Example sentences of "[be] [that] this " in BNC.
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| 31 | It may well be that this reduction in severity of symptoms has brought the symptoms of NSU much closer to those of gonorrhoea and thereby exaggerated their importance . |
| 32 | The problem seems to be that this colourless , odourless gas is a quiet , silent long-term killer and the cause of death ( lung cancer ) is prevalent amongst the population anyway . |
| 33 | It may be that this was done only where there was a public interest , but we have already seen that in the two areas in which trusts involved purely private interests , restitution of property and manumission , the remedies of cognitio were in any case adequate to secure specific performance . |
| 34 | Supposed to be that this whole you know , Ronald Reagan , Swing-to-the-Right , Fun-Fashion , Fifties thing disny stop at the glitter-sox the roll-ons and the lurex ! |
| 35 | Considered against the proud advances made in the arts and sciences whereby humanity improves the quality of life on earth , the conclusion must be that this is a shameful situation . |
| 36 | In these latter experiments , however , a different strain of yeast was used from that employed by Jones and Jenkins , and it may well be that this is another example of one strain of an organism being more sensitive to particular homoeopathic remedies than others . |
| 37 | It may be that this relexicalized version has not been actually attested and , may never occur in the future but it acquires normality because it is relatively easy to conceive of a context for it . |
| 38 | We were surprised at the continuing estimates of fixed costs , as we would have expected a minimal time investment after the first year of familiarisation , but given that training was identified as the major cost , it may be that this forms the bulk of the continuing cost . |
| 39 | No one in Parliament objected : the assumption seemed to be that this was what a publicly owned radio service ought to do . |
| 40 | It may be that this prophecy lies behind the account of the expulsion from the Temple of those who bought and sold . |
| 41 | Mr Lambert said : ‘ It may be that this man was hitch-hiking or waiting for a lift . ’ |
| 42 | If the feminist folklinguistic belief that women are less or differently logical than men is a matter of content , it could be that this is the sort of thing feminists have in mind . |
| 43 | It may well be that this building was the Quartermasters Stores originally . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | The heart of the problem appears to be that this institutional framework is itself founded on a conventional gesellschaft- type representative model . |
| 46 | It could be that this development marks the beginning of a teaching force which is professional in reality as well as in name . |
| 47 | It may be that this goddess was worshipped at the peak sanctuaries , where it is known that pyres were lit ; the later Artemis cult also involved mountain-top bonfires . |
| 48 | It can be that this behaviour is mistaken for psychiatric problems . ’ |
| 49 | The answer seems to be that this is regarded as quite proper if the advantage is mutual — possibly less so if it is not . |
| 50 | Could it be that this underlying sense of obligation has weakened over time ? |
| 51 | There is a much higher concentration of minority groups in Kent wing , together with a mosque and synagogue and it may be that this also helps . |
| 52 | Certain periods in the past have seen minor bursts of prison reform , and it may be that this will produce another . |
| 53 | The truth seems to be that this question itself can not be answered in a way which is neutral between different positions in meta-ethics and ethics and is hardly worth discussing in the abstract . |
| 54 | On the other hand , it may be that this is wishful thinking and that , in practical terms , the award of damages for illegality is incompatible with the theory of judicial review because it can not be reconciled with the idea that the ultimate decision must usually be left to the public authority . |
| 55 | My main point will be that this is not a simple , package-deal question . |
| 56 | It may well be that this development makes matters worse . |
| 57 | It may be that this explanation is not an acceptable answer to the question , but it is presented by the speaker in a form which conveys ‘ what I think we 're talking about ’ in this part of the conversation . |
| 58 | As offending during the currency of a community order will not necessarily be a ground under Criminal Justice Act 1991 for re-sentencing an offender who is subject to a community order , and failure to respond to a community order must be disregarded when considering whether an offence is sufficiently serious to justify a custodial sentence ( s.29(1) ) , it may be that this decision will become particularly important under the new legislation . |
| 59 | Indeed it may be that this was ‘ the last straw ’ for W. |
| 60 | One of the reasons underlying the inconsistent results with regard to the effect of familial sinistrality might be that this factor is likely to be confounded with family size ( Bradshaw , 1980 ) . |