"might be apparent" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when something can be inferred or deduced from a situation, or when something seems obvious. For example, "The stranger's identity might be apparent from the way she is dressed."
Treasury officials say they have more money left in the rescue fund than might be apparent.
A kind of love and a kind of dream, deeper than might be apparent, must run through Runyon's writing to make it sing so well.
In short, although Mr. Romney has some strengths in February, he also has more vulnerabilities in some of these states than might be apparent on the surface.
In Manhattan in 2011, one took the rare step of removing Mr. Rankin as the defense lawyer in a case, saying his delays over two and a half years had "wreaked much more havoc than might be apparent".
To a minority of viewers, who watch the proceedings unfiltered on, say, C-Span, which is supplying the pool coverage, or on one of the cable networks that will often be concentrating on the stage, the gist of the Republican story might be apparent.
Purves is capable of interviewing Norwegian contortionist Captain Frodo, whose speciality is to squeeze himself through two tennis rackets, in a genuine spirit of inquiry, rather than in a spirit of taking the piss - which I am afraid might be apparent if others of us were presenting.
"But there are several ways the airlines can proceed to accomplish the necessary checks, and they might or might not be apparent to someone observing the security checkpoint".
The authors suggested that heightened sensitivity to emotional expression might only be apparent in severe BPD or might develop later in the course of the disorder.
It might not be apparent just from the pilot how well "Bent" works; the romantic-comedy dynamics might seem familiar and the dialogue slick but shallow.
Now, with new names, the idea that the standards are "common" might not be apparent.
The ramifications of that decision might not be apparent for years.
