Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be [that] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theological justification behind such an approach ( not that I had necessarily thought this out at the time when I was a member of the church ) must surely be that God 's will must be held to be one with what is good , and therefore what Christianity proclaims can not differ from human ethical goods . |
| 2 | It may just be that Clinton is taking advantage of the transition period until he takes over the Presidency to air some personal prejudices and satisfy the grievances of some of his supporters . |
| 3 | It could also be that Widnes 's match with Barrow last Sunday will be deducted from his current eight-match suspension . |
| 4 | It could also be that Reilly , who has never knowingly sold himself short , is driving a hard bargain . |
| 5 | It could also be that Reilly , who has never knowingly sold himself short , is driving a hard bargain . |
| 6 | It could well be that Sir Thomas 's death turned Vechey 's mind on to the path of self-destruction . ’ |
| 7 | It could well be that Matadial was thoroughly discredited , even as the case ran , but with advance information her demolition could have been more clinically achieved , with perhaps a greater effect on the jury and with a better chance of involving Zaidie in the destruction of the Crown case on motive and malice . |
| 8 | In 1944 it took courage to write so favourably about Pound ; and it may even be that Phyllis Bottome foresaw , and was trying to guard against , the peril that Pound would be in as soon as hostilities should be over . |
| 9 | It may well be that Mark made the events fit a single week because the Church was already celebrating a ‘ Holy Week ’ , thereby giving a structure to the early Christian celebrations . |
| 10 | It may well be that Wilfrid was no more acceptable to Ecgfrith than he had originally been to Oswiu . |
| 11 | It may well be that Murad II , instead of turning outside the Ottoman world , created within it a figure to parallel the Abbasid caliph in respect of the religious authority and sanction he represented . |