Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] that an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first thought might be that an individual bank which was short of base money could raise the rate of interest it offered to depositors . |
| 2 | It could be that you were suddenly changing your motion , or it might be that an extra force of gravity had been switched on . |
| 3 | It might be that an American Association of Embalmers would emerge , but one world-wide Institute would be better . |
| 4 | 1993 is a year to really find the right person , so it may be that an unsatisfactory relationship has to go in order for the appropriate one to come in . |
| 5 | But it may be that an unusual boost at A level could place students in situations where they find themselves uncomfortably out-performanced by their peers . |
| 6 | Both these cases involved applications for orders to the Italian courts ; it may be that an English court would resist a contractual fetter on the power to grant injunctions under section 37 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |