Example sentences of "[noun sg] there be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking at the 1989 BEMAS Annual Conference , Martin Davies , Director of NCC , referred back to the early gloom and outrage , but then went on to say : ‘ What is remarkable is how little dissent and how little opposition there is now the overwhelming majority have accepted the idea of a National Curriculum . ’ |
| 2 | As will travelling by car there is also the risk of breakdown and accident . |
| 3 | To the rear of the dome car there was only the Lorrimores ' private car , which I could hardly enter , so I retraced my steps , intending to retreat to my own roomette and watch the scenery do its stuff . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry , I I 've obviously misunderstood something , because I was under the impression that in this er er steering gear there is only the sixteen double O four and the six eight O seven . |
| 5 | And for apres-apres-ski there were always the lovely blonde women flown in from Madam Claudes famous establishment in Paris . |
| 6 | In winter there is always the danger of an avalanche in the Alps . |
| 7 | In the public sector there is also the added dimension of the politician-official relationship . |
| 8 | If there is a moral in the sequence of events as recounted above , it is that in penal reform there is always the potential for more influences to operate than those the planners have in mind . |
| 9 | There is sadness when such thoughts are contemplated in the material world but when the mind is turned to the transcendent there is only the emotional joy of the poignancy . |
| 10 | For a moment there was only the stillness and the boy watching , the soft soughing of the wind in the trees across the water and the faint , lulling call of pigeons in the wood . |
| 11 | His meal finished now , he stood and carried his plate and utensils to the sink , and for a moment there was only the sound of the water pump as he filled the kettle . |
| 12 | For a moment there was only the echo of his voice , then there was a sudden shuffling sound as , through one of the open doorways , appeared the black-clad figure of a grey-haired woman . |
| 13 | told you did n't he that the surplus the only way one would know there was a surplus there was when the fund was closed , when every pensioner had been paid money left . |
| 14 | At present , many new nation states are being created in Eastern Europe , and alongside this process there is also the development , perhaps , of a new kind of ‘ European nationalism ’ , about which I shall have more to say in the next chapter . |
| 15 | Family tradition attracted many Scots into the army who might have been better advised to look elsewhere , but in time of war there was always the hope that disease or wounds would carry off enough military superiors to create vacancies without purchase and permit advancement in rank . |
| 16 | ‘ If we can get them interested in the source of the sound there is then the chance that we gently lead them out into deeper water . |
| 17 | To my knowledge there was never the slightest justification for this discreditable course of conduct ; nor was it employed by the reputable members of the Opposition . |
| 18 | We are all familiar with quantative overload ( too much to do in too little time ) , but for those involved in credit there is also the stress caused by having to cope with an environment where , very often , the credit function is not understood and usually underfunded . |
| 19 | And now in the firelight there is only the best of music to play . |
| 20 | After all , despite the joys of companionship , in any close relationship there is usually the debit side , the compromises and sacrifices that are often made to fit in with another person 's wishes and way of life . |
| 21 | People used all sorts of tricks and various types of equipment but here in this silent building there was just the pig , Lord Hulton and me . |
| 22 | Law Lords , my Lord in addition there is also the continental television er case , which is at tab five of your Lordship supplementary er bundle . |
| 23 | In the present there is only the attention of the soul by means of which the future becomes the past , and only when the constant diminishing of the future of the sound has made it entirely past can the mind measure it in terms of some preconceived standard . |
| 24 | Erm Heathrow has a massive impact on local roads already , thirty six million passengers a year arrive by road and of course there 's also the airport staff and freight implications . |
| 25 | ’ ‘ Course there 's always the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 26 | In January nineteen forty , a scientist named Charles Barrell , er was examining that portrait , not as an art historian , but scientifically , and of course there 's always the question with portraits of what might be under it , because er canvas was very very expensive and people did n't waste materials then as they do now , because they were in relatively short supply , good painting canvas . |
| 27 | Firms thus benefit from a solid investor base , and of course there is not the problem of high levels of gearing as with the LGS . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course there is always the risk that other bidders will decide to go along to the DTI and offer to drill more wells than us , or deeper ones , perhaps in the manner of a loss-leader . |
| 29 | Of course there are always the one-off wonders , but it 's the guys who do it consistently who impress me . |
| 30 | In those days Leeds used to be on telly quite a bit but of course there was not the coverage of every game as now . |