Example sentences of "probably [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molecular evidence is also consistent with the early appearance of coelenterates ( cnidarians and ctenophores ) , but probably not independently of other metazoans . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , I had to accept that she was probably not consciously aware of the true nature of her feelings . |
| 3 | What to do if disorientation does occur : Since temporary mild disorientation is something that all pilots must learn to live with , the majority are probably not consciously aware of having to do anything . |
| 4 | The business of feeding personnel , meanwhile , is also changing , although probably not fast enough for the contractors eager to win new business . |
| 5 | The success story of the EEC was obvious on the economic front , something which was probably not just due to the favourable world conditions , important as these were . |
| 6 | Danilov , The Voice observed , had probably not even begun to contemplate his murder when Dostoevsky was shaping Raskolnikov 's . |
| 7 | Then , when the brand is hot and the brander comes up to the horse and touches it momentarily on the shoulder ( previously clipped ) , the horse will be surprised , but will probably not even move a step , providing the handler remains relaxed and reassuring . |
| 8 | The next day Boy thought about the film again , and while he still felt very approving of the woman in the film , Boy knew that the man he lived with would have disapproved very much of her whole attitude and the whole way her story had been told , would probably not even have stayed to watch the end of the film . |
| 9 | I reject the argument put forward both by Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson that the Bank of England will suffer no ‘ inconvenience ’ if they have to apply to vary an injunction before they can set the section 39 process in motion ; in most cases they will probably not even know of the existence of an injunction until after the notice is served ; and it is idle to suggest that , once this present case is decided , no similar points to those taken here by the plaintiffs will be raised in future . |
| 10 | Now he is in a world where it 's nothing to fly to the Bahamas for a conference — and for a conference that 's probably not even going to be in the Bahamas ; a world where very high-class girls ring up uninvited and try to make you feel at home . |
| 11 | A few sports shirts and a sweater will do ; and they 'll probably not even have been unpacked when you get home . |
| 12 | He did n't remember being given that form ; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place . |
| 13 | He had n't been hurt by it , probably not even insulted , but it had made him angry . |
| 14 | He had probably not even noticed her , a tall , rather too thin woman of thirty odd , with dark auburn hair . |
| 15 | His long fingers held her in a grip that Isabel knew she could not escape without hurting herself — and probably not even then . |
| 16 | He was burning up with fever , probably not even fully aware of what he was doing or saying . |
| 17 | Mace in an aerosol and probably not even ozone-friendly . |
| 18 | probably not even that high |
| 19 | If the most important thing on your agenda is number seven , you know , you 're probably not even going to get to it , because you 'll be too tired . |
| 20 | It was noted in 5.3.3 that the much-studied variable of social class appears to be a proxy variable , and in fact most linguists are probably not primarily interested in the correlation between occupation , educational level or any other social class indicator and language , but in a more general relationship between linguistic differentiation and social differentiation of which the stratification system is only a part . |
| 21 | But , to a Prime Minister already in deep trouble , yesterday 's swingeing criticism , while probably not immediately fatal , is going to leave a suppurating wound . |
| 22 | She therefore deduced that crude anthropomorphism is something which children are taught , not necessarily intentionally , in fact probably not intentionally at all , but it is something which they pick up from the comments which they hear and the deductions which they make . |
| 23 | Londoners may agree with Labour that their city ‘ is losing the confidence of the people who live and work there ’ because of its dirt , noise , congestion and crime ; but they are probably not yet convinced that voting Labour will provide the remedy . |
| 24 | He was a big man , probably not yet fifty , though going a little to seed . |
| 25 | ‘ Probably not already , ’ I said . |
| 26 | I do n't know , probably not probably but at least |
| 27 | The cost of having a large male feeding together with females and young on the same resources is probably not great given the even distribution of food and its abundance . |
| 28 | One may summarize the conclusions reached with respect to , and within the terms of , the traditional account of the Muftilik as follows : ( a ) that Fahreddin Acemi remained as Mufti , whether in Edirne or Istanbul , until his death , which occurred probably not later than 873/1468 ; ( b ) that he was succeeded by Abdulkerim , who seems likely to have resigned or been removed about 878/1473–4 ; ( c ) that Molla Husrev succeeded to the office about 878/1473–4 and held it until his death in 885/1480–1 ; ( d ) that he was succeeded by Molla Gurani in 885/1480–1 ( but cf. below , pp. 144–6 , 150 ) , who retained the office until his death in 893/1488 ; and ( e ) that Molla Arab succeeded Molla Gurani in that year and remained Mufti until his death in 901/1495–6 . |
| 29 | From evidence such as this we can build up a picture of a society in which child mortality was common ; in which many of the children who survived their first year none the less died before they were twenty , as was still the case down to the early nineteenth century ; in which a serious famine or an outbreak of disease might rapidly depopulate a whole region — and yet in which the expectation of life of those who passed twenty was probably not sensationally lower than it is today . |
| 30 | It must have been written after his return to England in January 1120 , and probably not long after this date . |