Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't be that until their bodies are found . |
| 2 | Only an idealized observer could see both the inner processing and the causal relations of the symbols to outside objects that give them meaning : no one could actually be that idealized observer , because each observer is confined to operating on the symbols that are within his computational machinery , and this excludes their external causal relations . |
| 3 | and there ca n't be that many authorities left that are n't already involved . |
| 4 | There wo n't be that many going though will there ? |
| 5 | Well there wo n't be that many cars off two houses , but I would also like to add |
| 6 | Ask Eric yeah yeah cos there wo n't be that many will there ? |
| 7 | In 1944 it took courage to write so favourably about Pound ; and it may even be that Phyllis Bottome foresaw , and was trying to guard against , the peril that Pound would be in as soon as hostilities should be over . |
| 8 | It may even be that despite taking care with matching yourself to the job before making an initial application you may find out further information that will make you less enthusiastic about the job . |
| 9 | It may even be that the indiscriminacy of some of the air operations in the Second World War will come to be seen as something of a historical aberration , and a mere temporary consequence of the undeveloped state of the arts of target acquisition and guidance . |
| 10 | It may even be that some ingredients were added from outer space , brought by meteorites . |
| 11 | It may even be that the coupon helped to limit the size of the Unionist victory and to prolong the life of the Liberal Party . |
| 12 | It may even be that our exceptionally limited use of the sense of smell , and our twentieth-century obsession with eliminating body odours , are a recognition of the chaos our unmasked scents could create in our overcrowded lives . |
| 13 | It may even be that he receive Dalriadic assistance . |
| 14 | It may even be that the Eadwulf who challenged the accession of Osred , son of Aldfrith , in 704 , and whose son was with Wilfrid at Ripon at the time ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 59 ) ( see below , p. 146 ) , was of royal Deiran extraction . |
| 15 | It may even be that in Kent for about a year after Ecgberht 's death , ‘ Wulfhere could have been the effective ruler ’ . |
| 16 | It may even be that at no one moment in mid-Silurian times was limestone being deposited throughout the region concerned . |
| 17 | It may even be that it was done to make possible the appointment of this particular scholar , a native of Bosnasarayi who had taught to the level . |
| 18 | But certainly it may even be that people might , in the future , even prefer to talk to computers under some circumstances . |
| 19 | It may also be that women have a greater need of seeing some of the qualities of the future . |
| 20 | Since the social class assessment is based on husband 's occupation , it may also be that the ‘ deviants ’ are more ‘ working class ’ or ‘ middle class ’ on several important dimensions than their class-categorization itself indicates . |
| 21 | It may also be that such service would be regarded as valid on the ground that it amounted to service on the defendant in accordance with the law of the country in which service is effected . |
| 22 | It may also be that such employers were , at least in the early 1970s , less prepared to make the organizational adjustments which make it feasible for mothers to combine paid work with responsibility for young children . |
| 23 | It may also be that policies and practices have changed since the survey was carried out , for example because of a change in political control . |
| 24 | It may also be that the aims and intentions of Penda and his allies were mixed . |
| 25 | It may also be that whereas the British kings intended to replace Oswiu with a more acceptable candidate , Penda sought only to reduce Oswiu to the status of a dependant and at the same time effectively to establish territories such as Lindsey as falling within a southumbrian Mercian orbit . |
| 26 | It may also be that the limited review which the theory allows is unacceptable on policy grounds . |
| 27 | It may also be that we look for different attributes in different parts of the public service . |
| 28 | It may also be that her naughtiness is her way of telling you she 's not ready for the toddler group yet . |
| 29 | It may also be that the agent would be asked to advise on the cost , and , as with civil legislation , costs in parliamentary matters can in appropriate cases be taxed under the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act , 1847 , and the 1849 Act on similar lines for the House of Lords , the only difference in Scotland being that taxation is done by the Auditor of the Court of Session . |
| 30 | It may also be that the early returns from the voyages proved small , and that it was felt that investment in them did not provide an adequate reward for those involved . |