Example sentences of "[coord] [vb mod] it [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or could it be that you are deft and capable in practical ways ( needed by a care assistant in social service , or as a nursing aide ) ? |
| 2 | Or could it be that the front-runner in the fusion race does not look very promising as the basis of a reactor ? |
| 3 | Are mama and my sisters truly in sanctuary — or could it be that some grave misfortune has overtaken them also ? |
| 4 | Or could it be that the boy had taken his spying into the Essoldo Cinema ? |
| 5 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 6 | Or could it be that you are too frightened to own up to your own emotional weaknesses ? ’ |
| 7 | Or could it be that one was from March 24–26 and the other from April 6–9 when politicians of all parties confidently expect to have other things on their minds ? |
| 8 | But should it be that anyone ever wished to posit that I have attained at least a little of that crucial quality of ‘ dignity ’ in the course of my career , such a person may wish to be directed towards that conference of March 1923 as representing the moment when I first demonstrated I might have a capacity for such a quality . |
| 9 | ‘ Might it be , I 'm only hazarding a guess , you realize that , but might it be that they want you to get them out here again ? ’ |
| 10 | In early ethnic models of settlement origin it was assumed that this was a Celtic pattern of settlement , but could it be that this pattern in fact represents the oldest arrangements in the landscape ? |
| 11 | Without revealing the reason why they are rowing , but could it be that her actor husband is a Glen-man and she is ‘ rubbing it in ’ by wearing the tee-shirt around the house to celebrate Linfield winning the Irish League Championship this season ! |