Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that it suited occasionally that the same parish priest looked after both of them . |
| 2 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 3 | Indeed , it may be that it goes further , and effectively means that the seller has not undertaken to deliver the goods at all , so that it may be argued that the seller has undertaken no obligation and , prior to delivery , there is only a unilateral contract under which the buyer is committed to pay if the seller delivers . |
| 4 | To what extent this was the result of Jill 's campaign will probably never be known , but it may be that it coincided with and reinforced a growing feeling in the Foreign Office and elsewhere that intransigence was no longer in Britain 's interests . |
| 5 | Where soil is being removed slowly it may be that it has built up in layers and a ‘ case hardening ’ effect is experienced . |
| 6 | It may be that it exists essentially for the purpose of meshing sentence-construction with pragmatic principles ; for example , for " foregrounding " and " backgrounding " informational content ( or , in the terms preferred in this book , for eliciting certain pragmatic implications ) . |
| 7 | Well i by definition it must be if it excludes all A classes for example . |
| 8 | It must be because it gets me out of the tent in the middle of the night to stand and contemplate the untroubled majesty of The Plough . |
| 9 | A typical objection against it might be that it involves an attempt to settle a metaphysical issue without first clarifying the conditions under which such an issue can be meaningfully discussed . |
| 10 | Professional DEC watcher , Terry Shannon , claims the firm is fretting that its Alpha launch on November 10 wo n't be as impressive as it might be because it missed its goal of getting a thousand third-party software packages . |
| 11 | I i , it could be because it feels quite cold and damp . |
| 12 | According to this , we can best assess the intrinsic value of something if we ask how good or bad a thing it would be if it existed in complete isolation . |
| 13 | If it succeeds , it will be because it concentrates on achievable tasks . |
| 14 | It will be when it suits the MOI , Charity 's lot . ’ |
| 15 | Well it will be when it 's finished , the curtains are |