Example sentences of "and it [modal v] [be] significant that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the iconography , they far outnumber the priests and male attendants , and it may be significant that on Side A of the Agia Triadha larnax the lyre player is a male dressed in a priestess 's robe . |
| 2 | Although the depositions must be somewhat suspect , it is likely that the countess did feel herself under pressure to agree , and it may be significant that her feoffees , after agreeing in principle to the transfer , then dragged their feet over finalizing it and had to be sued in chancery by Gloucester and , nominally , the countess . |
| 3 | Although the depositions must be somewhat suspect , it is likely that the countess did feel herself under pressure to agree , and it may be significant that her feoffees , after agreeing in principle to the transfer , then dragged their feet over finalizing it and had to be sued in chancery by Gloucester and , nominally , the countess . |
| 4 | Siward himself fell ill , and returned to Abingdon in 1048 , and it may be significant that at about this point close resemblances between C and E cease . |
| 5 | Edgar thanked the Danes for their support and allowed them to live under such laws as they might choose , and it must be significant that Swegen landed in Lincolnshire when he made his bid for the kingship in 1013 , and that in 1066 King Harald of Norway made for York , where he had hopes that the citizens would assist him in his endeavours . |