Example sentences of "there be [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agnellus of Ravenna begins by stressing the large size of Lothar 's army and Lothar 's personal valour ( " had there been ten men like him on his side , the empire would never have been divided " ) . |
| 2 | There are 16 clauses in that extract ( excluding comment clauses , ) , more or less , and five or six hedges — that 's about one in three . |
| 3 | Now there are 18 ways in which the offence of handling may be committed : see Nicklin [ 1977 ] 2 All ER 444 ( CA ) — there is only one crime but several ways of committing it . |
| 4 | There are 3.56 Superintendents to every Chief Superintendent ; less than one Chief Inspector to every Superintendent ; 5.5 Inspectors to every Chief Inspector ; over 2.5 Sergeants to every Inspector and 6.7 Constables to every Sergeant . |
| 5 | There are nine paintings in the sale by Gustave de Smet ( 1877-1943 ) , whose style switched from Impressionism to Expressionism around 1914 . |
| 6 | Banner and Blasingame ( 1988 ) suggest that there are nine stages in this development : |
| 7 | There are nine species of skunks with a combined range that covers nearly all of North , Central and South America . |
| 8 | ‘ There are nine trainees in total out of a department of 42 qualified solicitors . |
| 9 | There are eighteen species of penguin worldwide , all confined to the southern hemisphere . |
| 10 | There are eighteen seats in nine rows , including the pilot . |
| 11 | There are 20,000 varieties of wild daisy alone . |
| 12 | If there are two signatories on the cheque you 've got ta have two signatories on the er banker 's order . |
| 13 | But the other thing that you have to er be erm very clear about is er on on the monetary side is if there are two signatories to the cheque , right ? both of them need to have signed it . |
| 14 | On average in a meeting there are two answers to every question ( the actual figures are 15 per cent for seeking clarification and 29 per cent for giving clarification ) . |
| 15 | … In my view , there are two answers to this assertion . |
| 16 | There are two answers to that question . |
| 17 | Well there are two answers to that I suppose . |
| 18 | ‘ I know that water parks provide lots of people with lots of fun , but there are two others within fifty miles of here so there 's absolutely no need for another one , ’ she continued , her cheeks flaming . |
| 19 | There are two theatres at Pompeii and an amphitheatre . |
| 20 | There are two groups of tropical diseases of importance ; those that are sexually transmitted — chancroid , granuloma inguinale , and lymphogranuloma venereum , and those that , although passed on in a non-sexual fashion , are closely related to syphilis and may be confused with it . |
| 21 | In vertebrates , there are two groups of cells that show a remarkable capacity for migration — the neural crest cells and the nerve cells . |
| 22 | There are two groups of fossils that can be attributed to the Homininae , that is the African ape and human clade . |
| 23 | There are two groups of middle Miocene hominoid that have unknown relationships with the three subfamilies recognized here . |
| 24 | There are two groups of men who make our laws . |
| 25 | Suppose also that there are two groups of petrol stations . |
| 26 | However , there are two groups of women whose marital status can put them at risk of poverty in old age because of their inability to qualify for dependants ' benefits . |
| 27 | There are two groups of members in the Labour Party , something over two hundred thousand individual members , who pay an individual subscription , and the four million trade unionists , who pay through the political levy . |
| 28 | There are two changes in the pack … |
| 29 | are two there are two companies within the estates . |
| 30 | There are two trusts in my constituency that offer improved patient care and have taken on more staff . |