Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [det] doubt " in BNC.

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1 The Welsh estates put under Buckingham 's control in this way included the earldom of March and , in case there should be any doubt about Buckingham 's quasi-regal status , the chancellor of the earldom was told to take his orders from the duke .
2 The Welsh estates put under Buckingham 's control in this way included the earldom of March and , in case there should be any doubt about Buckingham 's quasi-regal status , the chancellor of the earldom was told to take his orders from the duke .
3 If this does n't occur with a relatively simple system like the peripheral mechanisms controlling appetite , there must be some doubt about how often this condition is satisfied in the central nervous system .
4 Despite this assertion of confidence in the judiciary , there must be some doubt as to whether the law as it has evolved is in the best interests of the victim .
5 Although no reports on incidental killings of small cetaceans in the new Tasman/South Pacific drift-net fishery were provided by the Taiwanese , Japanese , or Korean governments , there could be little doubt of the damage being done .
6 On the basis of the most recent evidence , there could be little doubt that Judas Thomas was indeed Jesus 's brother — the brother mentioned in the Gospels as Jude .
7 There could be little doubt that Richard and his elder brother would give very different answers to these questions .
8 But of his courage , though it was not of a kind that Hotspur admired , there could be little doubt ; and of his ability and calculating detachment , none .
9 Primo de Rivera was still alive and there could be little doubt that he would be opposed to the idea , for , even before the rising , he had warned against the danger of becoming the puppets of the military .
10 Selwyn shrugged , ‘ I thought it could be another Doubt , maybe I 'm wrong . ’
11 At the time the thought never entered our heads that there could be any doubt about this , and it is certain that the effect on morale throughout the country was tremendous , especially as for months at a time the war news from other parts of the world was usually bad .
12 Looking at her school books on the Bible it is clear that there may be some doubt about the credibility of the revelations of the New Testament involving visions of God or angels , or dreams of them .
13 Thirdly , as for members of the public suing in respect of unlawful action in the public sector , will the Secretary of State confirm that unions have no immunity now for unlawful action in respect of public services and , that , although there may be some doubt about it , the only decided case in law held that the public already have the right to sue in respect of action that affects them ?
14 The landlord will frequently require a guarantor or guarantors for an assignee and while the tenant may wish to have absolute control as to whether this is reasonable , the fact is that as the tenant will have a continuing liability throughout the lease , it is in the tenant 's best interests for the assignee to supply a guarantor or guarantors wherever there may be some doubt as to the quality of the assignee 's financial covenant .
15 The Intention of the British er of the Railways Act of nineteen ninety three was that jurisdiction of the British Transport Police should be unaffected , but we are aware that there may be some doubt now as to the precise extent of the powers which British Transport Poli Police may have beyond the Rail Track property .
16 In haulage contracts there will be little doubt as to whether each party has received a worthwhile benefit !
17 There can be little doubt that such examples represent the tip of an iceberg .
18 However , there can be little doubt that significant numbers of protestant loyalists see themselves as a distinct , almost ethnic group .
19 There can be little doubt , however , that a sense of God 's presence and of the supernatural in general were long-standing characteristics of Irish popular religion , along with magical and semi-magical local religious practices .
20 Though opinion in the South gradually softened , there can be little doubt that the obverse would have been the case had the British government not changed tack and demurred at an openly repressive strategy .
21 If Pound had attended to Thomas Hardy 's marriage to Florence Emily Dugdale within two years of the death of his first wife , Emma , there can be little doubt that this is the verdict he would have passed on the transaction .
22 There can be little doubt for instance that the doubtfulness or downright hostility felt towards Eliot by some Americans , particularly in recent decades , derives from the sort of American Eliot was — and remained , long after he had taken British citizenship .
23 And , although you do get Patsy Kensit to show that not all Boers are boors , there can be little doubt that casting like this will in the long run do more to bring about the end of white rule in South Africa than Robert Royston 's worthy but long-winded drama of apartheid horrors .
24 But there can be little doubt that such change is not going to happen overnight .
25 There can be little doubt that the administration of criminal justice has paid insufficient attention to problems of sexual abuse over the years , and recent improvements in police procedures and in services for victims are to be welcomed .
26 There can be little doubt that at the time Constantine took control of the Western empire , Christianity can have been the religion of only a minority , though perhaps not so tiny a minority as has sometimes been thought .
27 Even so , there can be little doubt that by the middle of the war , the hold of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ was among German youth , too , in a process of disintegration .
28 There can be little doubt that it was the professionalism of Karajan 's music-making — revered by fellow musicians — allied to a range of truly outstanding performances spread across a vast repertoire that had generated this success .
29 Whether or not the Palace actually arranged for the drawing to be removed , there can be little doubt that they were delighted to be rid of it . …
30 There can be little doubt that any government would rapidly do so should it become politically expedient .
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