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 . |