Example sentences of "may be [that] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It may be that we secretly admire those who attempt to ‘ beat the system ’ , and that we sympathise with the underdog . |
2 | The suggestion I 've had is that we have got held in the budgets erm land acquisition , I mean it may be that we actually pool this the , the new land acquisition after the centenary , which might be erm a way of recognizing the centenary of the , of the parish council . |
3 | It may be that they simply see no value in the building or that they are concerned that any use of the building might detract from their estate or business . |
4 | Similarly the status of commas in the speech of the T(eacher) is not made explicit — presumably they are to indicate pauses in the stream of speech , but it may be that they simply indicate a complex of rhythmic and intonational cues which the analyst is responding to . |
5 | An officer said : ‘ It may be that they just did n't act quickly enough for him . ’ |
6 | The down-side may be that you now see without any shadow of doubt that you can not exist in an emotional or sexual wilderness indefinitely . |
7 | Another problem may be that you only have one machine for both recording and playback so that only one of these activities can go on at one time . |
8 | It may be that he just does n't feel very well , and decided to stay in bed . |
9 | It may be that he really thinks there is nothing that he really thinks . |
10 | But he will not yet be either , since he will not , at that stage have been ‘ entered on the register ’ and , it may be that he never will be . |