Example sentences of "there can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , there can be serious problems carting in a wet autumn . |
| 2 | In particular , there can be serious outcomes on what are perceived as ‘ soft ’ subjects , like the arts , which are unexpected and frequently unintended by schools . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the prospect of promotion is one of the major driving forces behind managerial motivation and if the promotion process works badly , then there can be serious problems . |
| 4 | Most lord lieutenants are scarcely in jobs where they have employers breathing down their necks about time off , but there can be substantial day-to-day expenses . |
| 5 | It also suggests that there can be substantial differences between temporary workers and regular workers in terms of their characteristics and attachment to the labour force . |
| 6 | There can be substantial pressure on the builder 's surveyor in locating and engaging labour and in the measurement of bonus , or labour-only sub-contractors ' work , on a weekly basis . |
| 7 | Though technological change does tend to lead to more capital intensive than labour intensive development , there can be substantial employment created indirectly through backward and forward linkages . |
| 8 | Since the front of a slug travels downstream at about three times the speed of the rear ( Fig. 18.7 ) , there can be substantial variations in the fraction of the flow that is turbulent ( Fig. 18.8 ) and thus in the flow rate . |
| 9 | To put this more concretely , there can be legitimate arguments about the nature , quality and function of a listener 's response to the actual sound and structure of , say , an Elvis Presley or Bing Crosby song ; what is not legitimate is to move this ‘ thrill ’ , however defined , bodily across the theoretical topography so that it sits wholly under the sign of commodity-fetishism . |
| 10 | He estimated that ‘ an extra year of elementary or secondary schooling really boosts future income less than 4% ; an extra year of college boosts it about 7% and a year of graduate school boosts it about 4% , There can be legitimate disagreement whether these figures indicate only a small effect of schooling on income . |
| 11 | Once we take account of this distinction , we recognize that there can be alternative CONCEPTUALIZATIONS of the same event ( illustrated in the Golding passage ) , as well as alternative syntactic expressions of the same sense ( as in Ohmann 's treatment of Faulkner ) . |
| 12 | Some of the revisions are relatively trivial , but collectively , they show that the principle of stylistic variation — that there can be alternative ways of saying " the same thing " — can explain much that goes into the process of literary composition , as well as much that is involved in the reader 's interpretation of the text . |
| 13 | Projects such as Scone Park have shown that there can be alternative provision and that you can meet the needs of children and young people and respond to those in their own community and develop the investment in that community . |
| 14 | There can be varying degrees of complication . |
| 15 | He also points out that there can be other benefits from the scheme . |
| 16 | Sometimes there can be other considerations such as where the cause of action arose , but these are the main two choices . |
| 17 | ‘ The fastest part is the fourteen miles to Ilkley , then there is a quiet stretch along the river towards Otley , before a three mile climb to the Dyneley Arms and on to Yeadon Moor , where there can be strong cross-winds . |
| 18 | Although cooperative solutions may be desirable overall , there can be strong incentives for individual countries to ‘ free ride ’ , so that international agreements are to sustain . |
| 19 | Eventually the blades will take on sufficient pitch to windmill the engine and provoke a normal start but there can be anxious moments , wondering if the elastic is going to wind up while the starter motor slaves away . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , at any given time there can be wide discrepancies in the prices quoted for almost identical items by retail outlets in the same town , or even the same street . |
| 21 | Otherwise there can be long delays while machines are sent away , or queue up for attention from the one person in the country who knows how they operate . |
| 22 | But before the two adapt to a slightly changed but often more fully satisfying sex life , there can be temporary hitches . |
| 23 | Hence there can be experienced-based cost reductions over a generic class of products through time , even though the products differ in some respects . |
| 24 | Under his leadership there can be new opportunities for that organisation . |
| 25 | In Bonn it is hoped that there can be orderly change across the border , soon enough to convince more East Germans that life is worth living there . |
| 26 | Some of the conflict will be negative and sterile , impeding the work of delivering services , but some of it may be constructive and positive , where there can be genuine debate about the balance between patient care priorities and securing value for tax-payers ’ money . |
| 27 | Some agree that , delaying tactics by one party of litigants or another aside , there can be genuine reasons why there is a limit to how much more quickly some cases could go . |
| 28 | But there can be practical difficulties in implementing this , particularly in small and medium-sized companies where the number of treasury transactions does not warrant employing several staff . |
| 29 | In reality there can be practical and technical problems which can make it difficult and sometimes impossible . |
| 30 | there can be broad guidelines with considerable flexibility of direction between them . |