Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] be that " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It may even be that despite taking care with matching yourself to the job before making an initial application you may find out further information that will make you less enthusiastic about the job .
3 It may even be that the indiscriminacy of some of the air operations in the Second World War will come to be seen as something of a historical aberration , and a mere temporary consequence of the undeveloped state of the arts of target acquisition and guidance .
4 It may even be that some ingredients were added from outer space , brought by meteorites .
5 It may even be that the coupon helped to limit the size of the Unionist victory and to prolong the life of the Liberal Party .
6 It may even be that our exceptionally limited use of the sense of smell , and our twentieth-century obsession with eliminating body odours , are a recognition of the chaos our unmasked scents could create in our overcrowded lives .
7 It may even be that he receive Dalriadic assistance .
8 It may even be that the Eadwulf who challenged the accession of Osred , son of Aldfrith , in 704 , and whose son was with Wilfrid at Ripon at the time ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 59 ) ( see below , p. 146 ) , was of royal Deiran extraction .
9 It may even be that in Kent for about a year after Ecgberht 's death , ‘ Wulfhere could have been the effective ruler ’ .
10 It may even be that at no one moment in mid-Silurian times was limestone being deposited throughout the region concerned .
11 It may even be that it was done to make possible the appointment of this particular scholar , a native of Bosnasarayi who had taught to the level .
12 But certainly it may even be that people might , in the future , even prefer to talk to computers under some circumstances .
13 It may also be that women have a greater need of seeing some of the qualities of the future .
14 Since the social class assessment is based on husband 's occupation , it may also be that the ‘ deviants ’ are more ‘ working class ’ or ‘ middle class ’ on several important dimensions than their class-categorization itself indicates .
15 It may also be that such service would be regarded as valid on the ground that it amounted to service on the defendant in accordance with the law of the country in which service is effected .
16 It may also be that such employers were , at least in the early 1970s , less prepared to make the organizational adjustments which make it feasible for mothers to combine paid work with responsibility for young children .
17 It may also be that policies and practices have changed since the survey was carried out , for example because of a change in political control .
18 It may also be that the aims and intentions of Penda and his allies were mixed .
19 It may also be that whereas the British kings intended to replace Oswiu with a more acceptable candidate , Penda sought only to reduce Oswiu to the status of a dependant and at the same time effectively to establish territories such as Lindsey as falling within a southumbrian Mercian orbit .
20 It may also be that the limited review which the theory allows is unacceptable on policy grounds .
21 It may also be that we look for different attributes in different parts of the public service .
22 It may also be that her naughtiness is her way of telling you she 's not ready for the toddler group yet .
23 It may also be that the agent would be asked to advise on the cost , and , as with civil legislation , costs in parliamentary matters can in appropriate cases be taxed under the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act , 1847 , and the 1849 Act on similar lines for the House of Lords , the only difference in Scotland being that taxation is done by the Auditor of the Court of Session .
24 It may also be that the early returns from the voyages proved small , and that it was felt that investment in them did not provide an adequate reward for those involved .
25 But it may also be that in the bourgeois family the essential inegalitarianism on which capitalism rested found a necessary expression .
26 It may also be that where the tenant is a company an in-house surveyor may perform the role .
27 However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) .
28 It may also be that they did not want to listen to difficult questions we wanted to put . ’
29 It may well be that his nocturnal anxieties began on hearing the nightly ministrations by which his father was nursed — to a young boy , eerie and mysterious , doubtless at times frenetic ; no doubt they were exacerbated after his death , as sorrow and loss impinged .
30 Hopefully the new home which you are now considering as a prospective purchase will be suitable for your needs in every way , but it may well be that a need for some renovation or refurbishment is indicated from the surveyor 's report or that you will wish to make improvements or alterations of your own .
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