Example sentences of "[adj] be probably true [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was probably true of Southampton , towards the middle of Henry VIII 's reign , although the city 's decline may have been foreshadowed by earlier events . |
| 2 | The lunar surface is also depleted in moderately volatile substances , and the same is probably true of Mercury . |
| 3 | The same is probably true of breach of contract but once we move outside the area of wrongs which are civilly actionable in damages the law becomes more uncertain . |
| 4 | Connally conveyed a defeatist air , commenting that he feared that the communists would overrun Korea and the same was probably true of Taiwan . |
| 5 | The same was probably true of Gloucester 's steward in the region , Sir Robert Chamberlain of Capel and Gedding ( Suff. ) , who had been a knight of the king 's body since the mid 1460s . |
| 6 | The same was probably true of Gloucester 's steward in the region , Sir Robert Chamberlain of Capel and Gedding ( Suff. ) , who had been a knight of the king 's body since the mid 1460s . |