Example sentences of "it be that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that we just select randomly , in free variation , perhaps to add a little variety for its own sake ? |
| 2 | Could it be that we encourage more of the public to buy books ? |
| 3 | Similarly , in the case of the universe , could it be that we are living in a region that just happens by chance to be smooth and uniform ? |
| 4 | who else could it be that we know , you know ? |
| 5 | Could it be that they are discriminating unfairly against a gipsy family ? |
| 6 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 7 | ‘ Might it be , I 'm only hazarding a guess , you realize that , but might it be that they want you to get them out here again ? ’ |
| 8 | At the time of her conversion , she was sometimes ecstatic with love ; on one occasion she returned home , and was so on fire with love which God had manifested to her that all she could utter was : ‘ O Love , can it be that thou hast called me with so much love , and revealed to me , at one view , what no tongue can describe ? ’ — Von Hugel . |
| 9 | Could it be that 't is not the younger prince who has stolen her heart ? |
| 10 | And my beloved mother — can it be that she ever existed ? |
| 11 | Could it be that she had retraced her steps , worked out that the house was Littlecote and the perpetrator of this heinous crime was Darrel ? |
| 12 | With stress on ‘ comes ’ , could it be that she gets a lift back ? |
| 13 | On and on she heard herself ranting ( could it be that she heard echoes of her own past self , the speaking , ranting , resurrected ghost of that ephemeral figure Liz Lintot ? ) and heard his vague , evasive grunts and answers : yes , he said , he and Henrietta would marry as soon as possible , Henrietta wanted to go to New York with him , she 'd had a thin time herself lately , he needed her in New York , Henrietta had n't been well , needed to settle … and as Liz spoke and listened she was aware of a simultaneous conviction that this was the most shocking , the most painful hour of her entire life , and also that it was profoundly dull , profoundly trivial , profoundly irrelevant , a mere routine , devoid of truth , devoid of meaning : nothing . |
| 14 | Could n't it be that she had needed to loathe him so that she could smother the awakening of her real feelings for him ? |
| 15 | When she had tired of her games she would take wing and fly away , and even if she stayed , how likely would it be that she could ever settle down as that poor doctor 's wife ? |
| 16 | Could it be that it might shake up the cosy , old fashioned world of the LTA ? |
| 17 | Could it be that you are just a little bit jealous of The Great White North — a society , after all , rather less divisive and certainly more prosperous than decaying , decadent Britain ? |
| 18 | Or could it be that you are deft and capable in practical ways ( needed by a care assistant in social service , or as a nursing aide ) ? |
| 19 | ‘ Can it be that you do not remember me , Mikhail ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 20 | Can it be that you condone his actions ? |
| 21 | Can it be that you two are n't getting along ? ’ |
| 22 | Can it be that you have no idea of the power a young , nubile girl can exercise over a young , impressionable male ? ’ |
| 23 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 24 | Or could it be that you are too frightened to own up to your own emotional weaknesses ? ’ |
| 25 | Could it be that he had invented the entire tableau , he wondered ? |
| 26 | Could it be that he and the king his brother hear Mass at St. Peter ad Vincula , the chapel outside the White Tower ? ’ |
| 27 | Could it be that he was aware of Van Butchell 's intentions and saw this as a means of bringing his technique to the notice of the public , being able , at the same time , to lay any charge of indecency at Van Butchell 's door , if it arose ? |
| 28 | Could it be that he 'd resented Doreen 's attack on herself ? |
| 29 | Could it be that he did feel something other than sexual desire for her ? |
| 30 | ‘ W-who … ? ’ she stammered , while some part of her intelligence prodded away that — could it be that he somehow knew that she was not the person she was pretending to be ? |