Example sentences of "but it [modal v] be [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | How he obtained this skill is not recorded , but it may be significant that he visited Ravenna , where he befriended the poet Arator . |
| 2 | But it would be absurd that he should be able to plead the jury 's verdict in the first trial as a bar to the second . |
| 3 | But it would be possible that I might end up back at Ritchie Motors . |
| 4 | But it should be evident that it is true to his professed method , in that it executes a constant back-and-forth movement between the specific description of linguistic structures and the interpretation of the meaning of the poem as a whole . |
| 5 | But it should be clear that while one or two methods may be the most important for attributing coins to a mint or dating them , almost any other consideration can be important , depending on its relevance or on the accidents of survival . |
| 6 | Nothing can prevent people from saying that the answers he gave were not ‘ adult or ‘ fundamental ’ , but it should be obvious that such adjectives are as culture biased as Saruman 's ‘ real ’ : by themselves they express only the prejudices of the user . |
| 7 | After a time this ability becomes as instinctive as is the power of singing or whistling a note of any pitch desired , but it should be obvious that horn parts should keep to ‘ vocal ’ intervals or stepwise movement as far as possible . |
| 8 | It is not known when Raedwald died but it must be significant that when Eadwine sought a new bride ( before c . |
| 9 | The animal will be aware of its prey in that it consciously perceives , pursues , and devours it , but it will be unaware that it is doing these things for the sake of satisfying its wants . |
| 10 | And finally , I think that there is a recognition er , from P and R about the community care issue , but it will be important that we obviously debate that in these papers and discuss it this morning . |
| 11 | A great deal more has to be learned in this area , but it will be evident that even in its genetic aspects ( and others also have an effect ) sex and gender are not an absolutely cut and dried business . |