Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She can enjoy the last freedom to be as she is ; her pursuits may seem strange , but after her death it may be discovered that her treasured collection — of old cups , pressed flowers , or newspaper cuttings — is quite priceless . |
| 2 | For example , by looking at a pot , it may be suspected that it has not been thrown on a wheel but has been made from coils of clay , joined together and smoothed by hand to form the wall of the pot . |
| 3 | Physical abuse is not known to be extensive and it may be felt that it has been excessively discussed in the context of ‘ dependence and independence ’ . |
| 4 | Although it is dangerous to generalise about matters of fact , it may be asserted that it will require a considerable degree of intoxication before a defendant can plausibly make such claims . |
| 5 | A few patients who are admitted may be found to be unfit for anaesthesia , or it may be decided that their condition is unlikely to respond to surgery . |
| 6 | At this point it may be noted that there is no completely satisfactory definition of ‘ an utterance ’ . |
| 7 | It may be noted that there is nothing in rule 12 which , in terms at least , prevents a taxation on the standard basis or the indemnity basis of non-litigation costs . |
| 8 | Without entering into the substantive details of the agreement or of the 1990 convention for its application , which appears not yet to have entered into force , it may be noted that it sets out rules for crossing the signatory states ' frontiers not just for their own citizens but also for citizens of all EC Member States , and the Convention of Application distinguishes between treatment at the internal and external borders of the signatory states . |
| 9 | And lest there be any misunderstanding as to the intensity of the attachment Lugard had in mind , it may be noted that his thinking revealed itself quite clearly on the subject of loyalty when he wrote of military matters and the secret of command . |
| 10 | It may be recalled that it is suggested that the origin of ‘ -desire ’ could be also the origin of life , and is one of the timeless mysteries relegated to the pre-life period of the story of the universe . |
| 11 | Despite the fact that contemporary comment was no stronger than it had been in the nineteenth century , World War I had a dramatic effect on the marriage expectations of women , and it may be hypothesised that there were concomitant changes in attitudes towards the desirability of careers for daughters of middle class parents . |
| 12 | Even though it may be said that what is taken on in the incarnation is a humanity in which we all share , it is still the case that the form in which this universal nature is said to have been taken on is that of a male human being . |
| 13 | In a society where we spend so much money , time and effort in trying to attain immortality , by constantly eradicating the diseases from which a human being can die , it may be said that we find it more and more difficult to face mortality either in ourselves or in those close to us . |
| 14 | It may be said that we have to plan for the future , and I entirely agree , but most of our thoughts can be best described as nonsense . |
| 15 | If Wheare 's definitions are applied to the United Kingdom , it may be said that there is an unwritten constitution in the sense that it is uncodified . |
| 16 | As against this , it may be said that it is psychologically impossible ( or perhaps impossible in some stronger logical sense ) to retain either beliefs or attitudes of which the inconsistency has become manifest to one . |
| 17 | The extent of the duty to state reasons thus varies according to the nature and context of the measure in question , and it may be said that it is not required to go into matters of detail to a disproportionate extent . |
| 18 | These characters are highly experienced , and it may be assumed that they can equip themselves with pretty much anything they want ( subject to GM approval ) . |
| 19 | For example , by the third sub-maxim of Manner ( " be brief " ) , wherever I avoid some simple expression in favour of some more complex paraphrase , it may be assumed that I do not do so wantonly , but because the details are somehow relevant to the present enterprise . |
| 20 | Where reefs are notably wider than the average it may be assumed that there the corals were not killed off during the Pleistocene . |
| 21 | It may be argued that they existed but had been forgotten . |
| 22 | It may be argued that they had a particular point to make about regiments and an anxiety to see funds spent not in one direction , but another . |
| 23 | ( Rosten , 1968 : 443-4 ) Although person deixis is reflected directly in the grammatical categories of person , it may be argued that we need to develop an independent pragmatic framework of possible participant-roles , so that we can then see how , and to what extent , these roles are grammaticalized in different languages . |
| 24 | Mr Harold Macmillan was admittedly fortified by an informal poll of Conservative members and notables , but it may be argued that he should not have been the sole fountainhead of advice , if it is indeed a constitutional principle that a retiring Prime Minister has no special title or status to advise on the choice of his successor . |
| 25 | As a result , there are very few materials which are inert in the body and indeed it may be argued that none are truly inert in this context . |
| 26 | It may be argued that there is nothing too morally reprehensible about this in many areas of our public life : but when it affects life-and-death issues , such as Northern Ireland , the idea of making legislation on internment , for example , subject to back-room bargains struck at Westminster , is one which would stick in the throats of many voters . |
| 27 | Although these activities only relate to a fraction of the total number of UK library authorities , it may be hoped that they foreshadow a revival of interest in an essential and much neglected component of the book provision process . |
| 28 | Although it may be contended that it is the process of collective bargaining as an ongoing activity which is at the heart of industrial relations , the negotiating process itself has received little attention in international studies ( an exception is Smith and Turkington , 1981 ) . |
| 29 | ( It may be objected that I am taking far too earnest a view of a wonderfully comic fictional character . |
| 30 | It may be objected that my argument defines individualism too narrowly ; for rather than contrasting the properties of individuals as such with those of social wholes , I have focussed on a particular range of traits , and in doing so may be said to have neglected properties to which the individualist can legitimately appeal . |