Example sentences of "[modal v] be [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Williams argues in this issue that there should be scope for a third verdict ( in addition to ‘ guilty ’ or ‘ not guilty ’ of abusing market power ) , where the market situation , though not the firms ' conduct , is not conducive to competition or economic efficiency , and on this basis is to be declared to be against the public interest . |
| 2 | Cook believed that there might be evidence for a ‘ young Earth ’ in the fundamentalist sense of literal biblical interpretation , due to the presence of helium-3 in the atmosphere in quantities whose origins are hard to understand unless they are from fusion . |
| 3 | If they still wanted to expand their original business there are other ways of doing so : there might be scope for a small hotel at L'Auberge , for instance , or for outside catering around Chelmslow , or they might even capitalize on George 's knowledge of French wines by setting up an off-licence and specialist wine importation business . |
| 4 | There was a feeling in the air that it might be time for a change . |
| 5 | But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’ |
| 6 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 7 | So it 'll be time for a cup of tea |
| 8 | so it 'll be time for a cup of tea |
| 9 | Um now um getting on to the next bit of the handout erm I 'll just do this next couple of paragraphs and then and then it 'll be time for a break for ten minutes or so . |
| 10 | But after four years on Blue Peter , it could be time for a move . |
| 11 | She merely suggested there 'd be time for a game of spillikins before supper . |
| 12 | This may be evidence for a previously unrecognized phase of humid climate in Kenya . |
| 13 | For example , there may be evidence for a sequence of buildings being constructed and going out of use over a long period of time . |
| 14 | If the housing market is some kind of barometer for the rest of the economy , it may be time for a mile sigh of relief . |
| 15 | I could get him watched , and that would be evidence for a divorce . ’ |
| 16 | He had hoped there would be time for a quick cup of tea but it was n't to be . |
| 17 | She calculated that there would be time for a quick dip before afternoon tea , which Juliette normally served at a quarter to four . |
| 18 | The frame of reference for all this ferment in the official mind remained the idea of the Commonwealth , which during the war received an impetus from the need to show the Americans , in words if not in deeds , that there would be room for a British empire in the brave new post-war world , and also from the genuine idealism stimulated in some British imperialists — as it had been stimulated in the previous war — by a desire to distinguish themselves from the Germans and their imperial ambitions . |
| 19 | First , there always has been and always will be room for a small shopkeeper with a bright idea . |