Example sentences of "that [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may no longer be true . |
| 2 | ‘ That may no longer be true , sir . ’ |
| 3 | So far , this war is more popular than were those in Korea , Suez or the Falklands at the outset — though that may simply reflect the fact that casualties have so far been so light . |
| 4 | Barring another honourable war , that may yet be Grumman 's fate — if slightly delayed . |
| 5 | ‘ We do n't know what is happening , but that may yet be allocated to women 's issues . ’ |
| 6 | However , I never tried to get professional help , and that may well have been a mistake . |
| 7 | But on the contrary , this world of ‘ it was rumoured ’ and ‘ that may well have been so ’ followed at once by ‘ it is more likely that nothing of the sort happened ’ — again in the opening paragraphs — is as exhilarating as the challenge of life 's opacities to a healthy curiosity . |
| 8 | The honest response is , yes , that may well be the case . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And yet there is something about him , a crude glint or an unexpected flicker in a cave , that may well betray genius . |
| 11 | That may well be so . |
| 12 | And for those determined enough to stand out from the crowd by virtue of understatement , that may well be enough . |
| 13 | That may well also be true for President Bill Clinton . |
| 14 | Corals have promoted last year 's winner The Fellow to 5–4 for Kempton , although that may well change again today after the Hennessy . |
| 15 | That may well mean that waste disposal should cost more than it has done in the past . |
| 16 | That may well be the experience in Japan , but it is a far cry from practice in most developed and developing countries . |
| 17 | If you suggest that we have produced ineffective propaganda , that may well be true , but doctors are not trained to do that . |
| 18 | That may well involve the giving of ‘ hearsay evidence . ’ |
| 19 | trial of quinine and that may well help . |
| 20 | If the buyer indicates that he will nevertheless accept delivery in spite of the breach of condition , that may well amount to waiver ( see Rickards v. Oppenheim , paragraph 7–05 above ) . |
| 21 | ‘ If you mean he liked men as well as women , I think that may well have been true , ’ said Mrs Baggley robustly . |
| 22 | But there has that happened since that may well have changed all . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | We note that the Government are asking that organisation to bear in mind an increase in line with inflation , and feel that that may well not be sufficient , but we await the outcome with interest . |
| 25 | ‘ That may well be so , ’ I answered , ‘ but Moodie gave me the cloth , so he must be the assassin . ’ |
| 26 | We have a base dwelling difference , although in view of your remarks , that may well pale into insignificance . |
| 27 | And that may well entail during the discussion on D an evaluation around York to decide which maybe the appropriate sectors of of app which is the appropriate host authority . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | As for the certificate system whereby a parish acknowledged its responsibility to relieve holders who became chargeable while working in other parishes , that may well have helped industrial employers for they received the labour while the risk of having to relieve in cases of unemployment or sickness was underwritten by the parish of settlement . |
| 30 | 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 . |