Example sentences of "there be [adv] [adj] agreement that " in BNC.

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1 By contrast , there is more widespread agreement that the macroeconomic stabilization function will be better performed by central government than by local governments .
2 How one reconstructed a dinosaur might depend upon one 's views of relationships between reptiles and birds ; and indeed with the coming of cladistics , taxonomy based on descent , this is still a live issue , though there is now general agreement that Iguanodon stood on its hind legs .
3 Thus even though we have not yet managed to find a primordial black hole , there is fairly general agreement that if we did , it would have to be emitting a lot of gamma rays and X rays .
4 There was also general agreement that there should be an international authority operating on the lines of a domestic regulatory board , with the power to regulate routes , arbitrate in disputes , and set technical standards .
5 There was also general agreement that logistic stocks and infrastructure on the far side of the barrier should be kept to a minimum — a principle that was easier to propound than fulfil .
6 Many delegates reiterated Blix 's observations , but there was also general agreement that in the wake of the Chernobyl accident in 1986 [ see p. 34460 ] efforts to restore the nuclear option worldwide would only be successful if public confidence in the operational safety of nuclear facilities could be restored .
7 There was therefore general agreement that the provision of a home should be one of the first tasks of the new organisation , and the matter was referred to the executive committee for urgent consideration .
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