Example sentences of "there were [adj] [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that there were murky corners to his business affairs , that for a suave good-looking man , he had one or two unfortunate characteristics , like a ferocious temper . |
| 2 | But there were personal calls to me , it was n't all done secondhand . |
| 3 | Employers were in no position to refuse this and there were certain advantages to them in not having disputes with their contractors over minor issues . |
| 4 | A vivid example of this occurred in the Hadmor case [ 1983 ] 1 A.C. 191 where Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal relied on his own researches into Hansard in reaching his conclusions : in the House of Lords , counsel protested that there were other passages to which he would have wished to draw the court 's attention had he known that Lord Denning was looking at Hansard : see the Hadmor case at p. 233 . |
| 5 | There were anonymous letters to my parents , postmarked Chippenham , Corsham , Bath and London , telling them to watch out and do something about their son or there would be trouble for them . |
| 6 | There were some letters to his mother , widowed and living in Bury — some phrases from which had been plundered for the article in the Sunday Chronicle . |
| 7 | It had also become clear that there were strict limits to its expansion in a capitalist state due to the reluctance of ratepayers to finance further municipal activities . |
| 8 | Wherever she turned , there were few answers to her frustration . |
| 9 | ‘ There were few people to whom problems could be referred but you had to make things work . |