Example sentences of "be [that] [pron] [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you have house guests for the festive period it could be that they might be staying four or five days . |
| 2 | I think it is most likely that the Course will be completed by then but because they have to have their final papers in , the week or two before , it may be that they will be staying on to around that time . |
| 3 | Given that redistribution is a characteristic of the social services , the general presumption must be that they will be rendered only on evidence of need , i.e. of financial inability to provide each particular service out of one 's own or one 's family 's resources . |
| 4 | Even if the tentative identification of the advantages of specialist working for this client group were to be confirmed by more extensive data , it may well be that they could be offset by other features of a generic social work service to the area . |
| 5 | I ca n't imagine that George is gon na continuing doing that forever and it may well be that we 'll be faced with a possibility of , of what we do in the future to have that piece of administration done will we be able to assume that it could done voluntary in the future ? |
| 6 | Bob could I ask you , if I understood correctly , one is that really logging is not the main problem , cutting down rainforests , and two , if their really was efficient logging it might actually be better for the rainforests , the consequence of which if that 's correct would be that we should be concentrating on governments , rather than on timber . |
| 7 | It could be that nothing can be done , but we ought to be seen to be taking action over this . |
| 8 | ‘ At present the Government 's mind-set appears to be that nothing can be done without a smile of approval from Dublin , which never comes . |
| 9 | Looking at Saul Quatt , Theda could not help feeling that his fondest hope was likely to be that he might be struck by a thunderbolt ! |
| 10 | It may well be that he could be described as a statutory tenant ; but that description would not itself accurately define his precise position , for he was a statutory tenant against whom a final order had been made , under which possession was to be delivered up on a fixed date , 3 April 1950 , he having died on the previous 8 March . |
| 11 | And it could be that he will be battling his old team-mates for the big prize come the New Year . |