Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] simply be that " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this basis , if one meal is eaten and the dish emptied , and then the next meal is refused , it may simply be that the cat is not yet ready for its next ‘ kill ’ . |
| 2 | It may simply be that more people are taking advantage of higher social security benefits to spend more time searching for suitable jobs . |
| 3 | The reason for this trans-cultural similarity of language is not known ; it may simply be that ‘ m ’ is the easiest of all the consonants to produce . |
| 4 | As predators ourselves it may simply be that we identify more easily with other carnivores . |
| 5 | First , because of membership of the EMS , wage-bargainers and price-setters in other countries may take particular notice of the DM exchange rate and inflationary trends ( if any ) in the Federal Republic ; second , over a period of time , wage and price responses in other countries might evolve towards the German norm ; third , it may simply be that in a period when for fundamental social and political reasons the control of inflation came to assume dominance in policy-making , policy-makers found it a useful discipline to conduct their fiscal and monetary affairs in such a way as to stabilise the exchange rate against the DM . |
| 6 | The high correlation between accident estimate and risk rating observed , r(46)=0.75 , p<0.01 , may reflect the objective correlation that should exist between these measures or it may simply be that subjects were not completely successful in dissociating the two scales . |
| 7 | It might simply be that you are a person with small wrists but a large body frame , wide shoulders , wide rib-cage , and so on . |
| 8 | It might simply be that the amount of learning involved in such a task was not great enough to generate biochemical changes big enough to be measured . |
| 9 | Ordinary domestic horses always suffered greatly in tropical Africa , and it could simply be that they attract more insects than zebras . |
| 10 | She heard the impatience in his tone and went on even more firmly , ‘ It would simply be that it fits in with my long-term plan , which is to get a wide range of experience before going on an extended working holiday overseas . ’ |