Example sentences of "[conj] there [vb mod] [be] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Or there might be more to it than that . |
| 2 | In post-industrial Britain both the self-satisfied and the desperate are able to feel justified in clinging on to what they have , or grabbing what they have n't ; at no time — even in the middle of the Live Aid telethon — is there a suggestion that there might be more to life than such behaviour . |
| 3 | The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimated that there would be up to 100,000 repossessions in 1991 — a staggering 120 per cent . |
| 4 | That gave him dibs on the scav , not that there would be much worth looting in this sandhole . |
| 5 | An active group of villagers discovered that there could be up to eighty of these heavy loads . |
| 6 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 7 | A recent Department of the Environment report suggested that there could be up to 5,000 old gas works sites throughout the country . |
| 8 | It is so simple that I have known clever men misunderstand it completely , thinking that there must be more to it ! |
| 9 | But I ca n't help feeling that there must be more to it than that . |
| 10 | Or we can decide that there must be more to being alive than this and , like Jonathan Livingston Seagull , become intrepid explorers of life 's possibilities . |
| 11 | In the same way that the spectacle of a butterfly or a peacock still arouses the feeling that there must be more to it than evolution , consciousness insists there must be more to itself than that . |
| 12 | SO MANY have praised Graeme Hick that there must be more to him than has been revealed . |
| 13 | It was mentioned that there should be somewhere for guest and visitors to sit . |
| 14 | Like many people , maybe you 're feeling that there should be more to a summer holiday than sun , sea and of course , crowds . |
| 15 | It seemed to the hedgehog that there should be more to it than that . |
| 16 | And I 've had at least three real girlfriends , so there must be more to me than bad skin , frizzy hair and a slouch . |
| 17 | The fund should build up tax-free over the years so there will be enough in the kitty for the grandchild to buy his or first property between the ages of 20 and 30 with an interest-only mortgage . |
| 18 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he perked up , ‘ if it is the Old Ones , it would explain the telepathic pollution , and there 'll be more to it that we have n't thought about yet , but we 'll find out later . ’ |
| 19 | Thus though it might well be that the very short-term phases of memory are dependent on the continued electrical activity of the brain — and there will be more to be said about this in due course — in the longer term any persistent record or trace must demand some more permanent incarnation . |
| 20 | But there may be more to this than comradely debate . |
| 21 | But then her voice softened as she whispered , ‘ Now you must rest , only rest , for there will be much for you to learn and we can not say how quickly or slowly time will pass . ’ |