Example sentences of "is room for " in BNC.

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1 We contest that there are no laws written in stone , and that there is room for hybrids .
2 But there seems no room for any notion of the decorous in Olson 's ‘ objectism ’ , any more than there is room for it in the lawless world of the Cantos , or in Pound himself when he is without a master to translate , whose example makes him surpass himself .
3 There either is room for them in this society , and an eventual hearing ( whether pre- or post-martyrdom ) , or there is n't .
4 Perhaps one can produce figures for the amount knocked off property prices by aircraft noise and excessive pollution ( as Blueprint suggests , with the backing of figures from American cities ) , but even here there is room for doubt .
5 Then there is a group of offences which prohibit sexual activities with young people , whether they appear to consent or not : whilst there is little dispute about the need for some such offences , there is room for disagreement on the proper boundaries of the criminal law and on the role of prosecutorial discretion .
6 If there is room for just one large tree , a platform may be built across some sturdy branches to provide a leafy den .
7 Once there is a recognition that there is room for improvement there comes the task of developing a commitment and determination to bring about change .
8 To the extent that this is so , there is room for a doctrine of reasons of state in political action .
9 There is room for one wheelchair in the Purcell Room ; please apply through the Festival Hall box office .
10 There is room for a couple : one here behind the luggage ( hunched like a cosmonaut hurtling into the unknown ) and another there beneath the bottom bunk ( blankets burying a crouched figure waiting for rebirth ) .
11 However , there is room for even more progress .
12 This is a convenient way for the patient to wash himself all over , including his hair , provided there is room for the carer to help , if necessary .
13 Feminists need a more dynamic view of reading , one which maintains a political perspective , but which at the same time concedes that there is room for manoeuvre between text and audience .
14 there is room for manoeuvre in both parties ' positions .
15 It is clear , nevertheless , that there is room for optimism .
16 There is room for further co-operation between them , as well as with new , fledgling national clearinghouses .
17 Peer review works fairly well , the report points out , when science budgets are growing and there is room for most disciplines to develop at their own pace .
18 Within marriage there is room for sex to flourish in an atmosphere of mutual commitment , trust and security .
19 Yet since so much censorship is initiated by Council members ( in the case of public libraries ) , individual readers , pressure groups , and not by librarians and decisions are finally taken by library committees , there is room for substantial protest which falls short of outright rejection of the censorship ; and that is probably as far as one can ever go in preventing the censorship taking place .
20 Here there is room for negotiation .
21 If a pedal car has two seats , there is room for two and there can also be discussion about front and back .
22 Both cases are examples of abuse of a dominant position in a ‘ bottleneck market ’ in which there is room for only one major supplier .
23 At present , we have six , including Baptists and Roman Catholics : there is room for more !
24 We may be placed in the same street , but there is room for both of us and more .
25 Although the case is 10U the working units occupy only 7U of rack space , so there is room for expanding the system should the need arise .
26 There is room for organising in a non-party political way , and for the creation of umbrella organisations which bring together gay men or people with AIDS , representing not any attempt at service delivery , but a demand for government action .
27 Assuming there is room for improvement , that your life is not yet ‘ heaven on earth ’ , make a second list of seven words in which you transform any words which feel negative , or mildly positive , into what you really want .
28 ‘ That 's why there is room for kd . ’
29 But because his value is limited to £1.5 million — another stipulation in the contract which first allowed him to move to Sampdoria — there is room for additional bonuses and signing on payments to be made available to him .
30 And he believes there is room for the 11 or so independent manufacturers in this country .
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