There were game-saving tackles in back alleys, unlikely hunches that flowered into leads, plenty of scenes involving serendipitous breakthroughs and a microscope.
Of late, big oil companies have found plenty of gas.Not only have breakthroughs in technology opened up America's shale beds, but advances in drilling in very deep water have dramatically changed exploration in the sea.
And of course, ultimately, there are incurable or difficult to cure diseases and thus plenty of patients who might benefit from scientific breakthroughs in regenerative medicine providing them with new hope.
He did a PSA and I was like, 'You know what, I'm just going to talk about how I have one too, and it's totally fine.' " Plenty of moments on the new album feel like breakthroughs, too.
With West Brom earlier beating Norwich , the game matched the Premier League's two bottom sides and at times it showed, with plenty of endeavour but little quality to make further breakthroughs.
Got through plenty of work as per usual, but rarely threatened a breakthrough despite Dortmund's weakened defence - and missed a great chance from Robben's cross in the first half.
Negotiators who recently were proclaiming the necessity of a breakthrough in Hong Kong now claim that there is plenty of time to strike deals in 2006.
But there are still plenty of opportunities for the United States and China to coordinate policies to initiate a major breakthrough on global issues, whether it's climate change or counterterrorism.
There were plenty of actual scientists at the Hearst Building for the presentation of the 2011 Breakthrough Awards from Popular Mechanics.
Leicester continued to see plenty of ball in the Wasps 22, but their frustration at a lack of a breakthrough was summed up when Williams hurriedly belted a drop goal wide of the posts.
