Example sentences of "might be [that] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the question is asked whether Gandhi is not aware of the dangers of contradiction in his use of personal and impersonal terms to describe God , the answer might be that it would depend whether the personal use of the term God refers to an entity , or being , in the form of an extra-mundane person , whether or not a contradiction is involved . |
| 32 | One reason might be that it is a case of ‘ out of sight , out of mind ’ , because despite the fact that the chestnut-shaped prostate gland plays a vital secretory role in ejaculation , it is a very hidden organ , surrounding the upper part of the urethra and tucked away under the bladder and behind the rectum . |
| 33 | It might be that the traveller after a prolonged deadlock sees a picture of Bali on a magazine cover as he is walking past a newspaper stand , thinks ‘ I must go there ’ , the decision is made , and from then on he never wavers . |
| 34 | It might be that a friend says to the young man who is thinking of living in Bali ‘ You do n't really believe that nonsense , you 're playing at being Gauguin' . |
| 35 | An appropriate valedictory comment on W. C. T. might be that he underwent a dramatic rags-to-riches transformation , conveniently abandoning the Dissenting zeal of his ancestors in the process . |
| 36 | In the framework I am suggesting , the answer might be that he did . |
| 37 | That is , it might be that he had fully internalized the requisite mental structure , but for some reason lacked the capacity to use it . |
| 38 | Or else it might be that Hilbert had left Adam some small memento or keepsake … |
| 39 | He had burned it himself on the fire he had made against the fruit-garden wall and it might be that no copies of it existed , yet in his mind 's eye it recreated itself , the child for ever stilled , its face a waxen mask , the old doctor haggard with sorrow and lack of sleep , the mirror no breath had misted held in his hand , the parents in each other 's arms . |
| 40 | For example , it might be that a driver was deliberately altering his records in some way . |
| 41 | It might be that the individual does not see the value of climbing a mountain ; or perhaps does not have the confidence to set about the task . |
| 42 | It might be that they genuinely do not feel that they have the energy or even the interest to effect change in their lives . |
| 43 | It might be that they can discuss and compare life during the Great War , or in the 1920s and 1930s ; or they might want to talk about how expectations , duties , responsibilities have changed since their childhood days . |
| 44 | One conclusion might be that it is possible to define different grades of appropriateness , in which case it could be argued that the word-of-mouth teaching of the lobon-gur solution was a more appropriate form of oral therapy technology than the distribution of an insufficient number of Oral Rehydration Salt packets via restricted outlets . |
| 45 | A spokeswoman for Devon and Cornwall Police said today : ‘ It might be that we will be able to make further comments after the meeting . ’ |
| 46 | Another reason might be that the human species evolved in the water . |
| 47 | For a child with long-term language difficulties , an appropriate interpretation might be that the LAD is damaged in some way but , without a more detailed analysis of the processes at work and how they contribute to language performance , implications for intervention which stem directly from this theoretical position remain elusive . |
| 48 | It might be that this season will be his last chance , that he is a manager who can win Cups with short sprints but not the silverware that goes with marathons . |
| 49 | The truth might be that Obispal had left unfinished business behind on Stalinvast . |
| 50 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 51 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 52 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 53 | A reasonable reply might be that sociologists are interested in those aspects of human behaviour that are the result of the social context in which we live . |
| 54 | NCD 's share shows no sign of slipping , says Greg Blatnik of the X Business Group , even though the system vendors are all likely to increase their share — one reason might be that it 's more important for NCD systems to work with a variety of hosts — Peter Wellings of NCD 's UK distributor Xanadu claims that DEC , for instance , has had its X-terminal success mostly confined to existing DEC installations . |
| 55 | For example , it might be that all the relevant facts have already been ascertained and the findings of the High Court only concern their legal significance . |
| 56 | A policy basis for this rule might be that the preferable way to protect employment rights is by an action for unfair dismissal before an Industrial Tribunal or by an ordinary action for breach of contract ; and that in cases with no clear public element recourse should be had to such alternative remedies and not to an AJR in the High Court . |
| 57 | It might be that there really is nothing else of importance , or it might be that I just do n't want to make the whole of me available . |
| 58 | It might be that there really is nothing else of importance , or it might be that I just do n't want to make the whole of me available . |
| 59 | It might be that it was the incessant closeness to blood , death and suffering that brought out these sentiments in men who had , on the whole , been raised in an education system that rejected such responses as feminine and unmasculine , and that promoted an abstract conception of justice and a stern morality of obedience to rules . |
| 60 | At some point it might be that you have to accept that things are not going to be as you 'd hoped . |