Example sentences of "there might be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 2.35 In claims for the death of an infant child there is rarely any actual dependency but there might be prospective loss and it is well established that prospective loss is sufficient to found a claim by the parents .
2 A spokesman for the City 's surveyors department said : ‘ There was an element of confusion after the blast because the Chamber of Shipping building had partially collapsed and we thought there might be similar damage to the Baltic .
3 Never does it occur to him that there might be good reason to dispute his proposals .
4 In other words , if precedent was followed , the package of budget cuts would be attacked piecemeal when it disappeared into the congressional maze ; even though there might be general agreement on the need to cut the budget , vested interests operating through sympathetic members could , one by one , weaken or restore specific cuts .
5 Subject presumes perceived er speaker as pr prestigious and authoritative and they perceived that there might be future interaction with him perceived his speech is more similar to their own than subjects who were told nothing about the speaker .
6 Though there might be public support for better insurance programmes , if somewhat thin , because of the stagflation-induced social policy crisis , there was no ‘ mass attention , supportive sentiment , or a willingness of governmental actors to place mental health finance prominently on the agenda ’ .
7 Nevertheless , the approach described does indicate an area in which there might be considerable expansion of the accounting function .
8 ‘ I would n't be able to live with myself if I thought there might be permanent damage . ’
9 He was dark-skinned , as if there might be Mediterranean blood in him .
10 In smaller businesses , job reviews may only take place when the time comes to decide on salary increases and there might be little consultation with the majority of members of staff .
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