Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | And although it may be true that readers of Hot Press for example , are n't led by sexual ignorance into seeing man and woman only as adversaries , there also are those girls who are forced to go to England all the time for abortions and they ca n't be that far from the world I depict . |
| 32 | It may be true that ‘ an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters ’ . |
| 33 | It may be true that some dictionaries are more suitable for language processing than others , but such distinctions should not be based on size alone . |
| 34 | It may be true that concepts and factual propositions are subject to change and have no consequences until engaged by someone 's mind , but it is also true that some transmission of knowing does take place , and that a facility with , or mastery of , those concepts and propositions is necessary to further development . |
| 35 | It may be true that the story of the English people is best seen in English literature , but English literature contains much more than the story of the English people . |
| 36 | It may be true that people put themselves forward for managerial posts in public industry because they have a genuine desire to improve social welfare ( though they dislike effort ) . |
| 37 | It may be true that there was a single ‘ act ’ or ‘ neglect ’ but , if so , that was the negligent manufacture and not the subsequent sale of the machine . |
| 38 | Indeed , it may be true that most of the great floodplains of the world have been formed by aggradation provoked by the Post-glacial rise in sea level and not by the erosional method outlined in the discussion of the Davisian cycle ( Chapter 2 ) . |
| 39 | Yet although it may be true that many types and styles of kung fu began here , it can not be realistically argued that all the varieties of kung fu that were and are still practised in China have their roots in Shaolin . |
| 40 | Firstly , while it may be true that individual clients can and do terminate contracts frequently , they do this to move from one company to another : every year each company loses existing but gains new customers . |
| 41 | Further , even if it may be true that characteristic adjectives are never barred from prenominal occurrence , there are certainly instances where occasion adjectives are ungrammatical in postnominal position , as in : ( 30 ) Eddy will present the cheque to the winner happy we have yet to overcome this obstacle immediate Thus , Bolinger 's distinction between " characteristic " use and " occasion " use is neither necessary nor sufficient for postnominal occurrence , even if it overlaps to an interesting extent with the difference in position of the adjective . |
| 42 | It may be true that democracy , though a virtuous and desirable political form , is always under threat and incomplete in certain respects . |
| 43 | While it may be true that the highest socioeconomic group uses nothing but Standard English , it is certainly not true that the lowest group uses only Creole , and that the middle classes are those who tend |
| 44 | It may be obvious that the postholes represent structures , but little else may be immediately apparent . |
| 45 | It may be likely that the audience will respond adversely , entitling the police to request the speaker to desist . |
| 46 | The incidence of bully/victim problems in schools within mainstream children has now been well-established ; however while it may be likely that children with special educational needs will be over-represented in such categories , there has been very little quantitative evidence on this point , or on which types of special needs children are most likely to be involved , in which way . |
| 47 | In many cases it may be clear that a particular meaning is intended , but the drafter 's job is to avoid ambiguity and possible disputes . |
| 48 | ‘ It is plainly in the interests of the more efficient administration of justice that there should be split trials in appropriate cases , as even where the decision on the first part of a split trial is such that there will have to be a second part , it may be desirable that the decision shall be appealed before incurring the possibly unnecessary expense of the second part . |
| 49 | It may be significant that neither the receipt of this memorandum , nor any subsequent action taken , is mentioned in the minutes of the management committee of the Grand Junction . |
| 50 | It may be significant that Paul Black was involved heavily at the London end in the design of such schemes , but again not from the total viewpoint which in any case would probably be regarded as one of the weaknesses of the London development where there was less overview than obtained in Oxford . |
| 51 | Next came the 1960s , perhaps the least Crusoe-like of the post-war decades , when a garnishing of foreign influences , like the fictional devices that decorate John Fowles 's The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1969 ) , was sometimes felt to be a fashionable obligation , though it may be significant that Fowles 's novel remains deeply rooted in a realistic tradition . |
| 52 | In the iconography , they far outnumber the priests and male attendants , and it may be significant that on Side A of the Agia Triadha larnax the lyre player is a male dressed in a priestess 's robe . |
| 53 | Although the depositions must be somewhat suspect , it is likely that the countess did feel herself under pressure to agree , and it may be significant that her feoffees , after agreeing in principle to the transfer , then dragged their feet over finalizing it and had to be sued in chancery by Gloucester and , nominally , the countess . |
| 54 | It may be significant that Rose was working for Henry Compton [ q.v. ] , bishop of London , in 1675 , for it was Compton who , in the words of Stephen Switzer [ q.v. ] , was London 's ‘ great Encourager ’ , employing him at Fulham Palace . |
| 55 | It may be significant that the most restrictive concept of copyright , that enshrined in the Berne Convention , has become the main worldwide standard . |
| 56 | It may be significant that the stage direction ‘ A Composition in imitation of Hunting ’ — not set by Purcell — and the opening of the Act 5 masque , where the theatre score places his ‘ Dance for Six Monkeys ’ but Q1692 does not , both appear on pages which belong to outer G ( pp.44 and 48 respectively ) . |
| 57 | None of the other Arabic sources cited refers either to a visit earlier than the one in 823 or to the presence of Mehmed Sah on this pilgrimage ; and , on the latter point , it may be significant that in the account in the Arabic sources of Molla Fenari 's departure from Egypt ( 22 Rabi " I 823/6 April 1420 ) the presence of his son-in-law , but not of his son , is mentioned . |
| 58 | It may be significant that , as I have sat here throughout the debate , riveted as ever to the contributions that have been made , I have noticed no more than three Labour Members present at any point . |
| 59 | It may be significant that it is the only instance where pooling the data has a strengthening effect on the correlations , supporting the view that communication problems are at the root of a large number of industrial problems in all cultures . |
| 60 | Although the depositions must be somewhat suspect , it is likely that the countess did feel herself under pressure to agree , and it may be significant that her feoffees , after agreeing in principle to the transfer , then dragged their feet over finalizing it and had to be sued in chancery by Gloucester and , nominally , the countess . |