Example sentences of "[conj] there can be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , then , what , if anything , does justify the assumption that there can be numerically ( purely numerically ) distinguishable particulars at all ? |
| 2 | To put it differently , if spatiotemporal relations are to be appealed to in support of the thesis that there can be numerically , not just qualitatively , distinguishable ontological existents , it is necessary , in the first place , to clarify the conditions under which such relations can be significantly claimed to reflect the structure of an objective world , and in trying to do so we are likely to find that in some form or other we need to assume what such relations are supposed to explain . |
| 3 | And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy . |
| 4 | At the time of publication the county courts in London have yet to adopt this rate , but it is submitted that there can be little real argument that the same rate should not be applied . |
| 5 | But , then , we should give up the concept of " identical meanings " and accept that there can be only relative similarities of use , and hence only approximate , pragmatically testable , substitutability of certain expressions within similar contexts . |
| 6 | Yet common sense dictates that there can be very few police actions which a person would be entitled to resist at all costs , including if ‘ necessary ’ the use of fatal force . |
| 7 | So the claim that there can be more than one legitimate interest brings with it the corollary that explanation can be underpinned by more than one set of norms . |
| 8 | The case established that there can be more than one occupier of the same premises , although the duty required of each might be different : e.g. a seaside promenade might be under the control of a local authority and the water authority as part of the sea defences . |
| 9 | But these changes aside , the rest of Blenheim is still very much as Capabilty Brown designed it — and there can be little doubting that he 'd be delighted to see his work still very much alive and admired today . |
| 10 | The Hoss Cabinet , however , proclaimed on June 19 that " there can be no bargaining over the [ Taif ] accord and there can be absolutely no talk about giving a sop to anyone " . |
| 11 | His colleague Vic Marks wrote that ‘ we willed opposition fast bowlers to bounce him so that we could witness the majesty of his hooking ’ , and there can be very few batsmen of whom that could be said . |
| 12 | Although the basic structure of all mileage charts is the same the presentation varies and there can be more than one set of information ( e.g. distances in miles and kilometres ) . |
| 13 | Most speakers would agree , I think , that Mary wore a red dress and Mary wore a blue dress were contraries ( assuming , of course , that they refer to the same occasion , and that Mary , as would be normal , wore only one dress at a time ) ; the colour terms refer to the predominant colour of the dress , and there can be only one predominant colour . |
| 14 | By contrast , when innovation is discrete and there can be only one winner of an R&D race , own and rivals ' R&D substitute for each other , meaning that spillovers from firm i to firm j reduce i 's chances of winning the current R&D race without giving it any compensating advantages in the future . |
| 15 | At events such as fayres and jumble sales things become very hectic and there can be fairly large sums of cash floating around . |
| 16 | If there can be then there is no practical difference between this defence and volenti , as the plaintiff receives no damages . |
| 17 | But there can be no doubting his commitment and enthusiasm . |
| 18 | He might not have thought he deserved the Man of the Match award on Wednesday night , but there can be no denying that the return of Gascoigne has transformed Taylor 's England from a farce to a force . |
| 19 | It may or may not resolve America 's awesome economic problems , but there can be little denying its radicalism . |
| 20 | Furthermore , there can be little doubt that the sudden and huge growth in private residential care and nursing homes raises new problems , since there can be so little detailed control of the quality of care . |
| 21 | Some solicitors charge per hour , but since there can be so many complications when you are buying or selling , it is almost impossible to get an accurate quote of what it will cost . |
| 22 | There will be only one right decision in the unique circumstances of each unique one of the three travellers , as there can be only one right prediction of it . |
| 23 | Though there can be no doubting the importance of maternal malnutrition as a cause of reduced fetal growth in poor countries and even perhaps in Preston , Sheffield , and Hertford in the early part of this century , where Barker and colleagues ' cohorts were born and brought up , there is no strong evidence of undernutrition now being responsible for restraining intrauterine growth in developed countries . |
| 24 | Yet this relation , marked by many forms of co-operation , interaction and two-way movement between the ‘ market ’ and ‘ subsidized ’ areas , is nevertheless always precarious , for there can be little real doubt that it is the dominant area , the market , which either determines , or emphasizes and de-emphasizes , prevailing types of production , and there are then the familiar asymmetries : ( i ) between the notion of a necessary ‘ high culture ’ — and the pressures of the market on its continued viability ; and ( ii ) between the notion of plural ( ‘ liberal ’ ) culture and the actual profit-governed market selection of what can be readily distributed or even , in some areas , offered at all . |
| 25 | Obviously the available time imposes an upper ceiling on this game , for there can be only one K per generation . |
| 26 | It is worth describing it at such length so that readers who have not read Tolkien 's ‘ minor ’ works might develop some idea of Lewis 's importance as Tolkien 's ‘ onlie begetter ’ or ‘ miglior fabbro ’ , for there can be very little doubt that it was Lewis 's friendship and encouragement which led Tolkien to write the works which made his name with the public ; just as it was Tolkien 's friendship which released in Lewis wells of creativity which had remained ( though he was so naturally fluent ) mysteriously dry . |