Example sentences of "[conj] probably a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a more profound unpredictability , in spite of the fact that probably a good proportion of workers were employed for long periods of their lives by a single employer . |
| 2 | In FI he 'll be remembered more as Mr Nice than as a great driver : he won his championship in a car that probably a half-dozen drivers would have driven equally competently and successfully , and in that one year lost the one man who could really push him to greater excellence , Ronnie Peterson . |
| 3 | The government of George I and the Whigs never lost its credibility , but retained the support of a substantial proportion of the traditional ruling class and probably a higher proportion of the mass of the population than is usually realised . |
| 4 | The opponents have a confident sounding auction to a six diamond contract , during which South showed at least a five and probably a six card diamond suit . |
| 5 | So I said , frankly , all I 'll get is your laundry , another cup , saucer and plate to wash up and probably a great deal more you-know-what than I need ! ’ |
| 6 | Between 1773 and his death at Kherson in the Ukraine in 1790 , John Howard travelled , mostly on horseback , at least eighty thousand kilometres , and probably a great deal further , as a self-appointed inspector of prisons . |
| 7 | But I would suppose that the Home Office has at least some information as to the judges ' tariff , and probably a great deal . |
| 8 | Before you start trying to watch home movies on your PC , remember that although Microsoft is kind enough to include a very basic multi media player and recorder ( both illustrated ) as part of the standard Windows desktop , in order to go some way towards true multi media you need a few more things : a windows multi media extension , a CD-ROM drive , a sound card and probably a new monitor , not to mention that faster machine you 've been promising yourself . |
| 9 | Just a flirt , she chastised herself , and probably a married flirt for all that . |
| 10 | Lopes LJ : Speaking for myself , I think it ought to have been in that form , and probably a little bit stronger . |
| 11 | No money will be paid to members for three years , ’ Johnny said , ‘ and probably a further call after that . |
| 12 | The final thesis is that international harmonization of competition policies is essential , and probably a supranational competition authority is needed as well . |
| 13 | International harmonization of competition policies is essential and probably a supranational competition authority as well . |
| 14 | As it stands , it is among the best of the poetry of the Oxford Movement , and probably a longer life would have produced the mastery foreseen by Bridges and James . |
| 15 | The winner of five of his six races as a novice last season and probably an unlucky loser of the other , where he made mistakes at two consecutive hurdles , Morley Street was ridden with considerable discretion by Jimmy Frost , who brought him on the scene with a double handful between the last two flights , jumping to the front at the last , which he hit quite hard . |
| 16 | ‘ The wheels are in motion , but probably a little bit slower . ’ |
| 17 | Some of these changes will have occurred by re-grouping existing fields without many boundary changes but probably a fair proportion will have been associated with boundary losses . |