Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] probably have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he was n't a successful boxer , Mo would probably have been doing ten years for something or other now , ’ reckoned Tony Burns , Hope 's former coach from the Repton club . |
| 2 | If the calls of the CBI and others for such a cut had not been so loud , the pound would probably have been stronger still , making it possible to cut rates even sooner , and by more . |
| 3 | Kingfisher says that even if there had been no leak , the bid would probably have been launched this week . |
| 4 | In the early 1960s an American writer dubbed Karajan the conductor of ‘ mathematicians [ Bach would probably have been flattered by such an appellation ] and engineers ’ . |
| 5 | Had a serious run developed on the Bank of China in 1983 , which thankfully it did not , the result would probably have been catastrophic . |
| 6 | The Jews would probably have been expelled very soon anyway , and it is the timing , rather than the nature , of the action which was determined by Edward 's need for a subsidy from the clergy . |
| 7 | If this were correct , Aldfrith would probably have been born c . |
| 8 | Despite its elegance , the collection managed to depict an image of women so passive that the designs would probably have been snapped up by Qantas as uniforms for its air hostesses in late 1972 . |
| 9 | Exotic animals would probably have been rarities in the British arenae and even then used only for exhibition , as they would presumably have been too expensive to have suffered damage . |
| 10 | By 1988 the figure would probably have been nearer $55 million . |
| 11 | Most of the world 's supplies are shipped out through Singapore , although the stock will probably have been collected from other sources . |
| 12 | Moin , nightwatchman , was beaten for pace on the pull-shot , but no declaration came at lunch ( 480 for 5 ) , nor after a rain interruption during which 12 overs were lost , it being believed that the runs were best scored in the first innings , and England would probably have been offered the light soon after their innings commenced . |
| 13 | Only , from his beginnings , Kate 's home would probably have been something to aspire to . |
| 14 | At the time of Fahreddin Acemi 's becoming Mufti-perhaps in 844/1440–1 on Molla Yegan 's resigning his posts , but in any case not later than 848/1444 the Darulhadis would probably have been the one important medrese in Edirne founded by the reigning sultan , Murad II , since his other complex including a medrese , the Uc Serefeli , though begun in 841/1438 , was not completed until 851/1447 . |
| 15 | But the protests could probably have been avoided altogether had officials been sensitive to Tibetan worries . |
| 16 | English applicants were twice as likely to be selected , and this difference would probably have been greater had we carried out the full study and been able to include posts in teaching hospitals . |
| 17 | Workers would probably have been less inclined to support them if their protests had met with reasoned discussion rather than tear gas . |
| 18 | Er my Lord er the second observation I make about erm Mr opinion erm and the facts upon which it is based is that his opinion is hotly disputed er , not least because of what it would be submitted is the highly speculative nature of this enterprise er , when you are being asked to consider with the benefit of hindsight , whether or not a business entered into some eighty years ago , was likely to have failed and er it is also an exercise which in my submission is entirely irrelevant if your Lordship would find the basis of compensation which I contend for is the one because the logic of not having to become involved in any investigation of whether or not this business would probably have been unsuccessful in any event . |
| 19 | This community is cultivated land and grasses will probably have been sown . |
| 20 | His name would probably have been ‘ Shiney ’ or ‘ Stainey ’ and he would have had an apron that was so stiff with shellac that it stood up on its own . |
| 21 | If the Duke had been caught speeding today … his fine would probably have been something like seven hundred pounds . |
| 22 | Their contact will probably have been very superficial , and immediate reactions , especially on meeting severely handicapped people for the first time , ones of alarm . |
| 23 | Their advice should probably have been to go down the High Street to a large newsagents and buy one or more magazines devoted to the PC and read up on the subject . |
| 24 | Its impact could probably have been even greater but it ceased to become available to students by 1980 and this was unfortunate when many much less meritorious texts have soldiered on ! |
| 25 | THE FIRST meeting between President Bill Clinton of the United States and the Prime Minister , John Major , in Washington on Wednesday would probably have been a rather strained encounter a week or two ago . |
| 26 | ( If mortality rates for the age group 20–24 could have been calculated , the nadir would probably have been in that age class ) . |
| 27 | Playing United at their own game would probably have been fatal , the way they are playing at the moment . |
| 28 | In the test question with a calendar provided , the number of days in July was not given ; the success rates would probably have been higher had this information been given . |
| 29 | Unless and until scientists come up with a better way , the drug would probably have be administered by a catheter permanently inserted into the brain , a method currently used in treatments for inoperable brain cancer . |
| 30 | If speculation had been restricted to these traditional fields then the effect on the overall price level would probably have been relatively insignificant , since the feed-through effects to other goods would have been modest . |