Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is probably " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the individual can always predict what will happen after the first drink then he or she is probably not alcoholic and may have no need of a 12 Step recovery programme and therefore can not be said to relapse if occasionally he or she gets drunk . |
| 2 | In the case of a building , the seller may be ignorant : if the seller knew of a risk and sold without disclosure , he or she is probably liable at law , but builders come and builders go , and those who deliberately mislead mostly go . |
| 3 | My husband has n't got a fixed address and he is probably hiding . |
| 4 | And he is probably right . |
| 5 | ‘ . If we assume — and it is probably the right assumption — that students can no longer easily read isolated literary texts , but need to make sense of them in a variety of contexts , much power is given to the teacher who decides which are the relevant cultural codes to be invoked and expounded ; Marxists , at least , are specific on the matter . |
| 6 | With Lewis this was not so , and it is probably vain to look for reasons . |
| 7 | Nearly all horses will suffer from some anxiety from time to time , which is perfectly normal , but chronic anxiety is not normal and it is probably the most insidiously destructive emotion possible . |
| 8 | A ribbed shell of this kind is often stronger than one without ribs ( for the same reason that corrugated iron is used for roofing ) , and it is probably no coincidence that ribs may be developed on bivalves too . |
| 9 | Indeed , the existence of soil degradation and erosion is contingent on an enormous variety of human and physiographic variables , and it is probably impossible and counter-productive to attempt a single theory of soil erosion . |
| 10 | The furniture should be arranged to allow free passage , and it is probably wise not to have breakable ornaments or glass-fronted cabinets in the areas where the patient will be . |
| 11 | The full list makes something of a hodgepodge , and it is probably more sensible to take the course adopted by some authorities , and separate ‘ policy ’ from ‘ methods ’ . |
| 12 | Without doubt , content is the main consideration in most kinds of library , and it is probably rare for physical characteristics to play a decisive role in the selection decision . |
| 13 | At this stage , Browns Lane has not given up hope of getting rear seats into the convertible , but it is proving a hard task , and it is probably that only the coupe will be a two-plus-two . |
| 14 | And it is probably true to add that no tortoiseshell cat has ever fathered a litter of kittens . |
| 15 | This tale is fiction , but it shows the kind of success story which a twelfth-century Englishman could expect his audience to swallow ; and it is probably significant that he set the story in Italy , the land of merchants and wealth . |
| 16 | It is often extremely awkward for people to take time off work , and it is probably the very people who would be most reluctant to lie or make excuses for their absence to their present employers who will be the best candidates from your point of view . |
| 17 | Packs of l.e.d.s and holders are sometimes available at quite attractive prices , and it is probably worthwhile investing in one of these if you can find a suitable pack . |
| 18 | Many of us probably purchased a camera in the seventies or eighties and it is probably now sitting in a cupboard unused , following the invasion of the small fully-automatic camera . |
| 19 | Thus , many manic-depressives , even in their ‘ up ’ phases , describe feelings of depression and it is probably more correct to think of their psychotic state as a whole as a rather peculiar co-existence of irritable moods . |
| 20 | Dick Hansen already feels that he has had his reward , it 's the P-40 and it is probably the best one in the world . |
| 21 | This is most noticeably the case when we examine education ( chapter 12 ) , and it is probably this situation which comes closest to a monitor situation . |
| 22 | Apart from this it was probably true to say that the Truman Administration , well before it came to an end , had run out of ideas on Vietnam ; and it is probably true also that at the end of 1951 the weight of the French problem was beginning to shift : not so much how the US could get France out but how to keep her in . |
| 23 | There has been no wholly satisfactory explanation of the aetiology , or primary causes , of homosexuality and it is probably multicausal . |
| 24 | The most obvious of these is the tank , and it is probably best to buy the largest one you can afford ( a minimum of 30 gallons ) and then make sure it is under-populated . |
| 25 | But before Read v. Lyons , the courts had gone further , holding that even a non-occupier may sue for personal injuries under the rule , and it is probably this development that their lordships had in mind . |
| 26 | Imaginary time is a difficult concept to grasp , and it is probably the one that has caused the greatest problems for readers of my book . |
| 27 | This evidence is echoed at a whole range of other small towns , and it is probably safe to suggest a similar interpretation for those sites where strip buildings are well attested but where either excavation or detailed evidence for trading activities is limited , as for example at Water Newton . |
| 28 | ‘ But an envoy is an option that President Clinton has mentioned to me and it is probably one he would look at in the event of the talks not being resumed . |
| 29 | It has certainly been around for a hundred years , and it is probably the most vital of aspect of life as we know it today . |
| 30 | ‘ But he is probably safer now than he will be in 10 years ’ time . |