Example sentences of "[conj] there was [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe he wintered in the area , attempting to ensure the loyalty of the West Saxon heartland where Æthelred 's son Eadwig the ætheling may have recently returned and died and where there was soon to be difficulty , for in 1019 one of his men , Agemund , received a Dorset estate by S 955 , and the dubious Exeter charter S 954 bears the same date . |
| 2 | And then , there was — or there was soon to be — Musset , Vigny , Champfleury . |
| 3 | However , although there was less to be done , there were also fewer hours in which it could be accomplished . |
| 4 | But men have had such experiences and done nothing further about them , either because they have decided that there was less to the experience than they at first supposed , or because they could not endure the ethical and spiritual demands which were implied in the unspoken , ineffable moment of divine knowledge . |
| 5 | Among those who campaigned tirelessly for gifted youngsters , knowing full well that there was more at stake than mere survival , was Greta Burkill . |
| 6 | And she had needed to , for she had known — as Maurice had not — that there was more at stake than Tristram 's royalties , far more . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , they contain persuasive evidence to indicate that there was more for his people to do , and talk about , that there was more fun , than there is now in some parts of urban Scotland . |
| 8 | It is also possible to feel , and to be told in London , that there was more to be said about the mad love than he allowed himself , or was in a position , to come up with . |
| 9 | Elizabeth could see that there was more to this than George would tell her , but she , too , came to the conclusion that Sarah must go to Leeds and that as soon as possible . |
| 10 | She was also discovering that there was more to Sean O'Farrell than the frivolous charm which he presented to the world . |
| 11 | There soon came a point , however , when Maazel found out for himself that there was more to Puccini than the ‘ singable tunes ’ he played for his father . |
| 12 | The description of the Count as Alfonso 's " friend " suggests that there was more to this incident than simply the curbing of an unruly vassal . |
| 13 | I felt , however , that there was more to this seduction than met the eye , since genuine invention informs drawing after drawing . |
| 14 | That it turned out to be neither was because of Father McGiff 's discovery that there was more to Time 's perfidy than just the simple ruse of slowing him down . |
| 15 | It was the conviction that there was more to the affair than was capable of being explained upon the arrest of the fugitive Khans which now governed the tone of his response . |
| 16 | However , we had seen lively debates on aspects of a part of consumer credit with which many are not too familiar , debates which had illustrated well that there was more to the ‘ credit bargain ’ than the headline APR figure , and which had dispelled some long-held prejudices . |
| 17 | But she sensed all the same that there was more to it than that . |
| 18 | In parallel with these structural changes , it was realised that there was more to becoming a business than changing names and lines of reporting . |
| 19 | I believe Trade Unions recognised that there was more to the Bank Dispute in 1992 than a mere Salary Issue . |
| 20 | Of course , they agreed , and if afterwards both of them also agreed that there was more to Sally-Anne 's story than she had cared to tell them , about both Havvie and the mysterious Dr Neil — they had noticed that his name was constantly on her lips — they did not tell her what they had guessed . |
| 21 | The Attorney General said he was grateful to QC and that there was more to this matter than QC had suggested . |
| 22 | Moreover , just as there are general references to Salic law in the Pactus Legis Salicae , so too there are broad allusions to Ripuarian law in the Lex Ribvaria , suggesting once again that there was more to the law than what is contained in the code . |
| 23 | That well-known fountain of knowledge — the fat blerk down the pub ( I assume every pub has one of these ) — seemed to think that there was more to the Batty deal than we are being told . |
| 24 | Shelley knew that there was more to Constance Richards 's desire to look good . |
| 25 | Wells Store started from humble beginings in the early nineteen fifties and helped persuade the public that there was more to life than English cheddar . |
| 26 | Captain Dawson sensed that there was more behind the request than was readily apparent . |
| 27 | Thirty years later , however , Tolkien saw that there was more in the word ‘ regress ’ than had immediately met his ear . |
| 28 | When Judith Hollman , whilst working at the Royal College as a model , saw Minton again , she sensed that there was now between them very little rapport . |
| 29 | By the time they returned to the table for the Christmas pudding John Harbour had moved and there was nowhere for her to sit except beside O'Hara . |
| 30 | Rugby was even worse , as it involved a large amount of physical contact , and there was nowhere on the field you could hide and no playing position which kept you out of harm 's way . |