Example sentences of "there be [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 2 | There are many things to think about before even the first tentative daffodil bulb is sunk into the ground . |
| 3 | There are many things that ‘ our experience shows us … by the testimony of the senses ’ ; for example ‘ that fire is hot and tends upwards , that water is cold and flows downhill , that honey is sweet ’ . |
| 4 | Whether you have a shop , office , hotel , factory or other business premises there are many things to consider . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , well , there are many things we have to do in this business that are distasteful . |
| 6 | There are many things that I can do now , but could n't do as a young man , which contradicts the notion that in order to be a good instrumentalist you have to acquire a comprehensive technique i your teens . |
| 7 | Going out , especially at night , may seem particularly dangerous for people on their own , but there are many things you can do to promote your safety whether you are a man or a woman . |
| 8 | I have no doubt there are many things you wish they did n't do , or were not , but there must be some good points ! |
| 9 | As Brumfit observes , ‘ Being a good teacher is never exactly the same thing as understanding teaching ; there are many things we can do well that we can not fully understand . ’ |
| 10 | There are many things in Meehan 's favour . |
| 11 | There are many things on her hands at the moment . |
| 12 | There are many things that can go wrong when training parents , or anybody else for that matter . |
| 13 | There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down . |
| 14 | Although you will not be able to take your puppy out at once , there are many things which you can do to form a close bond between you and your new pet . |
| 15 | There are many things that we are certain of and , although it might be useful to try to doubt these certainties , we should not pretend to doubt what we do not doubt in our hearts . |
| 16 | There are many things now riding on IBM 's AIX Unix implementation(s) : the PowerOpen operating system for PowerPC platforms will be based upon AIX 4 , some AIX technology will find its way into Pink — the object-oriented environment out of IBM/Apple Computer Inc 's Taligent joint venture — Pink stuff will find its way back into PowerOpen Unix and Apple is committed to AIX for its future Unix requirements . |
| 17 | ‘ There are many things I am sure I could say , Mr Thabane , ’ I said . |
| 18 | ‘ There are many things we can and will do . |
| 19 | ‘ There are many things to see in Florence , too , ’ said Mrs Wallington . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , there are many things about the Demoiselles that serve to relate it to other painting of the period and , more particularly , to the contemporary work of Matisse . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sure that there are many things suitable for men , though , ’ she added , looking helplessly at the aprons , bed jackets and hand-knitted babies ' woollens . |
| 22 | ‘ Now , darling , you know there are many things , ’ said Mark , the usual stern note coming back into his voice . |
| 23 | There are many things to be done to assist Kenya , but we know that we can help it best by keeping quietly in constant discussion with it . |
| 24 | There are many things I want to do . |
| 25 | ‘ There are many things which can go wrong , the obvious ones being if no-one was interested in buying tickets for the gigs , or if equipment could n't reach the destination or if the band missed their flights and gigs had to be cancelled . |
| 26 | ‘ As you can see , there are many things to consider at this point and we are doing that now ’ , said . |
| 27 | I 'm sure there are many things we all dislike about other people , yet we would not dream of ostracising them . |
| 28 | I know there are such things as odds and that they are seldom in my favour . |
| 29 | There are such things as oxyacetylene torches , you know . |
| 30 | Sitting on a rock , arguing over the remains of a goat , are three Ogres — if there are such things as especially stupid Ogres , it 's these three . |