Example sentences of "[is] [adv] room [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Because there is always room for doubt , we are always left with room to inquire .
2 There is always room for improvement — few would argue that recent incentives ( immunisation targets , for example ) have not helped to produce better health for our patients .
3 While most do it effectively there is always room for improvement .
4 However , there is always room for improvement and I think the public has little idea of the enormous problems that confront us , all of us , as the parents of these children in care .
5 There is always room for improvement , not least in their tightness and body positions at the breakdown and it would be nice to see forwards hitting rucks in threes and fours rather than ones and twos .
6 Setting the objectives , then , is at least moderately straightforward , though it can be made more complex by the addition of sub-objectives relating to secondary groups of consumers , and there is always room for argument as to how much it is realistic to expect to achieve .
7 However there is still room for hope .
8 He now reads as well as other children his age , although there is still room for improvement in numeracy .
9 But there is still room for improvement .
10 I know we are in the middle of a recession , but surely there is still room for compassion .
11 While the logic of this ‘ basic needs ’ approach is appealing , there is still room for argument about precisely which needs are basic .
12 No , no there 's always room for improvement in liaison
13 ‘ One must be occupied , ’ murmured Toby , ‘ And besides , there 's always room for altruism .
14 Zeebrugge demonstrated that was not the case and there is evidence that there 's still room for improvement .
15 Was I then being unfair when I said that , you know , in my view , we still have n't totally got our act together , there 's still room for improvement , and the thing is , you see , people are travelling to other countries .
16 In civil legislation , there is clearly room for fault to be penalised if it is merely a mistake .
17 John , who will wave goodbye to his treasured motor at Sotheby 's saleroom in Billingshurst , West Sussex , said : ‘ I 'd love to keep it but there is n't room at home .
18 " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians !
19 As markers , we would be happy enough to see you argue either way as long as you recognized that there is indeed room for argument over this point .
20 ‘ But if you want concessions on the Farthingdales take-over , I 'd say there 's undoubtedly room for improvement ! ’
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