Example sentences of "it may have [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have been such a realisation ( along with the generally hostile reaction to the Framework document ) that encouraged the DES to be less specific in its second attempt at producing a framework for the curriculum ( almost a year after its first attempt ) . |
| 2 | In this it may have been little more than a mouthpiece for a Russian directorate but in an article , which , says Sacks , amounted to a reading of the riot act to the ICP , one finds this clear and unmistakable instruction in the French journal Cahiers du Boishévisme : |
| 3 | It may have been that while in Japan he found the taste of humble pie just a little too much to stomach . |
| 4 | Or it may have been that , looking at that blueprint form , some of them saw that something more could be done with it . |
| 5 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |
| 6 | It may have been these factors that encouraged the Court to give a restrictive opinion on the powers of the member States . |
| 7 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 8 | The weight of the church of Canterbury was behind Wihtred and it may have been this which ensured his success . |
| 9 | It may have been this connection that took him to Nottinghamshire in 1580 , to work for Arundell 's brother-in-law , Sir Francis Willoughby , at Wollaton Hall . |
| 10 | It may have been this group Professor Ashton had in mind when he drew attention to the way in which London banks played a role in making available the " savings of agriculturalists ' to provide " much of the investment in manufacture " . |
| 11 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 12 | It may have been this subjective judicial approach which led to the strange result in Attwood . |
| 13 | For example , It turned scarlet does not entail It turned red , since the referent of it may have been some other shade of red to begin with ; nor , obviously , does the reverse entailment hold . |