Example sentences of "[noun] probably [vb base] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A classical model was produced by Penck and Bruckner in 1909 and this involved four main glaciations although it has subsequently been appreciated that the sediments on which this four-fold sequence was based represented only a small proportion of the time span , and unconformities between each successive terrace probably conceal events lost to the record regionally or locally ( Bowen , 1978 ) . |
| 2 | All readers probably assimilate Gollum early on to the now-familiar image of a ‘ drug-addict ’ , craving desperately for a ‘ fix ’ even though he knows it will kill him . |
| 3 | Polymeric forms of catechin ( condensed tannins ) are also antiulcerogenic and tannins probably inhibit pepsin by direct tannin-pepsin interactions . |
| 4 | Wright explains that these toxins probably cause diarrhoea by stimulating the phosphorylation of proteins that control sodium secretion by intestinal cells . |
| 5 | As J. Fisher ( 1954 ) and Ward and Zahavi ( 1973 ) have argued , dispersal systems based on roosts probably provide centres for information exchange whereby birds can detect contrasts in the foraging success of other individuals and follow the more successful back to good feeding patches . |
| 6 | In the Galloway there has been strong discrimination against red , to the extent that red animals have been falsely maligned as ‘ poor doers ’ , and today the red varieties probably have Devon , South Devon , Red Poll or Shorthorn blood . |
| 7 | Most illnesses probably contain elements of both , but with a preponderance of one or the other which allows us to classify them accordingly . |
| 8 | Differential inflation rates and current account disequilibria probably influence exchange rates over the medium-term , i.e. two-five years . |
| 9 | A selection of owls from Ti-N-Terirt in Morocco ( Lhote , 1970 ) includes the obvious outline of an eagle owl , top right and bottom left , and the ones with the closed face shield probably represent barn owls , although apparently the artist got confused and combined the ear tufts of the eagle owl with the facial disc of the barn owl on some of the bottom pictures . |
| 10 | There are model villages , botanic gardens , historic walks , contemporary walks , futuristic walks , which in their case probably feature can-openers , donkey-run generators and other unimaginable inventions of the space age . |
| 11 | The metals probably include chromium , manganese , cobalt , vanadium , nickel , tungsten and tantalum . |
| 12 | However , British people probably have reasons for reacting to black immigrants in this way . |
| 13 | The successive north-east facing ridges at the southern end of the spit probably record phases in the evolution of the spit and are comparable with the laterals on Scolt Head Island and Blakeney Point . |
| 14 | The concerns of older people about their future health care probably reflect beliefs about modern medicine and priorities within the medical profession . |
| 15 | But some other trends probably favour IBM — the trends towards networking and services offer new opportunities . |
| 16 | Many older women probably avoid relationships for similar reasons but , once they get over the inhibitions , it can be very reassuring to know that you are accepted , varicose veins , belly and all . |
| 17 | ‘ I think women probably want sex far more often than men think they do . |
| 18 | St Alban 's abbey is perhaps the best example , but others probably include St Andrew 's at Northover , outside the Roman town of Ilchester in Somerset , and Fordington in Dorchester . |