Example sentences of "[subord] there [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre is One , the outer fringe is Six ; zones where there used to be neighbourhoods . |
| 2 | Where there used to be a great big island . |
| 3 | Only in Mile End , where there used to be a fair crop of breweries , could you find a good pub with a good pint of beer . |
| 4 | This can be applied to the case of marriage , where there will of course be usually sanctions of varying degrees against behaviours that threaten marriage , and sexual activity outside marriage may be disapproved of , but this does not imply that merely not engaging in marriage is disapproved of , nor that an unmarried condition is sanctioned . |
| 5 | The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do . |
| 6 | The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do . |
| 7 | In my judgment the principle established by the authorities to which I have referred ( other than the Manchester Corporation case [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 ) is that any corporation , whether trading or non-trading , which can show that it has a corporate reputation ( as distinct from that of its members ) which is capable of being damaged by a defamatory statement , can sue in libel to protect that reputation , in the same way as can a natural person , although there will of course be certain types of statement which can not defame an artificial person . |
| 8 | This will relieve both our Group and the RIBA of a major financial burden , although there will of course be residual closure costs to be borne in 1993 . |
| 9 | ‘ Hmmnn , more bruising than there ought to be . |
| 10 | The magic solution has lost its power — although if you want another performance just re-heat and re-cool the beaker … to be supersaturated means to have more dissolved than there ought to be … the cold supersaturated solution almost literally did not know what to do . |
| 11 | This means that at a time of crisis , such as death , there are fewer people to turn to than there used to be when it was the norm to live much nearer to kinfolk . |
| 12 | There were more of them than there used to be , he was sure of it . |
| 13 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |
| 14 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 15 | Although further London spine points have been introduced and the amount of extra pay given to people working in London has therefore increased , there is more flexibility in the system than there used to be . |
| 16 | At a time when the school curriculum is becoming increasingly prescriptive , when there seems less flexibility than there used to be , it might seem difficult to set up collaborative teaching projects . |
| 17 | There 's more violence on the buses than there used to be . |
| 18 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 19 | There are fewer jobs in chemistry than there used to be . |
| 20 | The winners will be those with the most innovative ideas , especially for getting unemployed people work — so there ought to be plenty of scope fro an input from the ES . |
| 21 | yeah , but she charges five pound cos there must of been some little bits over |
| 22 | Cos there used to be a lot of houses under the shops along there as well . |
| 23 | Ten shillings from Saturday morning , from when they when the men left off at half past four on a Saturday till six o'clock Monday morning , we got ten shillings and if and if we were on watch on th on the night time , cos we used to do one watch one week and one night one week and two nights next , cos there used to be the mate and erm three more sailors , used to take turns , well there was only four nights so the man who done the Monday night , they done the Friday night . |
| 24 | and that , well th well that was cos there used to be all hot cinders you know like coke , red hot coke and they always had clogs then with leather tops . |
| 25 | But I mean there was er , they were so kind to them in the hospital if there would of been any sign of distress they would of , you know , usually anyway you do n't usually have distress at the end you 're usually at peace are n't you ? |
| 26 | Great pouring swathes of golden light , and the far-off glint of blue and silver , as if there might after all be something solid and man-made within the Prison . |
| 27 | ‘ We run a proficiency award scheme and would like that to continue because there ought to be an award for young anglers in particular to show they are not just good anglers but caring conservationists as well , ’ said Peter . |
| 28 | The subject clearly merits serious study , if only because there ought to he money in it . |
| 29 | ‘ Because there used to be a pond there , and that had water in it ’ . |
| 30 | Conversely , whilst there may in a few cases be valid reasons for a high quality paper not being submitted to such journals , it could be argued that in some cases publication outside the core represents a negative value judgement on the quality of that research . |