Example sentences of "this be probably the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , sales and industry standards are not always compatible in the computer world — and the Americans may be reluctant to fall into line , ‘ This is probably the first time that the Americans have adopted a European standard , ’ says Dave Garnett of the Cambridge software firm CIS . |
| 2 | This is probably the first time that someone who was acquainted with the central figure of such an enterprise has taken part in its creation : as if Tim Rice had known Eva Peron . |
| 3 | This is probably the first Windows Application that we 've reviewed where you could lock away the manual , a great on-screen help system helps both the novice or experienced user . |
| 4 | ‘ This is probably the first time a lot of these artists have exhibited their work and it made our job even harder having to eliminate pieces to decide on the final winners . |
| 5 | THIS is probably the first view of Ford 's flashy new flyer that other drivers will get … as it zooms past . |
| 6 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 7 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
| 8 | Okay good now this is probably the first real go at doing pie charts that you 've had is n't it ? |
| 9 | The imminence of the Premier League means that this is probably the last time the famous old knockout tournament will be played while some degree of financial equality exists between the present First and Second divisions . |
| 10 | This is probably the last of what can be described as a traditional Farnborough year , although many of the old faces were disappearing , many new faces were emerging too . |
| 11 | This was probably the first successful application of the crank to a steam engine in order to produce rotary motion . |
| 12 | She stood there a moment , looking out across the pre-dawn darkness of the spaceport , barely conscious of the passengers pushing by , knowing that this was probably the last view she would ever have of City Europe — the City in which she had spent her whole life . |