Example sentences of "[noun sg] be probably [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But knowing the DEA , the attitude was probably that the fucking military was being fucking paranoid as usual and to hell with them . |
| 2 | The reason for this difference is probably that the one wishes to justify cuts in welfare expenditure whereas the other is aiming for more direct state control of industry . |
| 3 | The truth is probably that Ceauşescu cheated on everyone , and that Pacepa , involved on the pro-Russian side , was unaware of the extent to which Ceauşescu was also double-crossing Moscow . |
| 4 | ‘ The truth is probably that there was an unholy alliance , ’ says Professor Wilkinson . |
| 5 | The best known of such a transformation is probably that for turning Celsius temperature into Fahrenheit where F=32+9/70C , or , for another example , a conversion formula for turning imperial weights into metric ones . |
| 6 | At present , the most plausible interpretation is probably that these forts were centres of royal power intended to enable Harald to control the areas which the Jelling rune stone suggests he had won for himself . |
| 7 | The answer is probably that it would rarely be so . |
| 8 | The answer is probably that workers come a lot cheaper in China , but the money they have saved that way could surely have been doubled in extra sales — not to mention saving on shipping costs — if they had been made in a British factory . |
| 9 | Certainly suspect committee members had attempted to go abroad , but the real reason was probably that the committee had served its purpose by acting as a bait to attract foreign relief organizations ( the ARA drew up an agreement on 20 August ) . |