Example sentences of "[noun] probably the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the lands earlier ceded to the abbey of St Denis was the Vexin français , that natural bulwark between the French royal demesne and the now hostile Norman duchy , which had been held as a Norman fief , had formed part of Simon de Crépy 's state ( see p. 216 ) , and finally was reclaimed for the French crown by Philip I. The Vexin had had a comital family , in origin probably the advocates for the abbey ; but Philip had bypassed their claims , granting the territory to the young prince Louis , who met with such opposition in the area that it was not until 1119 that his possession was secured . |
| 2 | Gremlin probably the species most recently to enter the catalogue of supernatural beings , for it was only during the Second World War that these misty GNOME-like creatures were blamed by British and American pilots and navigators for any trouble which assailed their aircraft . |
| 3 | The mutuality and cooperativeness of the first hunting bands were also in part probably the outcome of the fact that the hunted quarry was not a member of their own species and , as such , the hunt would have been a crucial example of our species ' natural and very considerable aggression being directed away from fellow hominids on to animals . |
| 4 | On the Eurojet contract we are seeking to actually convert that to a fixed price at this stage because the programme is more advanced it is reasonable to do that er on the air frame contract probably the uncertainty and the degree of risk at this stage is too high to move to a fixed price at this point . |
| 5 | The other factor probably the way to look at that more objectively is to see how many houses are in proximity to each of the routes which is a standard way again in the departments own er manual of environmental appraisal , of doing that and that is the information which is contained find it er which is a way of looking at noise effects . |
| 6 | Probably one later in the meal , and from the timing probably the goose , though perhaps the soup . |
| 7 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |