Example sentences of "[be] that [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The further assumption must be that they gave each other a great deal that was worth having and keeping . |
2 | Ordinary domestic horses always suffered greatly in tropical Africa , and it could simply be that they attract more insects than zebras . |
3 | It may be that we felt this time we ought to have voted Labour , that this was the more altruistic , moral , even noble , choice . |
4 | The other development officer predicted making considerable use of volunteers as well as paid carers : ‘ it may be that we have two types of carer , an informal unpaid visiting service , and then the regular paid carers ’ . |
5 | My own recommendation would be that we purchase multiple copies of a booklet currently available at under £1 , and distribute it to users on a one-per-room basis . |
6 | It may be that he took new insignia after the subjugation of Norway , and that he left his old crown in Winchester , in much the same way that Henry II of Germany had , at his imperial coronation in 1014 , hung his former crown above the altar of St Peter 's , where Cnut would almost certainly have seen it thirteen years later . |
7 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
8 | It may even be that he receive Dalriadic assistance . |
9 | Nor did she think he could ever feel anything but shame for the way he treated them ; if he was now ready to pretend otherwise , it would only be that he saw some advantage in it . |
10 | The downside to registering might be that you get unsolicited mail every so often , but that practice seems to be on the decrease , and only genuine upgrades seem to be notified . |
11 | If they do n't , it may be that you have some yarn caught around these cogs . |
12 | The disadvantages of market-orientation may be that it requires special leadership ( a ‘ bureaucratic ’ management would fail to achieve the required inter-relationships between the organisation and its customers ) and is likely to be costly in terms of staffing and other overheads . |