Example sentences of "as it may " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be that as it may , it may turn out that the preparedness not to acquiesce in any all-Ireland solution is decidedly stronger than most commentators until recently were prepared to accept , except for the work of Bew , Gibbon , and Patterson . |
| 2 | This applies just as much to me as it may do to you . |
| 3 | Be that as it may , I do n't think such frivolity helps CAMRA 's cause . |
| 4 | The object of the attentions of Tory apparatchiks — and ministers — is the new policy on employment law , moderate and sensible as it may seem . |
| 5 | Difficult as it may be , he should attempt to settle more delicate issues . |
| 6 | Perhaps this is a reflection of the increasing health of the young and affluent , who are prepared to try to dance for 24 hours ; be that as it may , it multiplies the offence to outsiders . |
| 7 | Be that as it may , this work , heavily reliant on repetition and never straying far from the home key , cried out for someone to nurture its more lyrical passages , to shake its often delightful phrases , to exploit its contrasts ; in short , for a far more imaginative approach than that brought by Harry Christophers . |
| 8 | The real test for the polys will be what happens if the economy goes into recession , as it may next year , and unemployment rises again . |
| 9 | Getting into the agency business is n't as easy as it may seem . |
| 10 | So — hard as it may be for some people to believe — we disinfected the whole place , sloshing the stuff everywhere . |
| 11 | Be that as it may , these avant-gardes are held to have a ‘ distinctive character ’ which resides in their ‘ seeking to abolish the separation between art and life ’ . |
| 12 | Be that as it may , it was here mat Lewis began to build up his encyclopaedic knowledge of late medieval literature . |
| 13 | Ludicrous as it may seem , government policies in some rainforest countries actually encourage the fires . |
| 14 | Strange as it may sound , compulsive shoppers very often do n't even wear their look — in contrast , of course , to the average shopper who flaunts a new frock or jumper to death . |
| 15 | And so on to the shop — ‘ hey … they 're selling stuff here ! ’ — and the cafe , the Casablanca Club , where a second voice murmurs , as it may well have done in arts centre days but certainly wo n't when the family visitor attraction becomes reality , ‘ a cup of coffee ? … pastry ? … hashish ? ’ |
| 16 | And it 's still , I feel , cliché as it may seem , the sanest country in the world . ’ |
| 17 | Unlikely as it may sound , the conductor program could prove the true value of practice . |
| 18 | Be that as it may , the last two state-supported military schools that refuse to admit women cadets are fighting a rearguard action for their cause . |
| 19 | Be that as it may , terrible things clearly happened . |
| 20 | There will be much worse to come if the German government decides , as it may , to pull out of the European Fighter Aircraft project on which Deutsche Aerospace was counting for future revenues . |
| 21 | Writing a thesis on dance clubs is not as easy as it may sound . |
| 22 | It was not as altruistic as it may have looked . |
| 23 | The basic situation is not as unlikely as it may seem . |
| 24 | That is not as technical as it may seem . |
| 25 | ‘ That these enormities have become even conceivable in our country is due , in the first place , we need hardly say , to the odious and as it may prove , fatal institution of universal suffrage . |
| 26 | Simple as it may seem , he also advises : ‘ Do your own profit and loss projections , building in some room for difficulties . |
| 27 | Unlikely as it may seem now , it was Evelyn Waugh who came to Wilson 's defence and acknowledged the brilliance and aptness of the book 's main conceit , which — given the turn of events in Eastern and Central Europe — is apropos once more . |
| 28 | No self-respecting working educational body , much as it may desire to retain close and friendly relations with the Board ( of Education ) , Universities , etc. , can go on being hampered in its work by the increasing number of organisations concerned either telling it what to do , what it should not do , or advising it in both these directions … there is a grave danger of our movement ultimately being strangled by our friends . |
| 29 | This is not as frightful as it may sound : with self-build projects the council inspectors are usually very helpful , although you should n't badger him/her relentlessly for advice , and employing reputable tradesmen should eliminate any problems with outside labour . |
| 30 | The tactile consciousness too , powerful as it may be in intimate contact , can not represent our wide apprehension of the world to so marked a degree . |