Example sentences of "[is] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is little consistency in the travel concessions available to older people . |
| 32 | This may lead some health workers , families and older people themselves to believe that there is little to be done to improve the circumstances of people with care needs . |
| 33 | But there is little doubt that charter-train profit can be read in seven-figure sums rather than six and that as a business venture , InterCity has not done badly at all . |
| 34 | There is little to distinguish between the Italian character dance and its demi - caractère form save only that heeled shoes are worn and thus from time to time take on a slightly Spanish flavour , the only difference perhaps being the more fluid way of phrasing and less rigidly accurate timing of the steps . |
| 35 | In fact there is little natural water hereabouts ; what there is usually disappears down cracks and fissures , tumbling down sunless waterfalls and on through subterranean channels to reappear some distance lower down in the valleys . |
| 36 | There is little here about improvising or making do . |
| 37 | The absence of knots also means there is little wastage . |
| 38 | Surely the proof of any pudding , however , is in the eating and there is little doubt that acupuncture has gained credence and acceptance in the past decade or so . |
| 39 | She is little more than her blue eyes and green shawl , the blue and the green undismayed by the yellows and reds of the book , as the girl is by her father . |
| 40 | In some cases a bit image is little more than a memory dump of video ram . |
| 41 | The book from its invention has been a commodity , dependent on patronage or the market for its circulation , and this is a fact of history that there is little point in complaining about . |
| 42 | The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations . |
| 43 | That nobody else , including the West Germans , does either , is little consolation . |
| 44 | But there is little chance of the Germans buying into Standard . |
| 45 | There is little to suggest any aesthetic vulgarity or antipathy to culture on their part . |
| 46 | ‘ Although the number of applications is small , there is little doubt that the scheme fulfils a need for those most deserving of assistance , ’ Mr Moss said . |
| 47 | In this opera of ensembles there is , however , a price to pay for such fierce individualization : the beauty of Mozart 's blended vocal writing is sometimes sacrificed , and there is little sense of joint wonderment as each new turn of events is unfolded . |
| 48 | The menu at Manze 's , in London 's Tower Bridge Road , by Bermondsey Antiques Market , may not be extensive but at £1.20 for one pie , one mash - sloshed with parsley sauce — there is little reason for customers to argue . |
| 49 | Beyond such verbal subversion there is little Mr Gorbachev can do . |
| 50 | There is little reason to doubt that they are being incarcerated because of their trade union membership . |
| 51 | Limited scope exists for actors to develop individual characters : there is little room , in particular , to explore tensions between the sympathy and horror that Macbeth 's conflicts can elicit in an audience . |
| 52 | The Somali nation has broken down into its tribes and there is little trust between them . |
| 53 | But there is little leeway for anything to go wrong . |
| 54 | And there is little confidence that Nigel Lawson 's speech tomorrow will alter the outlook fundamentally . |
| 55 | There is little chance of advertisers influencing sport or performance art . |
| 56 | So there is little chance of our newsreaders breaking off , US-style , from a headline story to extol the virtues of a brand of paint , or even a national newspaper . |
| 57 | There is little doubt that in the Monopolies and Mergers Commission-inspired upheaval in the brewing industry Scottish represents the most obvious entry into the British beerage by an overseas group . |
| 58 | Without proof that money was paid into an account controlled by Mr Gandhi , there is little doubt that the Prime Minister will be able to continue resisting calls for his resignation . |
| 59 | But there is little civic pride in Maan that its actions should have set off the train of events . |
| 60 | The usual characters of the two composers are reversed here ; there is little of the English scene-painter in Britten 's Sonata , and it stands as one of his most nervous and angry works . |