Example sentences of "it could [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it could be that President Bush is aware of this , and it could be that things are about to change because of the return to Washington this week of one Sig Rogich . |
| 2 | But it could be that President Bush is aware of this , and it could be that things are about to change because of the return to Washington this week of one Sig Rogich . |
| 3 | It could be that this is a time marked by a dearth of characters , or that the smart people in rock are n't interested in self-projection but in obliterating themselves in noise . |
| 4 | It could be that the boy had got the whole thing planned , luring Philip out , then having him surrounded . |
| 5 | It could be that you are a very sociable , competitive sort . |
| 6 | ‘ It could be that I have had some new shafts put in my clubs ’ , Woosnam pondered , ‘ and they are too stiff . |
| 7 | It could be that support from the 13 Ulster Unionist MPs likely to be elected on Thursday would be enough to see Mr Major home . |
| 8 | It could be that Mr Major owes a debt to the pollsters for his victory . |
| 9 | It could be that Grätzel 's attempts to harness cheap solar energy may finally have hit the jackpot . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course it could be that when I said ‘ English expression ’ I meant expression in the English language . |
| 11 | As with calls for euthanasia , it could be that a proper understanding by doctors of their duties to their patients , both ethical and legal , could obviate the need in large part for such developments . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , this does not prove that retinoic acid is the signal : it could be that it merely mimics the true signal . |
| 13 | It could be that we are fatally drawn to the mysterious : the water is that which we can not fathom , the unfathomable . |
| 14 | However , if you have answered ‘ yes ’ to all or most of statements 1–5 , it could be that you are being too strict with them , possibly causing resentment and friction . |
| 15 | It could be that your lack of confidence is connected with work . |
| 16 | It could be that your lack of confidence concerns home life ; perhaps you hate people coming to see you because your home is not beautiful — or perhaps it is never tidy . |
| 17 | If the difference is real , however , it could be that one of the effects of the project involvement was to alert other service-providers to any need for institutional care at an earlier stage than would occur for those in the control sample . |
| 18 | ‘ It could be that the girl has a vocation . |
| 19 | It could be that a record of achievement which has been validated by the business community will carry greater credibility with business people inside and outside Sheffield than an examination award from one of the national examination boards . |
| 20 | It could be that your husband has announced his intention to spend his retirement playing golf or on some other activity which , for one reason or another , excludes you , and you would welcome more time spent together . |
| 21 | They point out that nursery rhymes are not nursery rhymes for nothing ; it could be that the genuine Turkish nursery rhyme is intrinsically more memorable than the nonsense rhyme ; nursery rhymes , after all , catch on in part because they have an innately pleasing rhythm . |
| 22 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 23 | It could be that fewer of those bright ideas will go astray . |
| 24 | It could be that some underlying defect opens the way to both candidiasis and chemical sensitivity . |
| 25 | Once personal information gets into such a network it will be difficult if not impossible to restrict access to it ; it could be that such an open system could be justified to the data subject as the latest desirable addition to the role of consumer in the acquisitive society — why not order one 's claret from one 's fireside by the keyboard direct from the château , with instant payment by electronic fund transfer at point of sale , debiting one 's bank account instantaneously ? |
| 26 | Woonerven had demonstrably reduced accidents , but it could be that there were elements of the design which alone and inexpensively , could achieve similar or even greater reductions . |
| 27 | It could be that your owner might consider replacing you with a Basenji if you do n't quieten down , and your nose will be properly put out of joint . |
| 28 | Although you will never know it , it could be that the slimming diet you are about to embark on will prevent your own children from suffering from cancer of the colon , forty years from now . |
| 29 | It could be that when introducing the other Emperors I will have to move the tank decoration around in order that the established Emperors would lose the boundaries of their territories . |
| 30 | It could be that these varieties , which have been selectively bred for their appearance may , and I can only speculate here , have suffered some genetic or other biological imbalance caused through this selective breeding , which has opened the fish to this problem . |