Example sentences of "[ex0] might [adv] [be] a " in BNC.

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1 Parents in my constituency are anxious that teachers should be properly remunerated because teachers with low morale are bad teachers , and they are particularly concerned that there might just be a slight possibility of a Labour Government next year , with a resultant cut in teachers ' real pay , as happened when Labour was last in office .
2 There might even be a case for a standardised calculator to be used in all A , AS and GCSE examinations nationally .
3 The only snag is : ‘ Nobody asked if the families wanted to do it , or even could : nobody seriously studied the extent to which there might even be a family ’ ( Whitehorn , 1987 ) .
4 There might even be a piano in the working-class parlour hinting at ‘ affluence ’ , and the bicycle boom of the 1890s enlarged the mobility of many people — as did the new transport system of the tram .
5 The applicants in the main proceedings stated in that connection that there were ‘ traditional communities ’ of fishermen resident in the United Kingdom which there might arguably be a case for protecting by a requirement relating to the residence of the crew or ‘ operators ’ of fishing vessels .
6 There might also be a very few closures , it said .
7 There might also be a departmental or other code in the centre of the key , and we might obtain all the records in three areas starting with numbers such as 03 , 05 or 07 if the choice of storage address is unfortunate .
8 Two men in army clothes — possibly my two — could be seen about the camp from time to time , and Balfour thought that there might also be a third .
9 There might also be a suggestion of a pause in the confrontation as each side enjoys the tensing of the muscles that precedes an actual clash .
10 Accordingly , the tenant should be required to supply regular certificates of his turnover , and there might also be a provision for the payment of interest on rent in case of delay in supplying them .
11 There might well be a knife on a dark stair for me !
12 I decided that there might well be a few odd cancer cells lurking about that my immune system had n't spotted or had been too demoralized to deal with — and anyway , was n't I , like everyone else , making thousands of cancer cells every day ?
13 There might well be a guard at its door also , but , it was to be hoped , no more alert than the rest .
14 There might well be a public library very near where he was now walking .
15 Along with the Israeli melons , the Swaziland avocados , and the Kenya asparagus of present-day classy restaurants there might well be a place for Mediterranean tomatoes .
16 And if , for instance , on-the-spot execution were to be introduced for parking on a double yellow line , there might well be a significant reduction in the rate of illegal parking .
17 The posing of this kind of question suggests that there might well be a way of analysing science , its aims and its mode of progress , that focuses on features of science itself , irrespective of what individuals or groups might think .
18 Just as there might well be a dozen little Cara Adeanes waiting up there .
19 On a general revision , there might well be a case for extending that distance in view of the development of the central area which has taken place since the six miles was first established .
20 There might too be a difference between a town drunk and a country drunk .
21 There might then be a further danger that the instructions will be ignored , leading to even greater disorder .
22 I do have a question and , and it has n't made , that has n't made it particularly clear as to where we are , you hinted that , and I think that was also seconded here that there might now be a post of some kind to carry on for instance the thing that I 'm particularly worried about is that there 's a sort of hiatus in the heartbeat awards , which I think would be a tragedy if that happened , and I want to be absolutely sure that that is , is n't so .
23 Today it is probably extinct , although there might still be a few around St Brieuc .
24 DEC , on the other hand , which has been having COSE talks at both the strategic and technical levels , feels there might still be a few loose ends to tie up , some of them perhaps circulating around the ‘ Process Paper ’ that is expected to be made public soon .
25 DEC , on the other hand , which has been having COSE talks at both the strategic and technical levels , feels there might still be a few loose ends to tie up , some of them perhaps circulating around the ‘ Process Paper ’ expected to be made public soon .
26 Rose would you consider a man , I 've got an idea there might still be a possibility of Mr
27 There might still be a chance of escape .
28 On a groan and a sigh as men are supposed to attain their pleasure and then — as she remembered from her one other experience — there came his reluctance to move away from her , her panic urgency to be free of him while there might still be a chance that no damage had been done .
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