Example sentences of "there be [det] [noun sg] in [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Nor , incidentally , will there be any point in my arguing that I have voted for Hazel on personal grounds and with no political intention : Hazel is a Nutty Party candidate and will if elected accept that Party 's whip .
2 ‘ as if there were some monster in thy thought/Too hideous to be shown .
3 But the moment there 's that response in our heart towards him , there he is with arms open wide to receive us and to shower us with his blessing .
4 There 's some fluid in your lungs and you 'll breathe more easily if you 're propped up . ’
5 There 's some paper in your
6 This man , yes , there 's another woman in his life , but — ’
7 There 's another woman in my life .
8 ‘ I 'm not saying there 's more culture in our family and that Eric plays football as well so that makes us more interesting , I 'm just saying he expresses himself in one way and also in another and we do n't want to be criticised for that . ’
9 Aye , you did , but you see , there 's this girl in my house and she wo n't leave and I 'm asking you if you 'll come down and shift her .
10 There 's this laddie in my year , he canna read or write and the teachers pick on him , except Mr X , he 's good and disnae make a fool o ’ him and helps him wi' forms and things .
11 There 's this guy in our in our and everyone jumped on him in his bed and started .
12 The theory is elegant , but unfortunately there is little evidence in its favour .
13 There is little doubt in my mind that the case was Nitric Acid from the very beginning but nevertheless given the imperfectness of my prescriptions the gentle stimulation of the vitality by the 50 millesimal potencies uncovered the necessary clues in the end .
14 But there is little doubt in my mind that the future will only go to the large company if that large company is really able to release the energies and the synergies that ought to be a part of the grand design and make more than the sum of the parts .
15 Under these circumstances , there is little doubt in my mind that the supposed advantages of support teaching are more than outweighed by the disadvantages which it presents .
16 Certainly there is little coherence in her timetabled day : indeed perversely its very staccato pattern is a feature Susie quite enjoys .
17 Of course , the electorate may not be fools , and they may pass rough judgements at the polls about which party may govern " better " in the future in the light of past performance and potential promise , but there is little point in our pretending that we can " explain " voting behaviour on the basis of the electoral appeal of party programmes even though this is the way politicians and the media often tend to present the essence of electoral politics and party choice .
18 The letter continues , ‘ There is little point in my saying that in a scientific meeting , though I have .
19 All the pupils concerned will have special needs in the sense that there is some defect in their response to the educational programme being offered by their present school .
20 There is some justification in their case .
21 Konitz acknowledges that there is some basis in his history for this view : he and his 1950s musical guru , the pianist Lennie Tristano , in a sense set themselves up as a ( white ) alternative school to bebop : ‘ Tristano was keen to prove that whites could play jazz , though Charlie Parker , Lester Young and Louis Armstrong were his heroes .
22 With this admission , the positive side of the local sign theory became the unexceptionable thesis that there is some cause in our bodily make-up for our localising sensations as we do .
23 Whilst the National Audit Office 's 1987 report subsequently criticised MDC for its initial policy failures there is some validity in its argument that the economic climate in the early 1980s , not MDC 's internal failings , was primarily responsible for curbing industrial growth on Merseyside .
24 The Hero is Sylvia McNair , and she brings a distinct gain , for there is more tenderness in her ‘ Je vais le voir ’ than in Eda-Pierre 's singing , and the joyous mood of ‘ Il me revient fidèle ’ comes with more conviction and strength of contrast .
25 There is another man in her life , she says .
26 There was such tenderness in his face as he studied the tears flowing down her cheeks that she cried all the harder .
27 Out on the pathway leading to the gate he took her arm , saying , ‘ She gets dafter as she gets older , ’ but there was such warmth in his tone that his words could have been translated as , ‘ Is n't she marvellous ! ’
28 And then he had turned his head and seen that Grainne was watching him , and a sudden , surprised joy unfolded within his heart , for there was such desire in her eyes that lights exploded inside his head , and he wanted to stand still and savour the moment .
29 His face was dark purple and there was that look in his eyes again .
30 But there was that house in his mind , he was building it again , putting room after room .
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