Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adj] [noun sg] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes well I 'm sure there are that you know there there might be some scope for doing that |
| 2 | If she had been the offspring of drunken parents in Scotland Road , or born with a hair-lip like Ma Tang 's daughter , there might be some excuse for feeling as she did . |
| 3 | The work of the Dragon Project though , is beginning to show that there may be some basis for thinking that unusual behaviour of certain known energies could be taking place at certain sites ( New Scientist , 21 October , p 166 ) , and it is possible that our ancient ancestors could detect this ‘ Earth energy ’ . |
| 4 | Thus , even if it would be excessive to sweep large numbers of the deaths now recorded as ‘ accidents ’ into the law of homicide , there may be sufficient justification for creating or enforcing offences designed to ensure safe conditions of work , safe goods , safe buildings , and so on . |
| 5 | Within the parameters set when a contract is won there may be considerable scope for controlling costs during construction . |
| 6 | They have also been known to attack their own reflection in a mirror , so the sight of an imagined owl in the water may be another motive for diving into a trough . |
| 7 | As a large proportion of current expenditure goes on salaries ( particularly in education ) there may be little scope for re-allocating resources . |
| 8 | If this had happened , and if one could state confidently that the Parliament of England had survived these events , albeit in an altered state , whereas the parliaments first , of Scotland , and later , of Ireland , had disappeared from the scene , then there would be some warrant for assuming that the law , customs , conventions and powers of the Parliament of England had survived , whereas those of the others had not . |
| 9 | If a certain opening up of the political life could reinvigorate the economy , that would be sufficient justification for adding a new dimension to ‘ socialism with Chinese characteristics ’ . |
| 10 | With regard to proposal ( b ) , there would be adequate time for discussing details during the year leading up to April 1993 . |
| 11 | Many felt that , as a result of joining the E.R.M. the Sterling exchange rate would be more stable against the other E.R.M. currencies ( the Deutschemark in particular ) and that there would be less requirement for hedging exchange risks in those currencies . |
| 12 | The other catfish would also have to be left out , and there would be little scope for adding more fish later , but if you bear this in mind , you could create a comparable scene in a 36″ tank for quite a bit less outlay . |
| 13 | I doubt whether there will be much opportunity for sight-seeing here , but I might manage a trip to Sao Paulo or to Rio , or to the beach , which is about 60 miles away , I think . |
| 14 | A visit to a country house for instance will probably include reference to some of the social groups and classes of the period under study ( upstairs/downstairs , the estate workers , the craft or factory workers who produced many of the goods seen in the house ) ; the role of the gentry as leaders and rulers of their society can be covered ; there will be ample scope for looking at the economic and technological aspects of life in the period , especially if the house is related to its setting and the surrounding estate and countryside that supported it ; finally there will be objects or rooms in the house which relate to cultural or religious life in the period . |
| 15 | The existence or terms of a guarantee can be one reason for deciding that one supplier 's product represents better value than another . |
| 16 | This fatalistic ageism can be another reason for failing to discuss the problems and difficulties of caring for ageing relatives as they arise — there is no point , for there is no possibility of change taking place . |