Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] there [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we need to get our moral thinking clear on this matter all the more because in the first stages of unbridled conflict both sides seem to be suggesting that there really was no moral problem at all because the principle that they were obsessed with was the only one that mattered . |
| 2 | While preparing an early draft of the present chapter , the writer heard Bishop Cathal Daly of Down and Connor , a leading moderate among the bishops , respected by all except PIRA , repeat the adage that the Irish constitution was secular , implying that there really was little to be done for the moment . |
| 3 | The agreement formally ended 13 years of civil war , although small-scale fighting reportedly continued , and analysts were generally cautious in their appraisal of the agreement , noting that there still remained many barriers to genuine peace in Cambodia . |
| 4 | Some anthropologists would counter these examples by arguing that there actually are class-like phenomena in such states ( Terray , 1975 ) , by pointing out the difference in access to the means of production between elders and juniors and men and women , but even if this argument is accepted it gives little support to the general theory in that such ‘ class ’ differences also occur in clearly stateless societies . |
| 5 | This conflict led Marx , and especially Engels , to a disastrous attempt to combine both approaches by arguing that there really had been an early stage in human history which was a mirror image of capitalism . |
| 6 | Would I be right in thinking that there really are people with ‘ green fingers ’ and should we be doing more to encourage our younger generation to take an active interest in the garden ? |
| 7 | Sometimes , of course , it is quite easy , particularly if the name is something like ‘ Rose ’ or ‘ Martin' when there really is an object with the same name . |