Example sentences of "[adv] [be] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Bishop Jon , ‘ 't is to be hoped that the two saintly souls got on well together in life ( if so be that they ever met at all , which I take leave to doubt ) now that the lord King has made a packet of them , so to speak , for posterity . |
| 2 | The final reason for ignoring human actors can only be that they do not matter . |
| 3 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Er I mean it could just be that they do n't like it , so anything which they do n't like is grating or |
| 6 | We might think that any differences reflected poorer performance but it may just be that they merely reflect the different impact of specific price changes on drugs compared with books . |
| 7 | But it might just be that we ca n't have both and we ca n't ensure that people vote from the right from moral motivation rather than personal interest and we ca n't ensure vote |
| 8 | It could just be that you are the indirect cause of the complaint and the action you take has a consequential impact on the customer . |
| 9 | It could just be that you 're the person in your family who knows what 's on all those video tapes that nobody 's labelled up . |
| 10 | It may not be that we have become too sophisticated but that we are so confused we seek salvation even from out there . |
| 11 | It might be that the subject noun and verb phrase go together to form a constituent , so you have Florence teased Dougal or the structure might not be that it might just be three separate constituents with no firm structure forming a further constituent , so why that structure ? |
| 12 | It may or may not be that he would have thought it necessary for there to be a ‘ natural resemblance ’ ( such as the Vatican Declaration believes to be necessary ) between the male Christ and the male priest . |
| 13 | Speaking on a visit to Magherafelt he said : ‘ All I can say is that the community 's reply will always be that they will not be moved by this type of thing , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Do you think it will always be that we have one ? |
| 15 | In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but … |
| 16 | Could it possibly be that she was missing something ? |
| 17 | It is not at all unlikely that at the conquest , Mehmed II appointed someone mufti in the newly conquered city ; and since the sources seem not to mention the appointment of anyone else to the post , it may possibly be that it was made an for Hizir Bey . |
| 18 | It may also be that we look for different attributes in different parts of the public service . |
| 19 | It may also be that they did not want to listen to difficult questions we wanted to put . ’ |
| 20 | Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net . |
| 21 | The result will often be that he wins the race . |
| 22 | Can it really be that you do not remember ? ’ |
| 23 | Would your view now be that we should use the 18 January wording ? |
| 24 | It could equally be that they had spotted my men following them and were attempting to shake them off . ’ |
| 25 | Ordinary domestic horses always suffered greatly in tropical Africa , and it could simply be that they attract more insects than zebras . |
| 26 | As predators ourselves it may simply be that we identify more easily with other carnivores . |
| 27 | She heard the impatience in his tone and went on even more firmly , ‘ It would simply be that it fits in with my long-term plan , which is to get a wide range of experience before going on an extended working holiday overseas . ’ |
| 28 | It might simply be that you are a person with small wrists but a large body frame , wide shoulders , wide rib-cage , and so on . |
| 29 | It could even be that we are moving into a hitherto unknown dimension with the next steps in IT . |
| 30 | It could even be that you need to change job altogether . |