Example sentences of "there [vb mod] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recurrence of calculi after removal and the lack of substantial reduction in frequency of cholangitis indicates that there may be little to be gained in many of these patients by multiple manipulations of the biliary tree to achieve clearance . |
| 2 | While there may be much to be said for the views expressed in this passage it seems to me with all respect to Wilson J. that she was stating what she thought the law ought to be rather than what it is . |
| 3 | There may be much to be considered of which the project manager is not initially aware . |
| 4 | If elimination of lead in petrol could reduce blood levels by half — as the study assumed — it would reduce average blood pressure levels by 1 to 2 points , thereby meaning that 12,000 fewer people would need treatment for hypertension annually , there would be 6,000 to 12,000 fewer heart attacks , and up to 2,655 lives would be saved — more than the total number of fatalities on the nation 's roads each year . |
| 5 | There would be little to be lost from going the whole hog . ’ |
| 6 | First , there would be much to be gained in promoting a more coherent debate about community environmental action in Wales . |
| 7 | I agree with him , and there would be much to be gained at the appropriate time . |
| 8 | Ebenezer Arkwright had no paint in stock , and doubted if there would be any to be found in Clyst St George , either . |
| 9 | There would be three to five showings a day depending on the degree of popularity . |
| 10 | However , there will be much to be gained by careful preparation of the selling task . |
| 11 | Now it has 200 and by the end of the year there will be close to 400 . |
| 12 | Two vector units will have four million apiece and there will be four to eight million for the two million bits of on-board RAM . |
| 13 | Having three conditions , there will be 2 to the power of 3 ( 2 x 2 x 2 = 8 ) columns . |
| 14 | There are now 18.5 million cars on Britain 's roads , and by the year 2000 there will be 25 to 28 million . |