Example sentences of "that [modal v] be the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That may be the case if you want a full four-seater with a decent avionics fit , but if you primarily fly for the sheer thrill of flying and are happy with map and eyeball navigation , it is more than possible to fly for well under half of that sum .
2 It would be tempting to assume that we have evidence here of some direct relationship with the Thynne family , Marquesses of Bath , at nearby Longleat ; that may be the case , but an equally likely explanation could be that the family was involved in nothing more than a slightly sycophantic attempt to ingratiate itself in some way with the local aristocracy .
3 Indeed , that may be the case , even if the applicant has simply been wrongly advised by his lawyer .
4 That may be the way the world does its business , but it is not to be the way the Lord 's people should do theirs .
5 And if you are mildly anaemic , or short of iron , that may be the clue to why this has happened now , rather than happening before .
6 Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue .
7 ‘ Funnily enough , that may be the clue .
8 That may be the norm , but , of course , there is also the abnorm when things go wrong , when the fire gets out of control , when , perhaps , the fire brigade has been over worked , or could n't find their way for cigarette smoke , or for all that saturated fat that clogged up the wheels of their tenders .
9 But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’
10 That may be the view of the hon. Gentleman .
11 Well that may be the answer That may be the answer .
12 Well that may be the answer That may be the answer .
13 And that may be the answer
14 There must be money in it and that may be the reason for an attempt to fool the laboratory in its work with thermoluminescence .
15 Erm and that may be the reason .
16 If it can be made to work — and time will show whether it can become a reality — that may be the moment to return to subjects such as political and economic union and the benefits of a different defence structure .
17 If you were a " Sir " then the name just after that was your first name , so that must be the surname … and Christian name was easy because Christ had been Jesus Christ , so obviously therefore the Christian name was the second name … and that was how you could tell .
18 And that must be the way we go ahead .
19 That must be the way forward .
20 ‘ If they all have different names for it , that must be the secret . ’
21 That must be the Paco da Vila or National Palace . ’
22 ‘ Ah , so that must be the widow , young Mrs Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights ! ’
23 That must be the , that must be the consensus
24 And that , then , all that must be the name of the strand .
25 That must be the man in the photograph in Mrs Wright 's bedroom .
26 I imagine that must be the reference there .
27 That must be the answer .
28 If he was not — and that must be the answer because Morris did not overrule Lawrence — there must be a narrower meaning of authorisation .
29 He looked for television cameras — that must be the answer — it was being televised — people had dressed up .
30 That must be the police inspector , ’ said Paviour .
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