Example sentences of "[subord] there [be] little [noun sg] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although the number of conversions is not very high nationally , they play an increasingly important role in central and inner London where land and house prices are very high and where there is little scope for new private house building . |
| 2 | Ray is filmed in Liverpool visiting Claudette at her home , where there is little time for pauses : She talks very frankly about herself . |
| 3 | It became widely accepted that the attackers were predominantly black , although there was little evidence for this belief . |
| 4 | In the wild , where cats have huge territories , the chances of a tom-cat coming across a female in her den with her kittens is remote , so there is little opportunity for either paternal care or paternal infanticide . |
| 5 | There was more than enough to go around , so there was little competition for loans , and interest rates were relatively low . |
| 6 | Although hinds and their bondagers occupied more substantial cottages , their own tenancy was comparatively brief , so there was little incentive for either them or their employer to undertake any improvements to the accommodation . |
| 7 | Since there is little support for a temporary return to a Premier Division of 16 — this arrangement , of course , would deny the city clubs income generated by extra matches against Rangers and Celtic — a league set-up of 14-12-12 is on the cards for 1993-94 . |
| 8 | Since there is little potential for the development of new recreation sites in the Shing Mun Country Park , Jim suggests that a management strategy designed to make the distribution of visitors between sites more equable would be appropriate to minimise damage and especially to protect those sites which are currently undergoing excessive damage . |
| 9 | As there was little justification for the lengths to which these itinerant justices went , when a vigorous protest was made to the king he promptly issued a writ ordering them to refrain from hearing testamentary , matrimonial and moral causes ; these matters were confirmed to fall exclusively within the competence of the church courts . |
| 10 | It is curious that the literature on political business cycles is widely invoked , even though there is little evidence for the existence of such cycles . |
| 11 | So it looked as though there was little reason for her to think of backing out of the deal they were planning . |
| 12 | This is not surprising , for there is little reason for disparity . |
| 13 | When there is little room for flexibility , there is always the possibility of compromise . |