Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | It may even be that he receive Dalriadic assistance . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | It may even be that in Kent for about a year after Ecgberht 's death , ‘ Wulfhere could have been the effective ruler ’ . |
| 35 | In some places it may even be an improvement , and of course if only I was years younger I would be thrilled at the challenge . |
| 36 | And y am I right , am I right in saying that you 'd say that e even though it may exist in itself , that it may even be , in fact be less in the flats than it is in the , in the wi in that in the wider area ? |
| 37 | It may even be regarded as a metaphysical necessity , in that the primal unity , " eternally suffering and contradictory " , likewise needs the visionary illusion for its own redemption . |
| 38 | It may even be that at no one moment in mid-Silurian times was limestone being deposited throughout the region concerned . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | It may even be the view of right hon. Gentlemen opposite in their secret hearts . |
| 41 | Research may be backed by the military or medical or educational grounds ; it may even be supported for diffuse cultural reasons . |
| 42 | It may even be impossible to gain full recognition . |
| 43 | It may even be , if the young people involved broadly adopt the ‘ parent ’ culture , that they turn out not to be imperatives at all . |
| 44 | ’ It is already possible to apply ( gene analysis ) methods for the early foetal diagnosis of these disorders ( haemophilia and other anaemias ) , and over the next few years it may even be possible to replace defective genes ’ , wrote the geneticist David Weatherall in an article on the new Institute for Molecular Medicine in Oxford . |
| 45 | Indeed it may even be argued that many more of Rolle 's English texts were written specifically for her . |
| 46 | Indeed , it may even be possible to argue that certain types of reservation of title clause are caught by s3 , in so far as they purport to allow the seller to retain title until certain conditions are fulfilled , and therefore permit it to render a performance substantially different from that reasonably expected of it , or no performance at all . |
| 47 | It may even be the school you know ? |
| 48 | Erm with some of these it may even be possible to y'know there 's a number of different adjectives that you could try with with some of these things like erm y'know how would you feel about knowing that you 're attractive to your own sex ? |
| 49 | But certainly it may even be that people might , in the future , even prefer to talk to computers under some circumstances . |
| 50 | This property has recently undergone considerable restoration and it is hoped that wooden rails will once again adorn the gallery and that it may again be used by the mistress of the house , who is a spinner . |
| 51 | It may easily be shown that the solutions of Khan and Penrose , and of Szekeres are included in this class . |
| 52 | It may easily be objected that if he had wished to avoid becoming archbishop he had simply to refuse . |
| 53 | It may alternatively be a C k ( or C k- ) curvature singularity if this is not true . |
| 54 | Although it could be assumed by some that this is a development towards a more specialized and fragmented approach it may alternatively be a foundation for a more unified approach and one which accommodates the necessity to combine understanding at the microphysiology and biochemistry ( realist ? ) level with that at the biome level which had traditionally been approached more in functional terms . |
| 55 | If more of them have to install the equipment to comply with an EC directive , it may eventually be possible to collect large amounts of phosphates and recycle them . |
| 56 | There is a bleakness which centres on Patrick 's infidelities : but it may also be true that the rudeness and aggression with which Jenny , their sex object , is treated by various chuntering males has grown grimmer with the years than it was reckoned to be , by the author , by me and by many of his readers , at the time . |
| 57 | It may also be the reason why , in its forty-year history , the Police Staff College has never achieved any real academic status ; for , as Lewis ( ibid. 183 ) also points out : |
| 58 | Given time , it may also be the sporting viewers ' . |
| 59 | It may also be possible to claim damages against a local authority for negligently failing to ensure that construction work complied with the relevant building regulations . |
| 60 | But some commentators believe that it may also be because , unlike other cartel kingpins , Escobar and Rodriguez Gacha are social upstarts who have clawed their way out of the gutter . |