Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [adv] [be] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The high correlation between accident estimate and risk rating observed , r(46)=0.75 , p<0.01 , may reflect the objective correlation that should exist between these measures or it may simply be that subjects were not completely successful in dissociating the two scales .
2 A woman 's world was more private , she was in charge of it in a way that you could n't be if you were a man .
3 4 Entry The right for the Tenant and all persons expressly or by implication authorised by the Tenant to enter upon other parts of the Centre and ( if any ) the Adjoining Property to carry out works to the Premises where such works would otherwise not be possible , or may be possible but rendered more expensive than they would otherwise be if this right was available The problem of access over a neighbour 's land has been greatly alleviated by the passage of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 which sets out a procedure whereby a person may obtain a court order permitting access to a neighbour 's property in order to carry out works to protect , repair or maintain their property in circumstances where the neighbour refuses consent to such access .
4 Corn was shipped along the Stroudwater canal to Oil Mill , although it may well be that the last half mile or so of the Painswick Stream was once navigable .
5 A relativist will deny that there is a unique category , ‘ science ’ , that is intrinsically superior to other forms of knowledge , although it may well be that individuals or communities place a high value on what is usually referred to as science .
6 Skates forecasts that it wo n't be until early 1993 that sales of the Unix-based AViiON workstation and server line cross the proprietary MV line .
7 yep it 's just that some of the cottages tend to be a bit smaller so that it might well be that we can get you something where there 's a perhaps ground floor extension or whatever okay .
8 However , puberty affects values and beliefs so much that it may not be until the mid-twenties that we can ask realistically what career priorities a person has .
9 But some commentators believe that it may also be because , unlike other cartel kingpins , Escobar and Rodriguez Gacha are social upstarts who have clawed their way out of the gutter .
10 They decided that it could only be because Joan 's health was so poor in the fens that the professor was forced to move .
11 In this way output is lower than it would otherwise be and there is an ‘ efficiency ’ cost in terms of this output loss .
12 much greater than it would otherwise be if you
13 I 've rather doubt that he might not be and , and then Bert er , has very kindly said that he would erm , stand in for him to second this resolution .
14 Lindsay Philpott , the Tory , is said to be at an even greater disadvantage than he would otherwise be because he lives in Cardiff .
15 and there ca n't be that many authorities left that are n't already involved .
16 Ask Eric yeah yeah cos there wo n't be that many will there ?
17 In the confined environment of pre-school life the infant may have appeared to be progressing normally , and it may not be until an objective screening test is given that the sight problem is recognised .
18 A strong gatekeeper role will limit sales access to influencers and decision takers in the way laid down by company policy , and it may not be until that policy is changed that an individual supplier may be permitted sales access to present his wares .
19 An interpretation I have often heard is that God 's ways are mysterious and wonderful , and it may well be that in the very last moments of the person 's life they had an encounter with God that set them on the path to eternal life .
20 ‘ Tradition dies hard and it may well be that many zealous companions will go on quoting Syriac and Egyptian and perpetuating this extraordinary jumble of explanations , ’ wrote Canon Richard Tydeman , Grand Superintendent over the Suffolk province of Freemasonry , in 1985 .
21 It was some time after the construction of the capital 's tramway system , and it may well be that the true origins of the tale lay in a superstitious dread of this foreign technology .
22 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 .
23 It consists of an 8-metre-diameter beehive tomb , with a large square capstone still in place , and a 20-metre-long entrance passage on the east side ; it is like a simpler , trial-run version of the great tholos tombs at Mycenae , and it may well be that the Mycenean tholos tombs originated as a Minoan idea ( Plate 20 ) .
24 Few are in any doubt that there is plenty more pain to come , and it may well be that the interim management is now expected to clear the decks , steel itself to announce another enormous net loss for the current quarter and let the new chief executive and team come in with a clean sheet .
25 This means that the main body of the national collection still has no permanent home and it may well be that the Casina delle Civette will become a more specialised museum of Art Nouveau glass , the Villino Boncompagni will house the twentieth-century items and another site will be found for the remaining collections .
26 Under Edward IV and Henry VII there were , as we have seen , developments in national administration which brought the Treasurer of the Chamber and the Keeper of the Jewel House into great prominence , and it may well be that their importance overshadowed the officers of the Lord Steward 's department .
27 tines longer than 30cm will not fit conveniently on conventional sized paper ( A4 ) and it may well be that because of this many pupils had relatively little experience of measuring or drawing such lines .
28 Well it 's very difficult to say what the because presumably the character of the paddock would have changed and the character of the conservation area likewise and it may well be that the use of that site would n't be a paddock .
29 Crystal and Davy on the other hand are focusing on the language of a few speakers well known to them , and it may well be that in their case the nature of the personal ties between investigator and subject makes candid recording a less pressing ethical issue .
30 And it may well be that an equal share of interest does n't achieve the best result .
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