Example sentences of "[coord] it [modal v] be that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may reflect King Henry 's more immediate concern with rebels whose main fortress was only fifteen miles south-west of Poitiers , or it may be that Count William of Angoulême was overshadowed by the more vigorous personality of the new head of the house of Lusignan , Geoffrey de Lusignan . |
| 2 | Employees may feel a sense of powerlessness in taking on a large organization or it may be that advisers are more reluctant to take on large organizations . |
| 3 | It was in September 1953 that I arrived as a new boy at Woolverstone Hall School and it may be that Ray was also new to the school . |
| 4 | On the other hand , Ecgfrith 's consecration was a specifically Mercian matter for he was being consecrated as Offa 's successor in Mercia , and it may be that Offa desired archiepiscopal status for the Mercian bishop who would officiate and whom he had always intended should do so . |
| 5 | These territories appear to have been breaking free from West Saxon domination and it may be that Ine 's weakening hold on Surrey at this time reflects either renewed Kentish influence in the area or a stage in the growth of the power of Aethelbald . |
| 6 | Such unique detail has its dangers , however , and it may be that historians have tended to overemphasize the independence and initiative of the commons . |
| 7 | And it may be that Justin , too , has more to say , from beyond the grave . |
| 8 | If Gooch is dropped then there will be plenty of debate over his replacement as captain and it may be that Gatting 's experience will gain the vote over Stewart , though I would not completely discount Moxon . |
| 9 | But it could be that President Bush is aware of this , and it could be that things are about to change because of the return to Washington this week of one Sig Rogich . |
| 10 | However it might be expecting a lot for him to win four races and it could be that Simon Beck , who starred at the TT , will score his first Irish success . |
| 11 | It is hard to put a value on a company which has large assets and turnover , but which is barely profitable , and it could be that BAe found the price it had to pay for Rover just too good to refuse . |
| 12 | Boys appear to outnumber girls by about five to one , but it may be that girls with the problem are less overtly hyperactive , and tend to display more subtle symptoms , such as inattention , speech disorders and mood changes , which may not always be identified as hyperkinetic syndrome . |
| 13 | th th the building went ahead and people every year or two sometimes twice in a year get flooded and they get sewages the the sewer with the volume of rain water they ca n't otherwise get away , but it brings to light what happens i i i in the ditches and , and the waterways that are spread across the direction of Airport and then out into the river when the tide is low because the switches close when the tide comes in and basically er and this is up to date information the information that I have is that the channels are the responsibility of the er you know responsibilities are either kept cleared or not clogged up and in connection with the , with the incident I , I did hear it said that in , in a place where once said it usually counts that possibly and more than the that the first flood was due because the drains and the ditches could n't take the volume of water after they were cleared and things have been pretty reasonable erm since that time , so it would seem to confirm what , what I have to say about keeping clear erm but it may be that authorities that were n't responsible had the job of cleaning them , I do n't know . |
| 14 | Obviously , that was not the case but it may be that Viola was so used to people thinking like that about her that she felt a need to assert herself as well . |
| 15 | Example 4 still remains a problem , but it may be that books could be suggested as more likely than boots from semantic co-occurrence information , or from frequency of use from a corpus ( books is five times more likely to occur than boots ) , especially if weighted from a count of occurrence in the script recognised so far . |
| 16 | But it may be that God 's primordial action occurs in the previous verse : And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . |
| 17 | This is the kind of matter upon which historians will forever disagree , but it may be that Swegen did have his position in Denmark threatened by Swedes and Slavs at some time in the 990s . |
| 18 | Er , it is important too , to stress that the Agency is acting as a bridge between the purchasing er , authority , the Social Services Department , and the er , independent sector , and that er , it 's also important that er , too , that er , in many cases , er , the provider 's income er , will , will not just come from Social Services , but it may be that people are purchasing their own care , if , if they 're not eligible for public , public 's er , help through , through funding , and therefore the scheme is much wider than just looking at the purchasing intentions of the , the Social Services Department . |
| 19 | But it may be that people feel on historic grounds that it should be preserved . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | I do n't know , but it might be that Luke thought Elise would turn out to be one of my problems — a bad influence on me . |
| 22 | But it could be that President Bush is aware of this , and it could be that things are about to change because of the return to Washington this week of one Sig Rogich . |