Example sentences of "be [det] [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been some concern that several teachers took tickets to sell but failed to let know whether or not they had sold them which made catering difficult . |
| 2 | Conflict of interest is rarely emphasised in the eighteenth century , however , and there can be little doubt that many customs officers held their posts for sound business reasons which had little to do with the remuneration offered by the crown . |
| 3 | But there can be little doubt that such change is not going to happen overnight . |
| 4 | There can be little doubt that such examples represent the tip of an iceberg . |
| 5 | There can be little doubt that such sentiments reinforced the laws or dooms that were proclaimed by early kings in England and reminded the king of his Christian obligations and duties . |
| 6 | There can be little doubt that some people in early Anglo-Saxon England were dealing in gold and were concerned about quality and quantity , and it does not matter if the balances were the property of foreign traders because the implication remains that transactions were taking place . |
| 7 | There can be little doubt that this sympathy and support ( of masses of nationalities for the Party ) was one of the decisive factors that determined the triumph of our party . |
| 8 | There can , therefore , be little doubt that this rose was brought to the attention of the Apprentices during their studies in the Physic Garden . |
| 9 | There can be little doubt that this fact proved influential in reducing the strength of the cavalry ( a strength which , as we have seen , was contracting because of the new requirements of war ) and of turning many who might have fought on horseback into men-at-arms who rode into battle , dismounted , and then fought on foot . |
| 10 | There can be little doubt that this explanation of internal organization is an explanation of those authoritative aspects of management in real-world firms that , earlier in this chapter , were taken to be the sine qua non of Coase 's ( 1937 ) definition of a firm . [ … ] |
| 11 | Yet there can be little doubt that this demand for equality , even though not apparent in the Neolithic case , but so insistent and widespread in all modern societies , is a direct consequence of seeing the state as the milch-mother . |
| 12 | But whatever the explanation , there can be little doubt that local spending became a target for central control . |
| 13 | There can be little doubt that any government would rapidly do so should it become politically expedient . |
| 14 | Before long , such charges became frequent … [ but ] there can be little doubt that these charges are baseless . |
| 15 | That should not be surprising , because when asked to name one favourite flower , beautiful above all others , again there can be little doubt that most people — in Britain at any rate , and whether gardeners or not — would choose the rose . |
| 16 | However , there can be little doubt that significant numbers of protestant loyalists see themselves as a distinct , almost ethnic group . |
| 17 | But there can be little doubt that French styles and French cultural patterns were a dominant influence on the art forms and patronage of English Gothic . |
| 18 | If the commercial benefits to Visa of retaining the data do not outweigh the costs of their retention then there can be little hope that such data will be accessible to historians in the future . |
| 19 | There does not seem to be much evidence that heavy discounting would actually grow the market , which shows all the signs at the moment of being pretty inelastic . |
| 20 | A similar problem exists with the interpretation of Neolithic axes ; while there can not be any doubt that glacial drift has resulted in the deposition of rocks at a considerable distance from the parent rock , it is difficult to determine the actual source of the stone in either period . |
| 21 | There is little chance that new mines will open in Britain to excavate these metals . |
| 22 | ‘ There is little doubt that financial management is an aspect of life which gives many people sleepless nights , ’ Education Minister Jeremy Hanley said at the launch in the CAB 's Belfast headquarters . |
| 23 | Whatever the differences between Protestantism and Catholicism there is little doubt that financial matters play far too important a part in their affairs . |
| 24 | While there is little doubt that endoscopic sclerotherapy provides a valuable and effective means of controlling acute variceal haemorrhage its role in the long term management of the problem remains controversial . |
| 25 | If pay settlements in the private sector continue to decelerate to 2 per cent and the underlying rate of inflation edges up to around 3.75 per cent by the end of this year when the effects of cheaper mortgages start working their way out of consumer budgets , there is little doubt that many individuals will find their real disposable incomes squeezed . |
| 26 | There is little doubt that annual inspection , maintenance and the repairing of damage in use will eliminate a high proportion of the problems arising from neglect . |
| 27 | Taking advantage of the disordered and uncertain state of things it is not surprising that some mineral " owners " felt they ought to have reward for the working of minerals on their land , and there is little doubt that legal issues could and did arise where such " illegal " mining was detected . |
| 28 | No one expected to reverse the pull of 14 years of refugee resettlement overnight , and there is little doubt that voluntary repatriation would pick up speed if the Hong Kong authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick . |
| 29 | But whatever is ultimately decided about where person , place and time deixis belong , there is little doubt that most aspects of discourse deixis and social deixis will lie outside the scope ofa truth-conditional semantics . |
| 30 | Furthermore , the value of MRI in other areas of oncology , is beginning to be recognised and there is little doubt that further advances in technology and in the development of new contrast agents will carry MRI into a new era . |