Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [conj] there [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both instances the general test should be whether there was some reasonable or sufficient evidence to justify the action . |
| 2 | I thought it might be that there was a , we were n't covered for the liability to pick people |
| 3 | Fenella emerged from her corner only after the footsteps had died away and she was as sure as she could be that there was no danger of the Robemaker returning . |
| 4 | Woonerven had demonstrably reduced accidents , but it could be that there were elements of the design which alone and inexpensively , could achieve similar or even greater reductions . |
| 5 | So it could be that there were line from eighty one would come up to the eight five based starting point er a rather than the eighty nine based starting point on the graph . |
| 6 | But er yes it was it could be and there was a blow hole there as well . |
| 7 | It may be that there was a small military station to guard a river crossing , either a bridge or a ford , in the Tiviot Dale area . |
| 8 | The question we would ask would be whether there was any difference in the electrical activity of the neurons in the IMHV as a result of training on the methylanthranilate bead . |
| 9 | The only way that we could definitely ascertain the extent of the increase in recorded crime which is due to changes in reporting and/or recording practices would be if there were available victimization data over a long period . |
| 10 | To see clearly that the selection of the parameter γ 2 affects the distribution of output around its natural level , we follow Barro 's procedure and first derive what real output in a typical market would be if there were full current information ; that is , if everyone knew the current value of all the shocks affecting the economy . |
| 11 | Well th the profits of the sale fixed assets that the shares and would be if there were any the sale profits on the sale of any other pieces of land at Lakeside or indeed elsewhere in the group and we sold a site not in ninety two , it was ninety one at Frinton I think you 'll remember that so small profits . |
| 12 | erm what would be unDarwinian would be if there was , so to speak , a sudden break between one species and another , without any intermediate having existed . |