Example sentences of "it is probably not [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is probably not coincidental that there exists these two areas of human interest , namely , the areas of religion on the one hand and that of the healing power of the mind on the other , where there is a similar absence of that clear-cut knowledge or faith the attainment of which is so sought after .
2 It is probably not accidental that the most famous and widely discussed paranoiac of modern psychiatric literature , Schreber , had a father who seems to have approximated rather closely to the divine monarchs of earlier times and certainly practised a regime of child-rearing which was notable not only for its authoritarianism but also for its central concern for the welfare of the child , who was to be protected from harmful influences , bad habits and incorrect posture by rigidly enforced and total parental control , which even included applying iron and leather braces and restraints to the child 's body .
3 Whilst what is meant by ‘ organised backlash ’ is never made clear , it is probably not unreasonable to infer that it implies that it occurred after 1968 and within a limited historical period .
4 It is probably not accurate to regard the employer 's duty as a series of separate obligations but rather as a single duty to take reasonable care for the safety of employees .
5 Given this , it is probably not surprising that even where qualifications were stipulated , the requirement was not rigidly enforced .
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