Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb mod] be that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may need to reorganize because of demography — that 's the number of pupils that are in a particular area , where you 've got too many schools , or it may be that they want to change the type of offer , such as some of us want to do in the City of Oxford . |
| 2 | Or it may be that you are not introducing enough variety in your activities , either always doing things in the same few ways , or else doing the same activity for too long a time at one stretch . |
| 3 | It may be that you are investigating these evil people on behalf of your government , or it may be that you are ordered to co-operate with them . |
| 4 | It may be that the state of affairs in which everyone ( as opposed to just some people ) is guided by such a maxim is an impossibility , or it may be that it is in some way a thing that no individual can wish for . |
| 5 | If you get a correlation between two variables it may be because one causes the other , or directly influences it , or it may be that it 's just cha it 's just a chance fluctuation and the two have occurred together , or it may be a combination of the two . |
| 6 | He may be completely landless , or it may be that his plot is n't big enough and he has to spend part of his time , or part of his family has to spend part of their time , working for somebody else to get in some extra money or possibly renting land from somebody else . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Or it might be that she would have to barricade the windows against the revenants , against all the figures from the history books who had once had a lease on life and property and wanted their rights back . |
| 9 | Or it might be that you have to learn to give yourself credit for what you are able to achieve . |
| 10 | Or it might be that you do n't want to talk about her because there is something to hide ? |
| 11 | Or it could be that they would be appropriate for the reception area in one of the factories , or we might give one to a distributor and say , here you are , this you know , put this in if you 've got the right sort of area and would like to use it for a bit , stick it in there . |
| 12 | He may for instance need to intervene at the modification stage of the structure plan , or it could be that he will have to deal with appeals against non-determination of applications made by prospective developers . |
| 13 | Now you may as a manager think well you do n't have to do it all yourself , you can use senior people within your section who have the knowledge or you can use training officers or you can use people like ourselves at the training centre or the C B T or the I Vs or it could be that you bring the marketing department to help you out . |
| 14 | It could be that you 're giving them some stuff that we already know or it could be that you 're giving them some stuff which is far too advanced for them , they do n't have the basics there . |
| 15 | Perhaps she was not feeling well , or it could be that she resented Lissa 's intrusion into the office . |
| 16 | That 's it , that 's what I had they told and they said that it might be that she 's just , she 's just is small for her size , but it might be that Katie taken all the goodness from Hannah |
| 17 | I can hardly forebear , I 'm sorry for , if it 's er , a bad pun , but er , I can hardly forbear to say that it may be that I , that diocese can do with what one might describe as a dash of the Robin Hood 's , which I think Alan may er , bring to it . |
| 18 | I am told that there are some very well coloured philander being sold at present , so it may be that there is a mistake in identity here . |
| 19 | All the events recorded in this book took place more than forty years ago and memories are apt to play tricks on us , so it may be that I have made a few mistakes . |
| 20 | Henry Calverley won the arrow at the first meeting at Scorton , but it was not held there again until 1754 , so it may be that he was keeping this promise . |
| 21 | Pu pulled Bob out of his coffee yesterday So one of the issues is if we do n't do certainly er the timing , all of the issues that are on there that we 'd like to do erm that means we 've got less testing , if you 're gon na do less testing then so it might be that they er re-utilize the resource that way . |
| 22 | Melting of the Greenland ice sheet would produce a similar rise in world sea level and it may be that its melting would precede that of west Antarctica . |
| 23 | 680 by a suppliant , Ecgburh , expresses her grief at the loss some time before of her brother , Oshere , whom a bitter and cruel death had taken from her , and it may be that her brother was Oshere , king of the Hwicce . |
| 24 | Of course you w of course you would Of course you would and it may be that what you will have to say is , Well look , erm I gave you the four per cent on the on the precision types and that that really has to stay , but by the time we by the time we 've done all the analysis on the er on the popular metrics , it will work out that it is is is only two per cent . |
| 25 | INRA and ITCF ) has proved the agricultural efficacy of fertiliser applications on upland pasture in the Auvergne and it may be that their use would be more commonplace if state subsidies were higher . |
| 26 | For six months Pakistan 's governments have been preoccupied with intrigue , and it may be that their carefree attitude to running the country is beginning to show up in the figures . |
| 27 | Elizabeth , as a queen regnant , had fewer gentlemen of the Privy Chamber , and it may be that their influence was less than in the days of her father . |
| 28 | There have been frequent and major set-backs ; and it may be that we are now on the threshold of a new era , in which , for the first time , leaders in society will make a conscious decision to allow the flood-waters in some areas to rise again . |
| 29 | It is reasonable to assume that ancient people were sensitive to the reality of these other levels of existence , living their lives accordingly , and it may be that we should look to this awareness as the origin of much folklore . |
| 30 | At the moment , it does n't seem to be working and it may be that we can never return this owl to the wild — it certainly would n't survive as it is . |