Citations:there be

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  1. to exist, physically or abstractly
    • 1749, Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, J. Baskerville, page 8:
      If there be any thing ILL in the Univerſe from Deſign, then that which diſpoſes all things, is no one good deſigning Principle.
    • 1857, Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The Living Age, Living Age Co., page 155:
      Let there be a reward offered of so much per head for dead rats, and let there be one person in each parish appointed to pay for the same.
    • 1907, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, J.B. Lippincott, Co., page 627:
      Unless there be some lesion of the stomach, there is no blood, either microscopic or occult.
    • 1988, John S. Doskey, William Maclure, The European Journals of William Maclure, →ISBN, page 204:
      There ought to be representation on the broad basis of population and public discussion with open doors and free debate. . . . Nor should there be any constraint upon the opinions of any of the members of the Diet or upon their right of publishing them, even though such would meet with opposition from without.
    • 1996, Diane Meyers, Disaster Response and Recovery: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals, →ISBN, page 75:
      There may be people with drug or alcohol problems who may go into withdrawal.
    • 1999, Christopher Shays, Anthrax Immunization Program, “Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relationsof the Committee on Government Reform”, →ISBN, page 35:
      I just want to know the truth, you are expressing your concerns, but I also want there to be some candor between us.
    • 2000, Yung Sik Kim, The Natural Philosophy of Chu Hsi (1130-1200), DIANE, page 25:
      When he said, “There is no li for this,” or questioned, “How could there be li for this?” it meant that “this” could not exist or take place or that “this” was not possible.
    • 2003, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism, →ISBN, page 74:
      The Vedas say, “Let there be no neglect of Truth. Let there be no neglect of dharma. Let there be no neglect of welfare. Let there be no neglect of properity. Let there be no neglect of study and teaching. Let there be no neglect of the duties to the Gods and the ancestors.”
    • 2007, Richard N. Aufmann et al., Basic College Mathematics, An Applied Approach, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, Student Support Edition, edition 8, illustrated, page 393:
      For there to be 25, 26, or 27 matchsticks in the pile at A’s turn, there must be 24 matchsticks at B’s turn.
    • 2011, Roland Joffé (writer & director), There Be Dragons, (film), Mount Santa Fe (production company)