Example sentences of "[conj] there [modal v] be [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Species of insulin is less important although there may be advantages in using porcine rather than bovine insulin ( Clark et al , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | Although there may be variations in the date and in the local traditions and modes of observance , Nagapanchami is still celebrated in large portions of the country according to ancient rites . |
| 3 | Two blocks away from the house of her childhood it suddenly occurred to her that her mother might have left , that there might be strangers in the hallway , a different set of curtains hanging at the windows ; her father 's study might have been turned into a playroom for a new generation of North Oxford children , so different from herself in her prim Clark 's T-bar sandals that she would not be able to recognise her own infancy in theirs . |
| 4 | She knew , ’ said Raynor thoughtfully , ‘ that long-ago Queen , that there would be times in Ireland 's history when things would need to be hidden . ’ |
| 5 | It is envisaged that there would be terminals in the library but three people might be needed on the reception counter at busy times . |
| 6 | Wright agreed last week that there would be advantages in locating the store close to reprocessing plant . |
| 7 | The fact that there may be others in society who do not do so well need not even occur to the individual . |
| 8 | As I have already indicated , it is undoubtedly the case that there may be circumstances in which it is appropriate for a court to make an order for costs in a case relating to children . |
| 9 | But it is not necessary to accept totally this interpretation of public policy in order to agree that there may be circumstances in which social control motives mingle with humanitarian motives in creating what we describe as ‘ social policies ’ . |
| 10 | The canonical form obtained by a similar transformation of a matrix having equal eigenvalues , when reduced to its simplest form , has the eigenvalues in the principal diagonal , with equal eigenvalues in groups ; elsewhere the matrix is null except that there may be units in the superdiagonal . |
| 11 | Does he agree that events this week have shown that there may be inadequacies in the funding of Opposition parties ? |
| 12 | Reports of a rise in radiation levels within the plant have led environmentalists to suggest that there may be cracks in the reactor 's primary container system and that the plant should be shut down for good . |
| 13 | They maintain that there could be circumstances in which disobedience is justified even though the law itself does not admit that it is . |
| 14 | Er , yes in the studies in nineteen ninety two er Eurofighter suggested that there could be reductions in the holdings of spares , rolled equipment and support items as a result of the more accurate forecasting which we expect to emerge from the logistics support analysis . |
| 15 | I am ready to acknowledge that there can be circumstances in which the taking of human life is , humanly speaking , the lesser evil . |
| 16 | It seems likely , too , that there will be changes in the president 's proposed energy tax ( intended to bring in $18.2 billion over five years ) . |
| 17 | ‘ So Rickie Crowninshield is an irresponsible idiot , ’ Ellen said coldly , ‘ but you ca n't run society on the assumption that everyone is a retard , and you have to accept that there will be casualties in a free society . |
| 18 | That was the case in the nineteen seventies when this project started … it 's a fct of life that there will be differences in salaries between different people . |
| 19 | Lord Fraser was pressed by MPs with examples of rises in contributions that people would have to pay towards legal aid and said : ‘ I am not shrinking from the fact that there will be increases in the contribution for some people . ’ |
| 20 | Given the present economic constraints on the NHS it is inevitable that there will be reductions in the present level of resources tied up in these two hospitals . |
| 21 | If the observations do not agree with the predictions , we will know that there must be singularities in the class of possible histories . |
| 22 | If the deposition is to be taken in England ( and there may be cases in which a foreign witness can be available in England but not at the date of the trial ) , the examination will be before a judge , officer or ( usually ) an examiner of the court ; if the deposition is to be taken abroad , alternative ways of proceeding are available . |
| 23 | Figures derived in this way may be unreliable — they may , for example , include both active and inactive practitioners , and there may be problems in definition of ‘ scientist ’ according to the discipline and/or the nationality . |
| 24 | In little more than a year 's time the forest will be gone and there 'll be farms in its place . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ A lot will go in the forces like us and there 'll be jobs in ordnance factories and other places . |
| 26 | I came on a train here today from London in South Africa if you are black and you got on a train it would n't be as comfortable and there would be crowds in it but you would n't know whether you reached the other end because at some station a group of people would get on and shoot you indiscriminately , and get off again leaving that scene of massacre . |
| 27 | Electricity supplies would be fixed and there would be cuts in supply if limits were exceeded . |
| 28 | The building would be built of stone and there would be niches in the outside walls to be filled with statues of dissenting saints like Cromwell . |
| 29 | It would be about Scotland , ( or India , or an ‘ Erewhon ? ? ? ’ ) and the Working Class and Exploitation and Action , and there would be characters in the work who would represent all of these things , and the working out of the story would itself prove the Subjectivity of Truth . |
| 30 | If there can be difficulties in finding the main entrance then make the erection of helpful direction signs a priority . |