Example sentences of "[modal v] be that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the wonder should be that any convictions are returned . ’ |
| 2 | The conclusion must be that neither side of industry was prepared to give up the old ways of doing things to achieve full employment . |
| 3 | If there is any iron law of bureaucracy it must be that such organizations will not willingly do anything that may be against the organization 's perceived long-term interests and that , on occasions , this will lead the organization to ignore its nominal masters . |
| 4 | The first conclusion must be that this failure is not unexpected because social services were not designed to reduce such inequalities . |
| 5 | Swiss-owned stockbrokers Phillips & Drew are trying to soothe the Swiss bond managers , but the betting must be that this group of investors will be far more successful than Heron 's bankers in demanding sweeteners for accepting late payment . |
| 6 | Either way ( and the suspicion must be that some historians are determined to have it either way ) , blame for the collapse of the Carolingian state is laid at the door of the Frankish nobility . |
| 7 | But the general conclusion must be that most aspects of discourse deixis , and perhaps all aspects of social deixis , lie beyond the scope of a truth-conditional semantics . |
| 8 | The hope must be that both bodies have emerged from the fire hardened in their dealings with other regulatory bodies on behalf of the City and the country . |
| 9 | So too with the body clock : it might be that several outputs with different periods are possible and that we tend to concentrate upon the daily or circadian clock because this is the period that is most useful to the organism and which has naturally been accentuated by the environment with its 24-hour period . |
| 10 | However , a practical consequence of this approach might be that few people would be prepared to consider such a sweeping initial recommendation . |
| 11 | It might be that this girl was a con woman and he and Camb the first victims of a colossal deception . |
| 12 | One of the reasons underlying the inconsistent results with regard to the effect of familial sinistrality might be that this factor is likely to be confounded with family size ( Bradshaw , 1980 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | It could be that such pupil cultures were sexist ; but an interesting dilemma emerges . |
| 16 | A third view could be that such investment is not an element in a zero-sum game : investment abroad is not a simple net loss to UK plants but , instead , creates productive facilities which complement and are integrated with UK production . |
| 17 | Alternatively it could be that all subjects perform differently on junctions they previously knew well compared to those they did not know well . |
| 18 | Gordon Donaldson , Clwyd county secretary for the National Union of Teachers , said : ‘ The result of these cuts could be that more children will eat junk food , such as crisps and pop , rather than more nutritional hot meals . ’ |
| 19 | Since most theses are lent for a period of one month , it could be that most borrowers are able to digest the contents of theses within this period , but , due to the widespread availability of photocopiers , it is suspected that the regulations on thesis copying are frequently broken . |
| 20 | It could be that these varieties , which have been selectively bred for their appearance may , and I can only speculate here , have suffered some genetic or other biological imbalance caused through this selective breeding , which has opened the fish to this problem . |
| 21 | It is possible , for example , that a large proportion of loans are for the most recently deposited theses ; alternatively , it could be that some theses are more often requested than others , and that loan records for such theses would be found within different time periods . |
| 22 | ‘ Could be that some tracks could emerge on a compilation , however , ’ says SF 's Clive Selwood . |
| 23 | One possible drawback could be that some people might decide to take an overdose as a result of learning about it through the media or public discussion , even if the behaviour had been presented as an inappropriate way of coping . |
| 24 | It could be that this development marks the beginning of a teaching force which is professional in reality as well as in name . |
| 25 | Should they clash a solution could be that both clubs be allowed to play only before their own supporters with live television at Elland Road and Ibrox to be watched by the stay at home fans . |
| 26 | It may be that that individual does not function normally as a consequence of the sensory deprivation . |
| 27 | Not all summons forms can be used as addresses ( e.g. hey you in ( 47 ) can not occur in the slot occupied by Madam in ( 48 ) ) , although it may be that all addresses can be used as summonses ( Zwicky , 1974 : 791 ) . |
| 28 | It may be that such moves towards a willingness to detach comment from political allegiance and dogma is a passing fad but it does also suggest that many journalists are uneasy about blind , albeit volunteered , political commitment . |
| 29 | It may be that many children will live for years with only episodes of severe illness . |
| 30 | 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 . |