Example sentences of "there be a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had there been a genuine sense of Arabism during the post-war period , Aziz went on , then the Gulf States would not only have cancelled Iraq 's debts , but would also have organized a comprehensive Iraqi reconstruction plan . |
| 2 | There has certainly been a shift in the sectoral pattern of employment , but has there been a parallel shift in labour from manufacturing to services ? |
| 3 | During the 1980s rural populations have grown more slowly then they did ten years earlier and some have declined ; in contrast not only has there been a substantial slowdown in the rate of London 's population decline ( Britton 1986 ) , but it has now gone into reverse in a small way . |
| 4 | It is just conceivable that something like this might have happened had there been a Communist government in France . |
| 5 | Not only has there been a serious questioning of the principle of the licence fee , but there has also been a reassessment of the idea of scarcity in the airwaves , the idea of equality of service to all , and of the need for regulations . |
| 6 | On talking to parents , we were told that had there been a suitable provision in their own country they would not be in Budapest . |
| 7 | Only now has there been a concerted effort to abandon the tyranny of the object and the sickness of naturalism to enter within consciousness . ’ |
| 8 | The " vast majority " of such attacks , however , had been committed by local groups based in Turkey , Greece , Lebanon and Peru , with no known links to Iraq ; in only one attack , in Manila on Jan. 19 [ see p. 37938 ] , had there been a direct connection with the Iraqi government . |
| 9 | Only in recent years has there been a sustained attempt by Marxist thinkers to re-examine in a thoroughgoing fashion the relation between the state , the economy and social classes , or to analyse that historical experience which reveals the emergence of a new type of authoritarian state from the revolutionary process itself or from the centralized control of a socialist economy . |
| 10 | One senior official of the European Commission said recently that , had there been a common Community defence policy , it would have committed forces to the Gulf . |
| 11 | Never before had there been so savage a fiscal squeeze ; not since the thirties had there been a comparable increase in unemployment , now approaching 3 million . |
| 12 | We can only speculate on what might have been had there been a full-hearted commitment to PR and a working agreement with the Lib Dems . |
| 13 | As government has expanded so has there been an increasing need to coordinate the administrative side of the state machine . |
| 14 | Only once , last autumn , had there been an unnerving lift , a well-dressed man in a Mercedes , who had wanted Luke to drive on towards Devon with him , had offered him dinner and a night at a hotel , had put his hand high up on Luke 's thigh , and been altogether menacing . |
| 15 | One stockbroking source said last night : ‘ There are a certain number of people who have already said : ‘ Listen , if I 'm going to get clobbered , I would rather be transferred , or maybe I could find someone else who can transfer me . ’ |
| 16 | There are a certain number of tax barriers to selling UK unit trusts in the EC : ( Yearbook 1990 ) . |
| 17 | There 's a thing , because there are a terrible lot of things I do n't like at all of Picasso 's for instance , his versions of ‘ Las Meniñas ’ . |
| 18 | He described Chelsea as a little village a couple of miles from London where the Thames ran between nurseries and market gardens , ‘ of which there are a frightful number ’ . |
| 19 | There are a similar number of natural products known today , most of which are called by trivial names , or as derivatives of a trivially named substance . |
| 20 | There are a continuous set of possibilities in between , and the particular design chosen is a matter of judgement . |
| 21 | However , it is known that for a number of avionic items removed there are a varying number of components which are subsequently diagnosed as ‘ no fault found ’ . |
| 22 | erm in the first place there are no bylaws restricting the display of posters in Harlow erm there are however town planning er restraints on and indeed there are a recognised number of sites which can be used for that purpose . |
| 23 | It seems indisputable that there are a tiny minority of pupils whose behaviour is so disturbing that mainstream schools are unable to cope , in the present circumstances , with the manifestations of this behaviour . |
| 24 | There are a wide variety of activities on offer , including cycling . |
| 25 | Walking : There are a wide variety of walks to be had , from very gentle to very strenuous , depending entirely on what you want . |
| 26 | There are a wide variety of project based experiments to draw on when devising a pattern of services geared to the needs of marginalised groups : they include ‘ sick bay ’ services for homeless and rootless people ; services provided by salaried general practitioners or community nurses for families in bed and breakfast accommodation ; interpretation and advocacy for people from ethnic minorities ; and outreach teams for substance misusers and street and hostel dwellers with mental health problems . |
| 27 | Even the band of wavelengths that we share with other animals may create very different impressions , for there are a wide variety of eye designs in the natural world . |
| 28 | There are a wide variety of well-capitalised firms and investment banks ready to contemplate entry . |
| 29 | There are a wide range of plants which will be perfect for planting on sloped beds . |
| 30 | There are a wide range of finishes which can be used after the preparation process is complete . |