Example sentences of "it may have be [that] " in BNC.
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1 | It may have been that the editor did n't know how to cut a scene , or that the financiers called in a hack to re-edit the picture . |
2 | In some quarters , of course , he was enormously popular , and it may have been that as a young man in his early twenties he found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans . |
3 | I walked fast , to keep warm , so it may have been that I was a little above myself by the time I reached the school where the classes were held , because that night , try as I would , I could not believe anything our teacher was telling us . |
4 | It may have been that its conflicts with the communists exaggerated its importance . |
5 | It may have been that Harvey enjoyed such seniority in the Church that in his case such deviation was permitted , but given that two or three other committed Free Presbyterians have been active in the Official Unionist Party ( in 1985 there were two Free Presbyterians in local government as Official Unionist councillors ) , it is more likely that the Church leadership was genuinely able to maintain some distance from Paisley 's politics . |
6 | Why this large size evolved is something of a mystery : it may have been that larger gliders cruise at slower speeds without ‘ stalling ’ . |
7 | Or , simply , it may have been that his feet were bad . |
8 | Often in such circumstances , it may have been that the dog was teased in the past , by a stranger who encouraged it to bark by tapping repeatedly on the window , for example . |
9 | It may have been that on his original appearance this condition would not have been satisfied , as it could not have been said that only a custodial sentence was adequate to protect the public from serious harm from him , if the alternative of a probation order requiring residence at a hostel specialising in sexual offenders was available . |
10 | Or it may have been that the shares were not purchased but were subscribed for and were issued to the investors by Euramco . |
11 | It may have been that writers felt that every variation in their particular game had been played , but recognised that a public appetite for detection had been created and would repay feeding . |
12 | Finally , it may have been that before the Pleistocene , with its powerful glacial and periglacial denudation , the amount of gravel transferred to the sea by the rivers was much less , so that there was far less material from which the sea could build beaches . |
13 | Or , perhaps , it may have been that she had married him . |
14 | It may have been that Morse had smiled a little at the question . |
15 | It may have been that the Palaeoindians moving through America from |
16 | I , I think erm I think it may have been that er you , they assumed you 're lacking confidence because you were laughing at yourself so much when you were asking the questions . |