Example sentences of "was room for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've spent all my life in general PR , but it was about eight years ago I decided that there was room for a specialist agency , not really a PR firm , which was concerned entirely with government relations . |
| 2 | Make out there was room for improvement . |
| 3 | Behind the pulpit was room for an orchestra although in 1882 an organ was installed , something the more old-fashioned Puritan , Spurgeon , would never allow . |
| 4 | Some good foresters were at present obtaining 60% of their income from the sale of timber so there was room for better management . |
| 5 | At last there was room for a central bureau of information , which went a long way to reducing the confusion caused by overlapping responsibilities . |
| 6 | There was room for twelve children . |
| 7 | There was room for about fifty women sitting comfortably on either side of the cloth . |
| 8 | He heaved again at the floor plate and there was room for his feet to slide down towards the blurred stones between the sleepers . |
| 9 | Mr Ainslie noted that there was still too much geographic focus on where business was carried out within the company despite the international nature of the business and that there was room for a more unified focus . |
| 10 | Preparing to board and ark in which there was room for every species . |
| 11 | There was room for both science and religion since the Bible taught how to go to heaven , not how the heavens go . |
| 12 | Oresme 's analysis shows that , within the scholastic tradition , there was room for new ideas , even if they were no more than conjectures . |
| 13 | No doubt there was room for argument as to whether in 1923 it was still possible to have a peer as Conservative Prime Minister . |
| 14 | For others it could be a pleasant existence if places were available and there was room for flexibility and experiment in provision . |
| 15 | Her car was a red MG with the hood down , parked closely ; there was room for her to get in , but not for him . |
| 16 | Oh no it was a that would be a misnomer if ever there was one , because there was room for a table and four chairs and perhaps a settee and that was it . |
| 17 | In all fields , there was still much that was unknown : in Herbert Spencer 's philosophy , and in Tyndall 's Belfast address , there was room for the unknowable ; but it seemed reasonable to hope that under pressure from inquiring minds this would shrink , if not ultimately wither away altogether . |
| 18 | But she admits there was room for rationalization in other areas ; ‘ at first clothes were never costed properly ; in fact we may have been underpricing ’ , she explained , ‘ but for Laura the most important thing was that everyone was working happily together ’ . |
| 19 | Finnan 's passengers stowed most of their gear in the hold and the Hearthwares slept there , but there was room for the others in the three-sided cabin , though the roof was so low they bumped their heads . |
| 20 | ‘ When we started we felt that there was room for another East End of London author , having publicised ( in my case ) Lena Kennedy before , and Sue having edited her . |
| 21 | Perhaps alongside giants like Oz and It there was room for an A5-sized fold-out paper devoted exclusively to listings . |
| 22 | And erm later on let's see f when the war started and I mean they wanted cheap labour and all that , there was room for apprentice . |
| 23 | Except that there was no way Third World countries could develop that fast : there was room for no more than a handful of South Koreas or Singapores , ready to beat the West at its own game . |
| 24 | There was room for eight cows in here and every stall was full , but he could see no sign of the half-gipsy girl . |
| 25 | I always felt that there was room for improvement in top management . |
| 26 | It seems likely that , as in other early medieval kingdoms , there was room for only one queen at Charles 's court . |
| 27 | The Communists were at variance with all their previous allies and there was room for an alternative viewpoint . |
| 28 | I discovered there was room for 10 bells , so it was just too tempting . |
| 29 | There was room for the more exotic creations and the star attraction was one of David Emanuel 's latest designs — a lilac silk organza wedding dress . |
| 30 | But with Germany one third of the firm 's European profit base still in recession , there was room for continuing concern . |