Example sentences of "be considerable scope for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At this meeting there is considerable scope for adjustment , but the process would clearly fail if there were not also an understanding of the need for a consensual solution to emerge , and within a very tight timescale .
2 In between such examples there is considerable scope for doubt as to where the line is to be drawn .
3 Although no detailed provisions , independent of agriculture , are provided by the Directive to implement the references to countryside conservation ( because the Directive is based on Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty of Rome ) the EEC Commission has always stated that there is considerable scope for flexibility in implementing the Directive 's many provisions .
4 But like the proverbial elephant , amenity is easier to recognise than to define , with the important difference that , though all would be agreed that an elephant is such , there is considerable scope for disagreement on the degree and importance of amenities : which amenities should be preserved , in what way they should be preserved and how much expense ( public or private ) is justified .
5 All the same it is useful here to set up a paradigm of the profitability calculation against which to assess the prospects for investment planning , while accepting that there is considerable scope for variation in the actual calculations performed by particular enterprises .
6 The fact , as one commentator has pointed out , that bidders are prepared to pay substantial premiums over the existing stock market valuation of a company in order to gain control indicates that despite the presence of the take-over threat bidders still believe that there is considerable scope for efficiency gains .
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