Example sentences of "there [be] [n mass] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are fish fingers in the fridge . |
| 2 | But however plausible the concept of stylistic embellishment appears , even in a favourable case like this there are difficulties.The elaboration of form inevitably brings an elaboration of meaning . |
| 3 | There were only 30m plastic cards in circulation in 1979 — including cheque , credit and cash withdrawal cards — whereas now there are 100m cards in use . |
| 4 | There were infantry Regiments in Djibouti , French Guyana and Mayotte , an island off the coast of Madagascar . |
| 5 | According to Baring Securities , a prominent trader of warrants in Tokyo and London , there were $120.2 billion-worth of Japanese warrant bonds outstanding as of mid-February . |
| 6 | There were fruit trees beyond the grass , and then the fields themselves , and the terraces of tomatoes , vegetables and vines . |
| 7 | There were fruit trees amongst the flowers , here a pear tree , there a currant bush , so that one could either smell a rose , crush a verbena , or eat a fruit ; there were borders of box , but also of sorrel and chibol ; and the stiff battalion of leeks , shallots , and garlic , the delicate pale-green foliage of the carrot , the aggressive steel-grey leaves of the artichokes , the rows of lettuce which always ran to seed too quickly . |
| 8 | It is true that , on occasions last year , there were staff shortages in the intensive care unit at the hospital . |
| 9 | When Margaret Thatcher 's first government came to power there were 14.3m vehicles on the road — there are now more than 19.7m . |
| 10 | There 's £10,500 worth of prizes for those of you who are you up to the task . |
| 11 | But Mr Collin said : ‘ There is £4,500 provision in next year 's budget for our contribution towards the Neighbourhood Watch coordinator . ’ |
| 12 | The series and parallel arms of the ladder are dual , resonant , reactive networks , their impedances being ; To make the product independent of frequency requires under which condition Satisfaction of condition ( 9.47 ) causes the series and parallel arms to resonate at the same frequency and there is 100% transmission at that frequency . |