Example sentences of "there [vb mod] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be a latent period of 30 years before it actually erupts . |
| 2 | This can be an extremely painful time and there may be a complete loss of interest in living and the feeling that there is no point in going on , no point in doing anything . |
| 3 | The police have the right to ask anyone questions in the course of their duties but , although there may be a moral duty to help the police , there is no legal duty . |
| 4 | There may be a moral here : perhaps we need a touch of barbarism to secure civilisation . |
| 5 | Instead of a simple forward and upward now , there may be a strong component of horizontal compression as the ice approaches the mountains . |
| 6 | The ‘ cost of capital ’ may be low enough and there may be a strong demand for the type of commodity which the investment project aims at producing , but if other competing enterprises are able to supply the same commodity or a close substitute more cheaply ( or of a higher quality ) then the project will not be ‘ commercially viable . ’ |
| 7 | There may be a strong temptation for those responsible for the implementation of the Act to reason that if conduct is not ‘ orderly , ’ then it must be ‘ disorderly . ’ |
| 8 | Here there may be a strong interaction with other areas of the local service-base , e.g. universities , industry research labs etc . |
| 9 | In certain cases ( eg the sale of a joint venture company owned by two groups ) there may be a strong desire on the part of the sellers for the liability to be several and proportionate . |
| 10 | Although initially there may be a financial deficit , a value must be placed on the services of a qualified nurse when considering a scheme 's viability . |
| 11 | This situation has been discussed by Taylor , who suggested that there may be a complex relationship between the general form of the thesis and its perception by users as a potential information source . |
| 12 | As the time approaches to use published materials , reading schemes or carefully-selected ‘ real ’ books , there may be a preparatory period of sight-vocabulary building , using flash-cards ( word-matching , word-reading , etc . ) . |
| 13 | If the phototransistor detector is picking up mains lights — especially from a fluorescent tube — there may be a buzzing sound from the loudspeaker and it would be necessary to shield it from the light to prevent this from happening . |
| 14 | Make your title search four or five days or a week before completion ( five days if you think there may be a pending registration ) , to enable you to complete well within the period of priority that your search gives you — but remember that to gain full protection you must not only complete the purchase within that period , as with unregistered title , but must also within the same period lodge your application to register the transfer or mortgage . |
| 15 | When graded tests are used for subjects that are squarely part of the ‘ core curriculum ’ , maths , sciences , languages , and English , there may be a certain reluctance to introduce such a system . |
| 16 | There may be a certain exaggeration in the statement that Napoleon had offered a reward for the taking of ‘ the English incendiary ‘ Kvinn or Quin ’ who had been responsible for the burning of three French battleships in the Gulf of Villefranche last year ’ but the sixteen year-old 's behaviour while in prison in Toulon is entirely in keeping with what we know about him : |
| 17 | But there may be a baser reason : fear of Lord Hanson 's £7 billion war-chest . |
| 18 | In lexis , on the other hand , there may be a limited choice too , as between positive or negative ; but there may be a wide range of possibilities , as between He was sitting on the chair/bench/stool/seat … |
| 19 | As in the previous example , there may be a wide range of these implicatures . |
| 20 | There may be a slight depression in the centre of the shield . |
| 21 | There may be a slight depression in the plate . |
| 22 | Itching can be intense , and there may be a visible rash , which can become secondarily infected by bacteria . |
| 23 | Hospital pharmacists can substitute a non-brand equivalent to save money , but ordinary pharmacies have to give exactly what the doctor orders , even though there may be a cheaper alternative . |
| 24 | There may be a perennial fascination with the crimes which do exist , but more sober analytic or reflective assessments have not always been pessimistic or anguished . |
| 25 | At some point there may be a new partnership , a friend to share with or a need to have a lodger for companionship and some extra income . |
| 26 | There may be a new flexibility in Washington , but the United States still expects them to perform . |
| 27 | This is a problem which seems to affect a considerable number of men in their forties and fifties , at a time when there may be a good deal of pressure on them at work and at home . |
| 28 | In Some instances there may be a good many more than one , but here again the magazines will specialise in a specific area and a good deal of study is required to make sure that a particular magazine will be to use the material you are planning to send to it . |
| 29 | In addition to this kind of recording there may be a good case for producing your own teacher training materials , based on in-house recording . |
| 30 | There may be a good relationship between management and employees in most companies , but if people are not prepared to go down the road together they will not be allowed to go down the road at all . |