Example sentences of "there be " in BNC.

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1 How could there be ? the novel seems to be saying .
2 He was never saying to himself in that heavy bag what should there be ? ’
3 ‘ Why else would there be so many fal-lals and thingamajigs on those cakes ? ’ the widow said , wearily .
4 Why should there be a conspiracy ?
5 Will there be bad turbulence from obstructions upwind of the field ?
6 Let there be an end to this self-searching monologue .
7 Not good enough to fret the days away ; let her use them , enjoy , let there be something rich about her to love and desire .
8 The requirement for robustness also demands that there be leg braces to create a strong rectangle around the rear seat joint , the point of maximum strain in all chairs .
9 What protection will there be for potentially unprofitable , yet necessary services to continue to be available under the NHS ?
10 LIGHTING Let there be light
11 Not only should there be equality of esteem and status between critic and readers , though the former may appear as first among equals , they should all be in possession of the subject of discussion .
12 Can there be anything more telling about the deviousness of these people than his account of how they actually put on television and interviewed a man who was said to have died while in a prison cell , and that , moreover , they did it with the sole motive of demonstrating that he was alive and in good health .
13 Nor can there be much doubt that the experience is more painful for the men than the duped women .
14 They ended with lines which leave the reader in no doubt as to her view of the condition : That wretch , if such a wretch there be Who hopes for happiness from thee , May search successfully as well For truth in whores and ease in hell .
15 Will there be enough parking provision and will the development cause traffic problems once it is complete ?
16 The plot , should there be such a thing , thickens as Fleeting has consistently put more cash on the table than his opponent .
17 So let there be no doubt .
18 Will they develop incrementally along existing lines or will there be a change cyclically to something resembling the old consensus ?
19 The virtual demise of modern constitutional history as a subject of study has meant that there has been hardly any analysis of the major constitutional questions which arise out of the crisis — what role did the king play , what are the relative rights of the Prime Minister vis-à-vis his Cabinet , what is the relative importance of party and of the ‘ national interest ’ , and what justification can there be for a peacetime coalition government ?
20 Should there be a lower limit for undersize fish ?
21 Would there be power loss problems ?
22 should there be a downturn in trade .
23 Could there be , though , a more sinister reason for tomorrow 's absence of the Aylesbury duck ?
24 Could there be , though , a more sinister reason for tomorrow 's absence of the Aylesbury duck ?
25 Why should n't there be slogans that are mutually stimulating ? ’
26 The seven questions were : What guarantees would there be that a united Germany would not threaten security and peace in Europe ? ;
27 In the process his demand that there be no further large scale immigration infuriated the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , who retorted : ‘ I do not need any education on the importance of strict immigration control for entry into this country . ’
28 The Vatican spokesman , Mr Joacquin Novarro-Vallas , in Rome yesterday denounced the US siege tactics , and said ‘ an occupying power can not interfere with the work of a diplomatic mission or demand that a person who is seeking asylum there be handed over to it ’ .
29 It requires , among other things , that there be so many buyers and sellers that none can affect prices ; if a firm cuts its output it will not push up the price .
30 How much worker ownership should there be ?
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