Example sentences of "probably [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In cases like newspaper delivery , they are most probably undesirable , except perhaps along the lines of occasional forays by bodies such as the Monopolies Commission . |
| 2 | That is , it is probably undesirable for co-operative R&D ventures to include all producers of a competing range of products , and two or more co-operative projects serving the same downstream industry are likely to be preferable to a single , all-inclusive project . |
| 3 | Laski suggested that it was ‘ probably undesirable ’ for law officers to be suddenly made judges and so required to act impartially . |
| 4 | As Gunn states , this situation is difficult to achieve and is probably undesirable . |
| 5 | The entrance porch on the south side and the bell tower were probably 15th century additions , and it is obvious from the stone benches in the porch that as well as church , civil business was also conducted there ! |
| 6 | Offered by past inhabitants to help guarantee their good fortune , they often turn up in old houses in this part of the world — probably unrecognised and tossed in the dustbin . |
| 7 | Zuwaya probably used marriages to create alliances with members of other lineages living in the same place , and to maintain connection with members of the same lineage living in different places , even though they did not feel the same ecological pressures as the members of the Saadi confederation . |
| 8 | There is some evidence that highly educated people recover more quickly from stroke , since they are probably used to accessing more pathways . |
| 9 | I expect Alice Fell — the real one — thought him a pompous busybody , but she was probably used to being ordered about by ‘ men of ardent humanity ’ . ) |
| 10 | Although their ancestors are native to the soft , acid waters of the Amazon , commercially available fish are happy in the conditions of most community tanks , and if yours were locally bred they are probably used to your tap water . |
| 11 | He was probably used to being spoken to by pompous individuals . |
| 12 | Mm , they 're probably used to it by now ! |
| 13 | Yeah , well they get they 're probably used to the horses actually er , dogs . |
| 14 | Stuart said the girl must have been leading Oliver on and being provocative , I said she was probably shy and terrified by these advances from her teacher , until we both realised neither of us had set eyes on the girl or knew what had happened . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's probably shy . |
| 16 | ‘ The critic , I hold , should be loyal enough to his own impressions to confess to what is probably due to his own defects . |
| 17 | The link between strength and chest development is probably due to the fact that bench pressing is the prime chest builder and is now one of the most basic of all bodybuilding exercises . |
| 18 | Probably due to the newness of our sample , this proved quite difficult to do , but by the end of the test it was getting easier , either because the sleeve was wearing in , or because we were developing the knack — you must push the sleeve right back . |
| 19 | But it is the Japanese manufacturers who have made a poor showing in the DSP arena — probably due in part to a lack of commitment and feeble marketing . |
| 20 | In 1977 , before Mrs Thatcher came to power , Gallup found that 33 per cent of voters thought that if people were poor this was probably due to their own lack of effort . |
| 21 | The shift to a more ‘ liberal ’ view on social issues and disarmament is probably due to the growth of this group and the expansion of higher education . |
| 22 | Dee estuary at Mostyn and Talacre disappointing , probably due to snow water . |
| 23 | Were he to fail he would be ashamed to show his face at home ‘ because all failure is probably due to my own indolence and lacking self-control to help myself out of day-dreaming . ’ |
| 24 | The troubles in the wheat are probably due to the ‘ terrible ’ conditions in June . |
| 25 | The Earth is an ellipsoid , probably due to its rotation . |
| 26 | In the fourth game , Harris , probably due to growing fatigue , made liberal gifts of points . |
| 27 | This was probably due either to farmers intending to hand on their asset and therefore not thinking of it as one or to younger men trying to pay off a large loan ( they also did not want to think about it ! ) . |
| 28 | Hitler 's Germany dominated Europe diplomatically , in 1938 , as never before ; this was probably due to the continued fear of Communism by most European States , to a greater extent than the fear of Hitler 's Nationalism . |
| 29 | The relatively large size of males compared to females is probably due to sexual selection also , although the value of the male , unencumbered by a baby , in the protection of a harem against predators may also favour a large body size . |
| 30 | the Victoria County History goes so far as to suggest that the early nineteenth century prosperity of Leicester , based partly on the transport of hosiery goods by canal to London was ‘ probably due in no small degree to the fact that from 1802 onwards the development of communication had largely been completed . ’ |