Example sentences of "probable that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems probable that it was not until the doubling in the size of crowds between the wars that the ‘ rough ’ as opposed to the ‘ respectable ’ working class was fully represented as a proportion of the total population . |
| 2 | There was , however , a senior general , Catroux , representing the Free French in Egypt at the time , and it is more probable that it was he who interviewed Stirling . |
| 3 | It is probable that it was during the period which is termed the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ that the first primitive acts of homage or deference to a ‘ god ’ occurred , and if this were so it could be an indication that the need for a ‘ god ’ is fundamental to the civilising process . |
| 4 | An MC200 pilot claimed one Hurricane damaged , and it is probable that it was these fighters , rather than Bf109s , which attacked Laubscher and/or Pain subsequent to their fight with the biplanes . |
| 5 | It is extremely probable that it was one of the many plants brought over to Britain by the Roman occupationary army to remind the legionaries , while they shivered in the damp foggy cold , of the warmth and dryness they had left behind at home . |