Example sentences of "[conj] there [is] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Or again , in textbook families , where there is invariably a mother , father , boy , and girl ( notwithstanding the fact that now over 30% of families in this country are now single-parent ) , the turns are taken regularly and predictably , with an order and courtesy that I fail to recognise from conversations in my own 4-member household , on those rare occasions when everyone is present .
2 Some , like this , are provincial , but there is a beautiful head from Athens ( where there is also a parallel in vase-painting , below p. 79 ) , and one can not really apply the word to the masterpiece in this manner , the ‘ Ludovisi Throne ’ ( fig. 83 ) , though one can fairly say that it is outside the main stream .
3 Lately George has been doing quite a lot of libel , where there is also a jury to persuade and headlines to be had .
4 Families where there is both a record of schizophrenia and where the index child was born after a particularly long or difficult labour would be particularly suitable targets .
5 Where there is normally a lipstick stain on the filter tip , there is now blood .
6 The organist 's life is probably easier , however , where there is either a choir school or an arrangement with just one school from which choristers are recruited .
7 It is probably correct , nevertheless , to accept a dominant religious function for those sites where there is either a multiplicity of temples or a religious precinct with associated facilities .
8 Obviously , there will be difficult cases , especially where there is perhaps a house or capital to be considered .
9 Through these and other exploits , such as hiding in the House of Commons broom cupboard ( where there is now a memorial to her ) on census night in 1911 , she became a key militant figure .
10 Where there is often a weakness is in the drawing retrieval system .
11 Where there is possibly a meeting of minds between him and the government is in the desire not to release him into a political vacuum .
12 Although there is clearly a similarity between entropy and the area of the event horizon , it was not obvious to us how the area could be identified as the entropy of a black hole .
13 Probably with braziers we think as far as we know , although there is also a chimney breast there which is a later date .
14 Although there is usually a link between time and resources , this is not always the case and adding more staff can be counterproductive at certain stages of a job .
15 ( Although there is usually a cash offer for the shares of the company being taken over , a share alternative is generally on offer .
16 Although there is currently a software " explosion " , methods for the dissemination of information on software are numerous and varied .
17 Although there is perhaps a sense in which both taxonomy and description are related to explanatory purposes , this is not in any straightforward or enlightening fashion .
18 This is often a useful exercise , although there is occasionally a risk that the emphasis upon paperwork becomes so great that everyone loses sight of what was originally intended .
19 Cases like this indicate the general validity of the method , although there is still a need to establish the limits of its accuracy .
20 Furthermore , they have taken no part in the great debate in the Scottish Constitutional Convention , although there is still a seat available for that party .
21 It can be possible to acclimatize a specialised feeder to substitute foods although there is always a danger of a reluctance to feed deteriorating into anorexia and premature demise .
22 The number of policewomen in each section varies , although there is always a minimum of one , which is low because women constitute less than 10 per cent of the regular force ( Brewer et al .
23 Today although there 's still a problem area it 's not a straightforward pregnancy today , the boys are able to father children and the girls are able to have children which means you 're actually going to increase the incidence of P K U into the community is n't it ?
24 Chapter 4 will make it clear that there is today a crisis of credibility with respect to this particular theory of the constitution , but , even so , it is still actively promulgated as an account of the reality of British politics .
25 Some books become such classics that they run on into innumerable editions and impressions , with the original so much extended , altered and corrected that there is scarcely a vestige of it left .
26 A sine qua non of environmental traffic management here has been the reduction of through traffic by closing access from the Rhein Allee Within the treated area , the most radically changed streets have been repaved at a uniform level so that there is scarcely a distinction between pavement and carriageway ( Figure 6.40 ) .
27 Starting at page A two , paragraph five and nine indicate that there is presently a gap of so of some eleven point four million pounds , between the overall spending limits of three hundred and eighty-one point four million pounds , agreed by the Policy Committee last November , and the provisional cutting limits set by the Government of three hundred and seventy million pounds .
28 Jack reports that there is also a chance that Northrop YC–125B Raider 48–626 may join the collection .
29 It is true that there is also a chance that the individual plaintiff may live longer than the average expectation of life .
30 You will notice that there is also a section ’ Other Items . ’
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