Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [conj] there [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were those — particularly gay men — who argued that there was no need for any gay politics at all . |
| 2 | In early February , Sotheby 's received a letter from A. Schuttwolf , paintings curator at Gotha , who noted that there was no possibility of them buying the Wtewael , and that the painting could proceed to sale . |
| 3 | This view is reinforced by the writings of some of the early church fathers such as St John Chrysostom , who observed that there was no conflict over natural common property such as air , sun , water , earth , sea , light and stars or even man-made common property such as baths , cities , markets and arcades , but only over private property which created what he termed that frigid expression ‘ Thine and Mine ’ . |
| 4 | Once the notion of trust had become divorced from that of dependence on a testamentary heir ( which seems very soon to have happened ) , the way was open to set up trusts charged on beneficiaries under the will other than the heir , or even on persons who benefited where there was no will at all . |
| 5 | My constituent , Mrs. X , who is still suffering badly , had been treated in a less than fair way by those who conducted the criminal investigation and also by those who decided that there were no grounds for bringing the perpetrator in front of a court martial . |
| 6 | However it was dropped in the face of the opposition expressed by the United States representative , who insisted that there be no " linkage " between the issues ; the UK also opposed the proposal . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it was Victoria Wood who said that there 's no such thing as bad taste in humour because if it 's bad taste no one laughs . |
| 8 | I talked to members of Wingates Band , who said that there is no set plan — this could account for the apparent chaos — but the idea is to take part in as many of the competitions as possible . |
| 9 | There is certainly a case for subsidy on the social railway , but I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree with the judgment of the previous Labour Government , who said that there was no case for subsidising inter-urban services , nor was there a social case for subsidy with regard to inter-city services . |
| 10 | It was Macaulay who said that there was no more absurd ( and after the scenes in Liverpool I would say horrifying ) spectacle than ‘ the English having one of their periodic fits of morality ’ . |
| 11 | Before I do that , may I deal with the intervention of the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) , who said that there was a difference between asset stripping and freeing capital for use in a company ? |
| 12 | We were , however , readier , I think , than at the beginning , to take seriously and to counter , the equally serious convictions of those who held that there was no place for courses similar to ours , of which there were at that time a number in various stages of development . |