Example sentences of "[pers pn] might be that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 2 | For example , it might be that all the relevant facts have already been ascertained and the findings of the High Court only concern their legal significance . |
| 3 | Also it might be that those who suffer from SAD differ from most people only because they are more susceptible than the rest of the population to feeling ‘ under the weather ’ when they do not see daylight , particularly in the morning . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It might be that this girl was a con woman and he and Camb the first victims of a colossal deception . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Clear as it might be that this was no time to continue old feuds with the shipowners , to lower one 's guard against them was too much to be expected . |
| 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 | It might be that some of your own domestic banks participate regularly in syndicated euro.credits . |
| 10 | There 's a great deal of double counting that takes place , it might be that some honourable members in this house actually appear upon two registers , one in London and one within the area in which they reside , normally within their constituency and many people are merely carried over from past registers , without any serious canvassing taking place to find out whether they are the people to be on the registers or whether someone else should be put in their place . |