Example sentences of "it might [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be that this girl was a con woman and he and Camb the first victims of a colossal deception . |
| 2 | So too with the body clock : it might be that several outputs with different periods are possible and that we tend to concentrate upon the daily or circadian clock because this is the period that is most useful to the organism and which has naturally been accentuated by the environment with its 24-hour period . |
| 3 | Also it might be that those who suffer from SAD differ from most people only because they are more susceptible than the rest of the population to feeling ‘ under the weather ’ when they do not see daylight , particularly in the morning . |
| 4 | It marks the event and the behaviour we all become party to , namely attending a funeral service , sending flowers , writing a letter of condolence , and whatever else it might be that helps us cope with the situation . |
| 5 | It might be that we could ensure that the shopping and household chores are done , or that the children are collected from school , thus alleviating the stress of trying to cope with everyday matters whilst trying to deal with extraordinary ones . |
| 6 | It might be that they could only be reached through their elders . |
| 7 | It might be that I ca n't be objective about my own songs , ’ he told City Limits . |
| 8 | Or it might be that you have to learn to give yourself credit for what you are able to achieve . |
| 9 | In rural areas it might be that people will tell the parents of youths whom they see committing some offence ; and although crimes may be committed they will often be dealt with informally and so will not figure in the criminal statistics . |
| 10 | It might be that the reason working-class criminals far outnumber middle-class criminals ( proportionately , given that there are more working-class people in this country ) is because middle-class crimes are less regularly recorded and middle-class offenders are less severely punished . |
| 11 | It might be that some of your own domestic banks participate regularly in syndicated euro.credits . |
| 12 | It might be that you are having a hectic day at work and you feel that things are getting to you , or you might be stuck in a traffic jam with your pulse racing and the frustration making you angry . |
| 13 | It might be that in a list of names every tenth name is the leader of a section of ten people ; to sample by every tenth would then result in either a sample of nothing but leaders or a sample with no leaders at all . |
| 14 | It might be that the survey was aimed at testing a hypothesis that happily-married couples tend to vote more conservatively , while unhappily married couples vote more radically , but if this was not apparent to the informant the questions on marital relations would probably seem irrelevant and impertinent . |
| 15 | But Meg , it might be that he had stole her cubs , was not for his surrender . |
| 16 | It might be that ‘ the climate of opinion ’ had changed . |
| 17 | It might be that the traveller after a prolonged deadlock sees a picture of Bali on a magazine cover as he is walking past a newspaper stand , thinks ‘ I must go there ’ , the decision is made , and from then on he never wavers . |
| 18 | It might be that a friend says to the young man who is thinking of living in Bali ‘ You do n't really believe that nonsense , you 're playing at being Gauguin' . |
| 19 | That is , it might be that he had fully internalized the requisite mental structure , but for some reason lacked the capacity to use it . |
| 20 | Or else it might be that Hilbert had left Adam some small memento or keepsake … |
| 21 | He had burned it himself on the fire he had made against the fruit-garden wall and it might be that no copies of it existed , yet in his mind 's eye it recreated itself , the child for ever stilled , its face a waxen mask , the old doctor haggard with sorrow and lack of sleep , the mirror no breath had misted held in his hand , the parents in each other 's arms . |
| 22 | For example , it might be that a driver was deliberately altering his records in some way . |
| 23 | It might be that the individual does not see the value of climbing a mountain ; or perhaps does not have the confidence to set about the task . |
| 24 | It might be that they genuinely do not feel that they have the energy or even the interest to effect change in their lives . |
| 25 | It might be that they can discuss and compare life during the Great War , or in the 1920s and 1930s ; or they might want to talk about how expectations , duties , responsibilities have changed since their childhood days . |
| 26 | A spokeswoman for Devon and Cornwall Police said today : ‘ It might be that we will be able to make further comments after the meeting . ’ |
| 27 | It might be that this season will be his last chance , that he is a manager who can win Cups with short sprints but not the silverware that goes with marathons . |
| 28 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 29 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 30 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |