Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [modal v] probably " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said a ten-day system could probably be implemented ‘ fairly quickly ’ , reducing the risk factor by a factor of ten in the process . |
| 2 | A European plant will probably sell around four fifths of its total output on the European mainland , principally within the so-called Golden Triangle countries of West Germany , France , Belgium and Holland at the centre of the market . |
| 3 | Thus , a judgment that discriminates against a specific member would probably be a decision no reasonable tribunal could have taken . |
| 4 | A junior nurse would probably believe her . |
| 5 | Some of these types who went in for murder as a professional thing would probably take you to the cleaners as soon as look at you . |
| 6 | At face value , this sketch of a German soldier would probably make about £20 , but because it 's signed by Adolf Hitler it may reach well over £1,000 when it 's auctioned in Gloucester next week . |
| 7 | Your first attempts in a light breeze will probably get no further than the crosswind point . |
| 8 | More generally , a Japanese businessman would probably find them more intelligible and appealing than the liberal individualist doctrines which outwardly were claimed as the cornerstone of British management ideology . |
| 9 | Continued non-appliance or a serious breach would probably lead to a warning from the Disciplinary Committee followed maybe by ‘ a recommendation of expulsion ’ . |
| 10 | Oliver said : ‘ A real professional would probably have used a finer cord . |
| 11 | First , even if you are in Italy , expect to pay a high price for Parma ham — anything that seems a real bargain will probably not be true prosciutto crudo . |
| 12 | Although a verbal apology would probably fit the bill , the offender may feel constrained to act the fool he expects to be accused of being . |
| 13 | I reassured Mrs Jackson that a balanced diet would probably be all she 'd need . |
| 14 | In many cases this list already numbers over 100 , so correction techniques applied to such a long list would probably take too long to be worthwhile implementing , and the results from such techniques would produce many more candidates which would all have to be processed through the remaining stages of the recognition system . |
| 15 | When the reality is that a cottage pie housing a six-year-old ingredient could probably qualify as a listed dwelling . |
| 16 | The predominant goals or objectives of the organisation : if the main purpose of an organisation is service to the community ( eg. hospitals , local government , railways , public utilities ) , a bureaucratic organisation will probably be most suitable for providing , monitoring and controlling the required level of service . |
| 17 | The heavy hand of a resident father would probably not have stopped him being suspended from school three times , once for smoking , once for swearing and once for self-confessed vandalism ( breaking a rival basketball team 's scoreboard because they played dirty , for which he took a part-time job to pay for the damage ) . |
| 18 | While a feminist linguistics will probably want to make strategic use of all these responses , it is this last one , in my opinion , that is most radical theoretically , and most resistant to the danger that research into male/female differences will be co-opted to serve the existing sexist system . |
| 19 | A small company will probably focus its attention on each artist 's project more than a major label . |
| 20 | The 12 inch single is available ( at varying prices ) in many record shops across the region , and if you like good and honest rock , catching a live performance would probably be a good idea . |
| 21 | Secondary sources for A level essays will probably be the work of historians . |
| 22 | Full football kit for a discerning 10-year-old will probably cost parents about £40 . |
| 23 | A Marxist writer would probably identify this group as the first stirrings of a black petit bourgeoisie . |
| 24 | These last two factors introduce an element of randomness which means that a predictive theory would probably be impossible to construct , assuming that was what one wanted to do . |
| 25 | A new kitchen will probably cost between £5,000 and £10,000 for the average three-bedroomed home , but do n't spend more than 10 per cent of the house 's value . |
| 26 | A modern founder would probably use a centrifuge for such a complicated casting . |
| 27 | Indeed a modern zoologist would probably find that he could accept almost as much of Wilberforce 's argument as he could of Darwin 's . |
| 28 | If the number of fire engines which turned up was correlated with the amount of damage done at those fires , a positive relationship would probably be discovered . |
| 29 | If you say , ‘ Just have a go , we do n't mind if you do n't do it first time ’ , a sensitive child will probably clam up . |
| 30 | But Lebanon 's inter-communal boundaries are so porous , so criss-crossed by reciprocal interests — with , for example , East Beirut controlling most of West Beirut 's water and electricity supplies — that an economic blockade would probably require a much greater political will than the shambles which Hrawi 's ‘ legitimate ’ administration could ever muster . |