Example sentences of "there [modal v] [verb] be more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere , there may have been more support . |
| 2 | In recent years there may have been more wealth and consumer goods around but people have seemed cynical , weary , amoral … |
| 3 | I felt there should have been more self-control . |
| 4 | The fact that Scottish-sourced network TV accounted for just 1.5 per cent of the national output and 0.8 per cent of the radio programming suggested to the task force it seems , that there should have been more money available for commissioning north of the border . |
| 5 | There might have been more of these . |
| 6 | It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation . |
| 7 | ( In France there would have been more of a flourish : ‘ Monsieur le Facteur ’ . ) |
| 8 | " Hindsight is always easy , but I do n't think it would have worked , There would have been more bloodshed , more killing , but of the people in the streets , not of the people responsible , My husband did n't want bloodshed . " |