Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barring another honourable war , that may yet be Grumman 's fate — if slightly delayed . |
| 2 | ‘ We do n't know what is happening , but that may yet be allocated to women 's issues . ’ |
| 3 | The honest response is , yes , that may well be the case . |
| 4 | The old master-spy , William Casey , was said , not least by North , to have masterminded both the Iran and contra operations , and that may well be true of the broad canvas ; but the marks are those of an enthusiastic amateur in espionage , a man who had learnt his craft of secret agent more from the cinema than from the CIA handbook . |
| 5 | That may well be so . |
| 6 | And for those determined enough to stand out from the crowd by virtue of understatement , that may well be enough . |
| 7 | That may well be the experience in Japan , but it is a far cry from practice in most developed and developing countries . |
| 8 | If you suggest that we have produced ineffective propaganda , that may well be true , but doctors are not trained to do that . |
| 9 | The hon. Lady will know that there is an attractive £60 million new hospital in Elgin — the West Grampian unit — and that may well be among those expressing an interest in trust status in due course . |
| 10 | ‘ That may well be so , ’ I answered , ‘ but Moodie gave me the cloth , so he must be the assassin . ’ |
| 11 | Now it may well be that er that may well be the the position in the south west in in respect of of of that particular criteria , but we would need to see , er how a location in that area , met the other eleven criteria . |
| 12 | As a result , if there 's a say , bad weather in the northern hemisphere affecting supply , right , that may well be offset by good weather , or average weather in the southern hemisphere , right . |
| 13 | So when Mr said that the firearms office majority of language , when the firearms officer said wait for the C I D and then some other policemen arrived and then you , that may well be right because from what you say it may well be that the C I D did get to the flat after the officers but before ? |
| 14 | There is a hatred now that may well be irredeemable . |
| 15 | That may well be one of the reasons , yes . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , that may well be , ’ agreed Isambard with a hollow , dark smile . |
| 17 | erm That may well be the caricature picture . |
| 18 | I think what those statistics indicate is that more people are being notified to the Home Office and that may well be that doctors are more aware of the need to notify . |
| 19 | It almost goes without saying that in contemporary society a certain amount of money is an important human requirement , not necessarily for its own sake ( though that may also be the case ) , but because it is the wherewithal for other requirements . |
| 20 | That may also be the implication of the phrase ‘ Gods of the Greeks and Persians ’ at hellenistic Tabai in Karia ( CRAI , 1978 , p. 28 1 ) . |
| 21 | That may also be construed as a counter offer , which the customer accepts by retaining the goods ; however , if a delivery note is sent with goods , and received by the buyer 's warehouse staff , the buyer may be able to argue that those staff have no actual or apparent authority to accept an offer . |
| 22 | ‘ But that may just be wishful thinking . ’ |
| 23 | That may just be Cos you 've got good circulation , in fact , down here . |
| 24 | But that may just be the pattern of my work . |
| 25 | Some of these functions are best performed by University Institutes , some by a Curriculum Development Centre , some by a Curriculum Planning Unit and it is therefore possible that functions which may hitherto have been seen as either wholly performed by this body or that may increasingly be undertaken in partnership . |
| 26 | Well that may indeed be so , but the Christian faith has never entered into that particular point , because the Christian faith is never in the business of checks and balances . |
| 27 | That may still be true of the set-piece studio interview — though even there the prior indication of ‘ lines of questioning ’ is by no means unknown ( and the viewer would probably be astonished at the general closeness of the atmosphere that prevails in the green room afterwards ) . |
| 28 | That may still be the case . |
| 29 | That may still be prudent if your fish are in the top-quality bracket , but otherwise it may pay in the long run to be looking at 12″ Koi upwards . |
| 30 | Initially , they were offered £1 million , but that may now be nearer £1.5 million . |