Example sentences of "be so but " in BNC.

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1 It is not easy to understand why it should have been so but France south of the Loire was undoubtedly the seedbed of the whole " courtly love " movement .
2 This may be so but , once one developer has been let in , the decision could open the floodgate for scores of unsuitable , unnecessary applications .
3 This may well be so but it may never get tried if the transition is too difficult .
4 The heads of the different divisions might feel that it should be so but that is only a claim of ego and emotion .
5 It is not only thought to be so but it undoubtedly is so , and getting better in each and every part of the United Kingdom .
6 This may be so but er with all the skirmishes we 've got on at present and there 's active there 'll be ex-servicemen from them and they 've these funny enough these young ones are coming along and joining the British Legion
7 Nor have I come upon any factor to prove the truth of another assumption which may be made : to wit , that Subject A was the mother of Subject B. Experience and probability point to this being so but that is all .
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