Example sentences of "there might be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This highlights an important implication of establishing the SEM although there might be net gains to be reaped this does not mean that all participants in the process experience benefits . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In some cases , there might be reasonable grounds for the objection ; for instance , German — in has traditionally been used to denote the wife of the man with the title , and it is not surprising that women who hold positions in their own right prefer to make that clear . |
| 4 | This led some writers to suspect that the Third World , like the First World , was not of a piece , but that there might be substantial differences of kind as well as the obvious differences of degree between countries . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There might be specific things that you want to check around the fieldwork like the number of respondents er , the type of respondents . |
| 7 | On the other hand , as mentioned in Chapter 6 , there might be primordial black holes with a very much smaller mass that were made by the collapse of irregularities in the very early stages of the universe . |
| 8 | Did the subject of the know-how fund and the question whether there might be Russian secondees to British financial , legal and insurance firms as part of the effort arise ? |
| 9 | One can also consider the possibility that there might be black holes with masses much less than that of the sun . |
| 10 | Whilst there might be certain advantages to be gained from the inclusion of a broader range of aggravating features in the higher categories , these are probably outweighed by the complexity this would produce . |
| 11 | The elections of 1906 and 1910 had shown the danger to the Unionist party from a Liberal-Labour alliance on class lines ; the budget of 1909 had shown how far that alliance might threaten the social base on which Unionism itself rested ; and the encroachments of the syndicalists suggested that there might be dangerous forces yet to be released . |
| 12 | Canvassing on his behalf appears to have indicated , however , that many MPs would remain loyal to the Prime Minister in a first ballot , switching only in a second when , of course , there might be additional candidates . |
| 13 | Never does it occur to him that there might be good reason to dispute his proposals . |
| 14 | However , if it is thought that the joint tenancy might be severed ( and there might be good matrimonial or tax planning reasons for this ) it is preferable to include the enlargement of powers as in Precedent 34 for otherwise the trustees of the conveyance may not have power to mortgage or charge the property ( see Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 , s8 ) . |
| 15 | But this is an unimaginative conclusion , for there might be other relationships revealed when the oppressive or shielding stone is lifted and taken away ; even if the family — parents and children — will certainly be there . |
| 16 | In families without a surviving grandparent there might be other relatives to take the part . |
| 17 | Some of the transactions the Crown sought to rely on were not at arm 's length and might therefore be of no assistance , but there might be other transactions which had taken place between parties who were genuinely trying to strike an open market value , and there was no reason why such cases should be ignored . |
| 18 | I do not think it wrong for a man to open his eyes , look around him and consider that there might be other roads upon which to travel . ’ |
| 19 | The idea of two particles so near in mass was troubling for some people and made them wonder if some misinterpretations had occurred ; in particular Patrick Blackett , another Nobel Laureate , raised a question as to whether there might be other explanations of the pion decay . |
| 20 | It occurred to me that there might be other readers who also ran the program and were confused with the results they obtained . |
| 21 | Ideally he should have indicated to them that there might be other reasons for failing to reply , other than guilt . |
| 22 | There might be other solutions open to organisations facing similar pressures ( one , " cooperative production " , is somewhat idealistically proposed by Piore , 1986 ) , but using temporary workers was probably the easiest to put into effect . |
| 23 | But there might be other solutions . |
| 24 | If , on the other hand , someone had dragged his unconscious body after slugging him with Dora 's missing golf-club , there might be other shreds of cloth lying about . |
| 25 | There was always the possibility that there might be other places , beyond the limits of the known , which were inhabited by the unnatural monsters of fable . |
| 26 | Of course , there might be other forms of intelligent life , not dreamed of even by writers of science fiction , that did not require the light of a star like the sun or the heavier chemical elements that are made in stars and are flung back into space when the stars explode . |
| 27 | Besides , he was beginning to guess that there might be other games , and if so , he would like to know . |
| 28 | But there might be other , more dangerous examples of his getting personal , and with people who are not so well balanced . |
| 29 | ‘ There is no suggestion we will waive the clause and if an exception was made in this case there might be other companies who have already sold who would see it as a special dispensation for Caldaire , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 30 | We have been lucky but there might be other people who will not be . ’ |