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

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1 Fears were expressed by some of those present that the Government emphasis — and funding — would be concentrated on practical research for which there might be some profitable return rather than on basic research which carried less obvious spin-offs .
2 There might be some useful finds . ’
3 I concluded that there might be some good after all in the Common Market .
4 And then you thought well no , no it would n't because , and why would n't it , er but on the other hand there might be some good things about it and what were they ,
5 There might be some spare cash floating around since it 's getting near the end of the year . ’
6 However , we can not exclude the possibility that there might be some other form of matter , distributed almost uniformly throughout the universe , that we have not yet detected and that might still raise the average density of the universe up to the critical value needed to halt the expansion .
7 Except that in that case Timmy would n't be Timmy , and the thought that there might be no Timmy , that there might be some other person altogether occupying his space in the world , fills me with terror , as if I had looked out of the bedroom window and found the solid earth beneath the house had disappeared .
8 He studied her warrant card intently , as though there might be some real doubt about her identity , and then returned it to her without even the glimmer of a smile .
9 done so , I mean and as part of that you could ask questions about whether , you know there might be some longer-term placement you could do or something .
10 Yes , but there might be some important differences that we would want to bring up , which we , we perhaps could take a bit further .
11 erm There are indications that in perhaps twenty years ' time that there might be some novel applications of lasers .
12 Although they are naked in their latest pictures , the images are as oblique as ever , and George merely shrugs , ‘ If everybody else has to be , why not us ? ’ , when it 's suggested there might be some special significance involved .
13 Mr Airlie conceded that there might be some residual animosity towards the electricians but he did not envisage any problems in taking the union into the TUC .
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