Example sentences of "this [modal v] have be because " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This may have been because my hopes were raised when mention was made of the need to consider ‘ the environmental effect of each stage leading to an alternative energy system ’ . |
| 2 | In part this may have been because the trend towards larger-scale workplaces meant children were less likely to see them working ; but there is also evidence of the now growing pressure to retire . |
| 3 | This may have been because he was ignorant or stupid but , reading between the lines of Heinz 's file , it is more likely that the foreman had taken against his young charge who was ‘ very intelligent and conceited ’ . |
| 4 | This may have been because , according to Jones , he attracted most of the blame . |
| 5 | This may have been because he defined " help " to himself as a putting right of something that had gone wrong , a restoration of some earlier , good " normal " state , and he was not sure that such a state had existed or could exist . |
| 6 | This may have been because the lands of Ruthven were divided between two sons in 1480 . |
| 7 | They formed a proportion of new schools greater than the proportion of children they served ( though this may have been because they were more likely to have suffered from bombing in city centres ) . |
| 8 | Although the previous studies have not demonstrated any simple relationship between previous knowledge of junctions and memory performance , this may have been because multiple exemplars of each junction were presented in the recognition studies . |
| 9 | Karen fears this may have been because of the news coverage the triplets had when they were born . |
| 10 | This must have been because it-was his now , he owned it . |
| 11 | He suggested this might have been because at the time an aircraft 6km up was dropping laser-guided bombs onto the next platform ( or target as they are usually known ) . |
| 12 | If your original application was rejected by some or all of the institutions you listed , this might have been because it was delayed and did not reach the admissions tutor until after the course was full . |
| 13 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
| 14 | We suspected that this might have been because Coventry did n't score . |