Example sentences of "probably a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a patch where the rough surface of brickwork was exposed , someone had vomited , probably a passing drunk whose sense of propriety , demanding privacy , had deterred him from being sick in the street ; or a returning resident who could not wait to climb the few steps to the communal toilet on the first half-landing . |
| 2 | It 's only just been finished but the plan is to have four people living there — three clients or whatever and one person sponsored by us , probably a member of staff . |
| 3 | It 's probably a phase he 's going through … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That 's probably a compliment . ’ |
| 5 | I looked up to the skies for no reason I can now remember , probably a spot of rain or a ray of sunshine . |
| 6 | Buddeke , probably a German immigrant , was actually hired to tail Wilhelm Liebknecht , but on their American tours Liebknecht 's and Eleanor 's paths intersected . |
| 7 | Your wheel appears an upmarket version in mahogany , probably a one-off model . |
| 8 | For example : each soloist need not begin with a formal bow to a king or to the audience , nor end with another bow or considered pose ; but such behaviour may be included if the choreographer wishes to locate dance in a particular century and probably a palace in which the story unfolds . |
| 9 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 10 | Mr Browning said it was probably a bird he hit on the way , and later cleaned the car . |
| 11 | Mr Shaw said that a jury 's task in awarding damages would be very difficult : ‘ It is probably a unique case , with a unique plaintiff , whom they probably felt should n't be made to suffer any more . |
| 12 | Heavily backed in what was probably a hot race , he should soon recoup the losses . |
| 13 | Whether interest rates or intervention were the chosen instru ment , and in what combination , was probably a secondary question . |
| 14 | The employers acknowledged that , in addition to the force of public opinion , another way to curb prices would be to establish a body ( probably a prices commission ) to examine particular prices and report on them publicly . |
| 15 | This is the meaning of the proposition that ‘ another way to curb prices would be to establish a body ( probably a prices commission ) to examine particular prices and report upon them publicly ’ . |
| 16 | Although young bands can find the established people in Music Week , they are probably a waste of time . |
| 17 | The seal , too far away to be identified with certainty but probably a grey , peers myopically and is gone . |
| 18 | ‘ There were two of them , ’ she said , ‘ both men , one of them was white , the other was probably a Pakistani . |
| 19 | But there were probably a great many more who simply took advantage of too many of the free pints they were offered too often and slipped into alcoholism . |
| 20 | There was probably a nunnery here originally , and certainly a manor since the 1300s , for there are the remains of a fish-pond in the garden . |
| 21 | This was probably a man called Michael Sidnell , from Bristol , who had carved a memorial tablet in Alderly Church in 1732 , and had later gone on to make designs for the court-house at Westbury on Severn . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Add to that the 17–20 per cent of the power output consumed in stripping the carbon dioxide and the outcome is probably a doubling in the cost of the electricity produced . |
| 24 | If , for lack of a formula , British ministries ( and no doubt ministries elsewhere ) are unable to price the amenity value of landscapes threatened by development , how on earth would any government — or , more probably a conference of governments — be able to arrive at a system for pricing the air ? |
| 25 | Probably a squirrel , he decided , and slithered down the side of the embankment to join her , scolding as he went . |
| 26 | Many field studies suggest that the social structure of both inshore and pelagic dolphin species is generally fluid and loose , with probably a promiscuous mating system for most . |
| 27 | The answer is probably a bit of both . |
| 28 | It is probably a wise precaution in view of allegations that the couple stole billions of dollars from their country . |
| 29 | It was probably a mercy that she 'd been sick . |
| 30 | Knowing Anthony 's appetite that was probably a very fair deal , Nigel thought . |