Example sentences of "which be probably a " in BNC.

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1 If you 're buying them as young plants which are probably a foot fifteen inches high then it takes them a couple of years to get the roots established .
2 There was a feeling of commitment to the new way , which is probably a very old way , practised in the stone circles of the ancient ones .
3 YOU are not the most mercenary sign of the zodiac , which is probably a good thing considering that the more you chase after your pound of flesh this coming year , the less likely you are to get it .
4 Then — in a passage of John 's Gospel which is probably a later interpolation — he initially queries whether Jesus has indeed been resurrected in the flesh .
5 Er , which is probably a good thing .
6 I think they call it fire safety now , in my time it was fire prevention but now fire safety which is probably a better word for it .
7 By contrast , the Corinthians passage in which Paul speaks of male headship , and in which it is said that women should be silent ( a verse which is probably an interpolation and does not owe to Paul ) , he is concerned with a practical situation which has arisen , a situation in which the church , still insecure in a pagan world , was likely to cause scandal if it departed too far from social convention — and his concern is that it should not unnecessarily put itself in jeopardy .
8 We were n't supposed to be friends with people with whom we were doing business , which was probably a good idea , but just the same , I did n't know that until I began to live on Oakley Street and found out that David was very distressed .
9 Craig had fielded twice as many candidates and won fewer seats ; a result which was probably a combination of public reaction to Vanguard 's lack of clear policy and a lack of enthusiasm for some of the Vanguard candidates .
10 Which was probably a quotation from something , though Rufus did not know what and thought fastidiously that it was in bad taste , histrionic , though just like Adam .
11 He had braked automatically , which was probably a mistake .
12 His gesture acknowledged the salute which was probably a compliment to his Imperial rather than his Navy rank .
13 The mill , which was probably a battery of four stamps , each a heavy timber balk shod with iron and lifted alternatively by cams on a revolving axle , was the cause of a dissension in 1620 between Sir Daniel Fleming 's tenants of the low lying land upon either side of the St. Martin 's beck , between Coniston village and the lake ; and Daniel Höchstetter for the mining works .
14 She eventually found the River Boyne , which , according to the map , ran near Slane — which was probably a lie , she decided after making numerous unlooked-for detours because the map did n't seem to bear any relation to the roads , which did n't seem to be signposted — except for one that explained where the famous battle had taken place .
15 Going on to the article itself which was probably a few years old , there was a part about jaundice and its treatment .
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