Example sentences of "[pron] will probably [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most experts advise that if you have made up your mind to stop smoking , you will probably stand a better chance of being successful if you can go ‘ cold turkey ’ — in other words , stop smoking all at once . |
| 2 | Like all prisoners of circumstance , you will probably reflect a good deal on the whole subject of ‘ time ’ and of its strange habits of hanging , dragging , or running out too quickly , but if you decide to use and dominate it , instead of allowing it to dominate you , you will inevitably come to the conclusion that it is only wasted if it is thrown away , never when it is offered freely , as a gift of love . |
| 3 | If you came to this country after 1948 as an adult , your working life still started at 16 , so you will probably have a reduced pension . |
| 4 | Oh sorry erm we are expect the business this year to break even it broke even last year , erm and the reason for that is that we have expanded business very rapidly , last year we had only thirty five stores this year we 'll have fifty and we will probably have a similar sort of expansion programme for next year . |
| 5 | As we go into the south we are just going to conduct a rent reduction , interest reduction campaign and we , we will then aim to consolidate that position and at some stage we will then move forward into land reform again , but to do that we will probably need a new land law because we 're recognizing the old agrarian land law is , is inappropriate , absolute egalitarianism is now dead in a sense of as erm it 's sort of saying that , that as Mao is arguing in May forty eight , May forty eight that absolute egalitarianism is wrong . |
| 6 | Moving tones are more common ; if English speakers want to say ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ in a definite , final manner they will probably use a falling tone — one which descends from a higher to a lower pitch . |
| 7 | Whilst oil barons may be prepared to suffer this while oil is in relatively short supply , they will probably adopt a different attitude if demand falls , and this could come about in many ways — perhaps by substantial on-shore reserves being discovered elsewhere in the world . |
| 8 | The UK Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , described the ruling as " grossly offensive and totally unjustified " and claimed that " such a judgment will encourage terrorists to the view that they will probably find a safe haven in Ireland " . |
| 9 | ‘ It will probably take a few more days before we know the source , but it would be up to the Disciplinary Committee to decide whether it will be made public , ’ he said . |
| 10 | He will probably show a few signs of wear and tear , but as long as your vet recommends purchase he could be a good buy . |
| 11 | If he is lucky , he may get one of the party heavyweights to come and support him , in which case he will probably attract a bigger crowd . |
| 12 | If you are eventing rather than hunter trialling and the horse is standing in the horsebox between phases , he is likely to ‘ go off the boil ’ and although he should not require work as such , he will probably need a sharp canter and four or five practice jumps before he is ready to go . |
| 13 | If there is a sound business reason for the change and your employer has observed the principles of good industrial relations practice , including full consultation with you and consideration of possible alternative courses , prior to taking action , he will probably have a good defence . |