Example sentences of "[noun sg] probably [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public service broadcasting probably can not survive in the market-place and it therefore needs financial , political , and cultural support . |
| 2 | If either the elections or the crisis had come in 1947 , then the contradiction probably would not have mattered . |
| 3 | No details on coherence of the supersecret X-ray laser demonstrated two years ago at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been reported in public , but it seems that that device probably would not have generated coherent output for similar reasons |
| 4 | Her husband probably would not like ugly scarlet splashes added to his careful colouring . |
| 5 | Note however that even this clause does contain some exceptions to allow either for nominated sub-contractors or sub-contracting customary in the trade , since , in practice , the seller probably will not perform every part of the contract himself . |
| 6 | However , he was persuaded to stay in England when he considered that his poor state of health probably would not have allowed him to survive the hardship of a long sea voyage in those days . |
| 7 | Their good fortune probably will not last . |
| 8 | In a world of TV , anonymous journalism probably could not have survived : when we see a face , we want a name ( besides , print journalists were needed as guests on TV current affairs shows ) . |
| 9 | Mikkelborg 's composition probably would not stand up without Davis , but then it was not designed to . |
| 10 | While short , fast snap punches delivered by the front fist may work , a tired referee probably will not score them . |