are few areas in which the methodological problems are as acute as they are in the investigation of people 's beliefs and/or the assessment of the effect that these have upon the rest of society . |
| 3 | I walked fast , to keep warm , so it may have been that I was a little above myself by the time I reached the school where the classes were held , because that night , try as I would , I could not believe anything our teacher was telling us . |
| 4 | Or , simply , it may have been that his feet were bad . |
| 5 | Or , perhaps , it may have been that she had married him . |
| 6 | One problem which such an approach may pose is that there may be nothing left for special treatment . |