Delayed subjects result when the verb precedes the subject (an inverted sentence). In such sentences, the true (delayed) subject must agree with the verb.
There are many interesting stops along the way.
There can be no smoking on the bus.
(Stops and smoking are the subjects of these sentences, not there.)
(From Write for Business, page 261, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 73)
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