Example sentences of "[conj] there could be [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone is assumed to be potentially capable of having sexual relations with a person of either sex , although there could be exceptions at either end of the spectrum , that is , there are some people who are constitutionally unable to be anything other than heterosexual , and some who are unable to be anything other than homosexual . |
| 2 | What is much more interesting , I have already suggested , is the idea that there could be patterns of behaviour which human beings are entirely capable of wanting and indeed , on an individual or limited scale , of achieving , but which for biological reasons are bound to be psychologically costly , or confined to a small group of otherwise unusual individuals , or otherwise bound to fail as general social institutions . |
| 3 | The nature of matters which would be characterised as collateral or preliminary was still difficult to determine and it was admitted that there could be errors of law within jurisdiction which , if they appeared on the face of the record , would be quashed . |
| 4 | We could suggest that there could be beliefs of type 1 if there were beliefs which were justified by appeal to the facts and that a belief could be so justified if it was caused by the facts . |
| 5 | We 've had er callers earlier on suggesting that there could be problems between Russians and Lithuanians if an goes there , which seems almost certain it will now . |
| 6 | They maintain that there could be circumstances in which disobedience is justified even though the law itself does not admit that it is . |
| 7 | Dening criticised the inconsistency and failure to clarify objectives on the part of the United States ; he conceded that there could be difficulties over Chinese representation in talks between the powers , given the collapse of the Kuomintang and the imminent proclamation formally of the communist government in Peking . |
| 8 | A minority of Tories were prepared to concede that there could be exceptions to the theory of non-resistance in extremis , and in this they admittedly came close to the doctrine of some of the more conservative Whigs . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He envisages the ambience of the place as ‘ discernibly British ’ and wants to see an element of ‘ commercial ’ use : private art galleries , bookshops and design studios would fit in very well , and there could be restaurants off the splendid riverside terrace , which would make a fine sculpture park . |
| 11 | ‘ It is not that large is better and small is worse or vice versa but there could be economies of scale . |