Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] that [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It may be that neither statement need be held to subtract from the other , but there could well be some dispute as to which of the two is the more deeply entrenched in the novel .
2 It may be that that individual does not function normally as a consequence of the sensory deprivation .
3 It may be that these West Saxon kings were obliged to join the Mercian ruler on occasion at least in his military campaigns , as indeed earlier kings had assisted Penda and Wulfhere .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Mr Lambert said : ‘ It may be that this man was hitch-hiking or waiting for a lift . ’
8 Well it might be that this turns out to be an extremely successful gamble , and Branson has expanded Virgin into a world recovery , or it may be that this airline runs into more serious financial difficulties in the middle of the decade , and it either contracts or it sells out to either an American or a continental European carrier .
9 The seventh-century chronicler Fredegar thought that they were given lands by the Gallo-Roman aristocracy , who thereby gained tax exemption in the days of Valentinian I. It may be that this information actually relates to the reign of Valentinian III , and therefore that it is the same as the grant of Sapaudia , but this is by no means certain .
10 It may be that this prophecy lies behind the account of the expulsion from the Temple of those who bought and sold .
11 It may be that this analysis could show universities those regions where particular methodologies , previously untried , may yield useful new information .
12 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 .
13 Well we do n't have a definite answer erm Gill but we think it may have experienced a shock of some sort during that season and of course when this happens to fruit trees they can go into bi-annual cropping and then they come back again , it may be that this horse chestnut 's experienced something very similar .
14 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 .
15 Hence in such cases we can not expect the twin goals to be met ; in fact it may be that some compromise position has to be reached .
16 For instance , it may be that some craft workers , particularly those working very close to the temple , were operating under temple jurisdiction and supervision , whilst others were free to work independently .
17 It might be that this girl was a con woman and he and Camb the first victims of a colossal deception .
18 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 .
19 With older children it could be that each child makes his/her own list on a piece of paper ; with younger children maybe we do it as a class , and the teacher writes everything on the blackboard ; or perhaps nothing is written down by individuals , with each giving what they will need to the teacher who 's a " quartermaster " .
20 It could be that such pupil cultures were sexist ; but an interesting dilemma emerges .
21 It could be that this development marks the beginning of a teaching force which is professional in reality as well as in name .
22 It can be that this behaviour is mistaken for psychiatric problems . ’
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