Example sentences of "[conj] there [verb] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Later , it was said that where there had been a fundamental breach of contract , that is , if one party fails to carry out his part of the bargain at all or attempts to render a performance totally different from that contemplated , then that party could not rely on an exclusion clause ( see Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd. v Wallis [ 1956 ] ) .
2 If the discretion can be exercised where there has been a fraudulent misrepresentation , as in the present case , it must be exercisable also where a merely innocent misrepresentation has been made .
3 The eastern Australian passive margin is one region where there has been a fruitful interchange of ideas and data between geomorphologists and geophysicists , although this has not resulted in a consensus as to either the history of uplift or the mechanisms that have caused it .
4 3.13 The best way to form a view on the current level of damages for pain and suffering simpliciter is to study recent awards for minor injuries , where there has been a complete or almost complete recovery .
5 Most of this is in the northwest where there has been a long history of land-use , involving both degradation and successful reclamation .
6 As Table 9 shows , most of this expansion occurred in the private sector , where there has been a threefold increase since 1980 .
7 However , where there has been a contested hearing and : ( 1 ) a money judgment payable in one lump sum is ordered , the debt is registered only when the judgment creditor takes steps to enforce it , or issues an oral examination ; ( 2 ) a money judgment ( payable in one lump sum or by instalments ) including an order for costs to be taxed is entered , registration is effected on completion of taxation ; ( 3 ) an application for new trial has been made or an appeal lodged with the Court of Appeal , registration is effected when the new trial ( if ordered ) or appeal have been disposed of .
8 They include the deregulation of labour markets , where there has been a 29 per cent .
9 We could then have enjoyed benefits such as those evident in Southend — where there has been a 9 per cent .
10 Delay occurs when the operator is doing nothing — usually waiting for a machine to complete a sub-task — it differs from storage where there has been a particular decision to put something aside .
11 But where there has been a single incident , the claim to ignorance may carry some plausibility , and be difficult for a prosecutor to overcome .
12 Review is only available to adjudication officers , who can revise the decision where it is shown that it was given in ignorance of , or mistake as to , a material fact , or there has been a relevant change of circumstances .
13 Although there had been a long established tradition of community and private forestry schemes , it was not until the launching of the Saemol Undong ( or New Community Movement ) in 1970 that it was possible to conceive of a nation-wide forestry policy and programme .
14 Although there had been a light summer shower earlier in the evening , it was now a warm , clear night with just a soft breeze rustling the ropes and canvas of the small boats berthed in the marina far below .
15 Although there had been a 6 per cent swing from ‘ right ’ to ‘ left ’ between the two elections the former were still in a clear majority .
16 Although there has been a radical management shake-up and there have been improvements in organisation and efficiency , the fundamental ethos of the NHS — provision of medical service free at the point of use — has remained unchanged .
17 Although there has been a great song and dance about his supposedly suspect temperament this season , I ca n't fault it .
18 And although there has been a great deal of argument as to the cause , very few people would deny that Britain is in a state of decline . ’
19 However , although there has been a substantial rise in the number of private shareholders in the UK , many investors have sold their shares immediately after the purchase .
20 Although there has been a substantial move away from the building of three or more bedroom houses in recent years , they still accounted for 60 per cent of the total housing stock in 1986 compared with nearly three-quarters a decade earlier ( Housing and Construction Statistics 1976–1986 , Table 6.8 , 1987 ) .
21 Although there has been a recent escalation in the introduction of legislation we are all aware that the educational climate has gradually changed ever since former Prime Minister Jim Callaghan 's historic speech at Ruskin College in 1976 when he instituted the Great Debate .
22 ‘ People are definitely spending seriously although there has been a late build-up to Christmas . ’
23 Council staff say that although there has been a general increase in nonpayment in the region most non-payers are on the electoral roll .
24 Although there has been a vast selection of beautiful waterlilies in cultivation for many years , some of the rarer varieties are slower in producing the development of ‘ eyes ’ on the rootstock that eventually provides the cuttings to propagate new plants , This is why the more desirable lilies are always more expensive .
25 This has certainly been the case in Liverpool , where truancy prosecutions and care proceedings per annum fell by 40 per cent between 1981 and 1987 — although there has been a slight increase over the past couple of years .
26 Although there has been a slight fall in the numbers of people in local authority care in the past 10 years , there has been a remarkable increase in the numbers of people cared for in what is described as the private sector — in the homes run as nursing or residential care homes .
27 Less is known however about the impact of second homes on the local environment , and although there has been a good deal of speculation about their impacts , as shown in Table 7.5 , there are few hard or agreed empirical data to back this up .
28 Although there has been a good response so far to the environmental technology innovation scheme , there are no plans to increase the current allocation of £12 million .
29 It is clear from the analysis of both statistical sources and from the questionnaire that although there has been a steady decline in larger manufacturing organisations , there has been a corresponding increase in much smaller manufacturing companies .
30 Although there has been a growing amount of evidence that rewarding good behaviour can be far more effective in maintaining pupil discipline than punishing bad behaviour , and despite official encouragement for rewarding , there has been found to be ‘ a continuing emphasis ’ on punishments .
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