Example sentences of "that there can [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 2 | It has been thought that Freud was assuming that there can be inheritance of acquired characteristics , an idea shown to be fallacious in modern biology . |
| 3 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment recognises that there can be difficulties with that Act and is considering whether a review would be helpful . |
| 4 | 17.58 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 9 should be encouraged to make their own decisions about the appropriate length for a piece of work and to recognise that there can be merit in brevity . |
| 5 | I am ready to acknowledge that there can be circumstances in which the taking of human life is , humanly speaking , the lesser evil . |
| 6 | Courts which have employed the doctrine have accepted that there can be matters on the X level which are not jurisdictional and the term merits includes these items . |
| 7 | A striking exception is to be found in Herbert 's The Flower , one of the few poems to suggest that there can be growth , change and joy in old age . |
| 8 | It would be wise to note at this point that there can be pitfalls . |
| 9 | I am not a Christian because I do not credit , as I earlier put it , that nature and history could be other than closed causal nexuses or believe that there can be events which are in some way qualitatively different from other events . |
| 10 | What emerges from this example is that there can be situations of moral dilemma which impose limits on what it is possible for someone to do . |
| 11 | To protect the black child we need to develop strategies to enable the white family to become open so that there can be reciprocity between white and black society . |