Example sentences of "and [pers pn] may [be] that [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | There are slight stylistic differences in the execution of the relief work , and it may be that one cup is an exotic , a Minoan import , and the other was made by a Mycenean craftsman to make a pair ; on balance , I think it more likely that both are Minoan ( Figure 31 ) . |
2 | And it may be that that 's the way they work , I 'm not quite sure what you 're supposed to do on this one . |
3 | And it may be that these disadvantages help to cause parental difficulties , and hamper good parenting . |
4 | Oswald had been brought up as a Christian prince in Celtic lands from the age of 12 , so it was perhaps natural for him to look to an Irish religious foundation for ecclesiastical and spiritual direction , and it may be that these overtures to Iona also reflect a dependence on Dalriadic military support at the time of his accession . |
5 | We do not believe that such operations can be shown to meet our public transport target safety level , and it may be that some of our European colleagues do not consider such operations to be public transport , or do not apply the same target level of safety to such operations . |
6 | I do think , however , that there are still prevalent many gross misconceptions of what universities do and what they should do in the modern age : and it may be that some of these misconceptions still drift about the corridors of the Department . |
7 | Much of their repertory is being recorded for the first time ( or very nearly so ) , and it may be that some current recordings will sound exploratory , even tentative , to future generations who will have the privilege to take things further . |
8 | Amis also likes to write , as Larkin liked to write , about the fear of death , and it may be that this fear can be detected in the failure to notice here that both sorts of people are subject to it , as to other unavoidable misfortunes , and that both sorts die . |
9 | This situation is common in many academic areas , as I have discovered talking to colleagues , and it may be that this state of inflation and over-production is economically unavoidable , that many inferior books have to be published in order to let the good ones appear . |
10 | I 've found the increasing dogmatism and certainty that she 's right the most sinister thing about her because that so often goes with paranoid feelings , and it may be that this is one manifestation of that . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Certain periods in the past have seen minor bursts of prison reform , and it may be that this will produce another . |
13 | There is much to be said for an extension of the mental element in rape to cover this type of case , and it may be that this was the Committee 's intention . |