Example sentences of "[vb base] that there be some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you make an assertion which you think in principle could be justified but which you do n't have space to justify , you can alert the reader by adding a phrase like : " I am assuming that … " , " we could argue that … " , or " it is generally accepted that … " ; the advantage of using these phrases is that you acknowledge that there is some possibility of disagreement .
2 I regret that there was some suspicion in the minds of Opposition Members .
3 The flat-rate community charge coupled with a universal business rate was intended to make this far more difficult and ensure that there was some relationship between costs and local taxation levels .
4 I accept that there are some anomalies on the 1984 map , but it is still focused on the areas of greatest need .
5 With 6lb line I can bend into a fish and know that there is some bend remaining ; that I have not used all of the shock-absorber effect of the rod .
6 We all know that there is some disturbance outside — you have already said that you will make a statement on that — but it is unusual for the doors not to be locked by this stage in a Division .
7 Page sixteen structural maintenance of local roads erm I know that there is some possibility that er groups will propose an increase er a reduction in in that area and to increase the contribution from the management reserve fund .
8 But I know that there are some people here who find such an example hard .
9 They want — I suppose that there is some merit in honesty — an immediate energy tax with the highest rate on coal specifically designed to switch fuel use away from coal .
10 We do at times use ‘ belief in ’ language to mean something similar to ‘ belief that ’ — as in ‘ I believe in ghosts ’ , which surely includes the idea , ‘ I believe that there is some evidence ghosts exist ’ .
11 But I accept and understand that there are some feelings today that the old system dated back from those Victorian days as it did , is in need of reform and should be brought up-to-date .
12 Obviously the police have that right , although I understand that there is some doubt in respect of the Royal Ulster Constabulary .
13 If you feel that there 's some benefit that 's come out of this meeting today
14 Heseltine 's vision was of ‘ partnerships which recognise that there are some things that only governments can pay for , but also that the ingenuity and flexibility of the private sector is indispensable ’ ( p. 156 ) .
15 C : I think that there 's some hope now with the Labour party because they 've — um — compromised themselves politically so far that they would n't …
16 I think it 's very patchy , but I think that there is some evidence that , certainly younger men , younger people and younger men are much more willing to erm accept that there is division of labour within the home and that women equally should be going out to work as men .
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