Example sentences of "there be [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , not everyone lives in a nuclear family , and there are families where the costs are shared equally or nearly so , or where the housing tenure is held jointly by both partners , but they are not the norm . |
| 2 | Managers will wish to know if the body clock means that there are times when the output of their work-force is below standard and the general public will be concerned about the possibility that safety in industrial processes , public services , transportation , etc. will be adversely affected at some times . |
| 3 | Vic is all in favour of backing Britain , but there are times when the Mail 's windy chauvinism gets on his tits . |
| 4 | For some reason bream will still take a redworm even when preoccupied with casters , but there are times when the preoccupation becomes so acute you simply have to use casters on the hook . |
| 5 | On the other hand there are times when the difficulties appear too great and we just throw in the towel . |
| 6 | There are times when the teacher might impose restrictions by asking , for example , for ‘ all the blue balls to be put into the basket ’ , or , ‘ all those wearing red to fetch their coats ’ , or she might ask the children to sort a collection into just two piles . |
| 7 | There is no doubt that a fox could kill a ferret at will but for some reason there are times when the fox prefers to flee . |
| 8 | There are times when the word unbelief is used to describe the doubts of those who are definitely believers but only when they are at a stage of doubting which is rationally inexcusable and well on the way to becoming fullgrown unbelief . |
| 9 | There are times when the Americans have a tendency to cut corners and push their aircraft too far . |
| 10 | I gather there are times when the mission aborts , but on the other hand he regularly sells stories to Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine . |
| 11 | ‘ Please believe me , this is my obstinacy — you are behaving honourably , honourably — I realise that I am jeopardising my chance of great happiness — but we know — both of us — there are times when the greatest danger has to be faced , the greatest risk taken because that small persistent voice will not allow us to escape our duty to ourselves . |
| 12 | There are times when the way a woman uses her tears in a relationship is a barrier to her growth . |
| 13 | He says : ‘ There are times when the enormity of the challenge makes you want to pull a blanket over your head . |
| 14 | There are times when the motivations for growth seem clear and times when they are under challenge . |
| 15 | But there are times when the analogies get stretched so far that the brain starts to lose contact with the original image . |
| 16 | Whilst I have already made clear my preference for the breakaway top eye float , there are times when the simpler tube type drifter works better . |
| 17 | However , there are times when the taxpayer will want to become domiciled in the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | There are times when the borderline between metaphor and underlexicalisation is difficult to establish . |
| 19 | Patterns emerge of circles within circles as she moves around the stage but although one admires the almost casually loose-limbed nature of her dance there are times when the images begin to blur and attention is apt to wander . |
| 20 | Secondly , there are problems where the decision-maker is interested in the result of an inquiry or investigation , not in any personal sense , but because the institution which he represents is desirous of attaining a certain objective . |
| 21 | Their wings do not normally come into contact , but even so there are problems when the dragonfly executes sharp turns . |
| 22 | Of the remainder , there are others where the abuse of trust is clearly evident but from the general text rather than the headline . |
| 23 | There are cases where the senses are sufficient . |
| 24 | From time to time there are cases where the provocation is so gross and so strong that a court imposes a very short prison sentence or even a suspended sentence for the manslaughter — typically , cases where a wife , son , or daughter kills a persistently bullying husband or father — and such cases raise the more general question of whether provocation should ever be a complete defence to homicide or to other crimes . |
| 25 | The production of an item such as the Sutton Hoo helmet was undoubtedly a great achievement , but there are cases where the complexity and skill involved in the manufacture of even the humbler items is surprising . |
| 26 | Given the lexical look-up of the script recognition system , as described in earlier chapters , there are cases where the system will not be able to suggest any allowable candidate string . |
| 27 | All this rules out any causative connection between biography and literature , but there are cases where the Formalists allow biography a legitimate literary function . |
| 28 | There are cases where the claimant is unable to satisfy the registration requirements with the Department of Employment as they are in receipt of an alternative benefit . |
| 29 | There are cases where the Policyholder is registered for VAT and is able to claim the VAT back . |
| 30 | Although Miller stated that he had collected most of the information from well-known authors and always acknowledged them , there are instances when the first person indicated his own contributions . |