Example sentences of "have probably been " in BNC.

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1 This technique has probably been responsible for scoring more points than any other in the entire history of karate competition .
2 Analysing the situation on Lakeland rhyolite more closely , I think this has probably been a false fear .
3 He has probably been with his company for 13 years and in his present job for four .
4 But the stage has probably been reached where only a politically unacceptable increase in those rates would stabilise the currency .
5 The biggest influence on this behaviour has probably been the large increase in wealth , which in turn boils down to the sharp rise in house prices .
6 With over 65 pictures to her credit ( and debit ) , Lynn Bari has probably been seen on television in more homes on weekend afternoons than many more famous names .
7 There is real gratitude in the eyes of the lady whose life has probably been saved that night .
8 New Zealand 's economy has probably been through a more dramatic recent revolution than that of any other Western country .
9 The single dog , who has probably been bored for many years , suddenly has a new playmate , who like himself , sleeps most of the time , but will enjoy a game for short periods .
10 In addition , the breed has been very widely exported and has played a major role in the creation or improvement of many other breeds : its influence has probably been greater than any other breed except perhaps the Friesian group and its adaptability is legendary .
11 what is the point of asking a middle ranking executive about his greatest achievement at work in the past 10 years when he has probably been locked into office procedures laid down by senior management and where his scope for initiative has been restricted .
12 The churchyard around it has probably been a burial place for 1000 years .
13 Such ‘ consumer choice ’ exercised through the GP , has probably been most prominent in the field of maternity care to date .
14 Some may have been ploughed , but much has probably been improved and is now recorded under permanent pasture , the more suitable permanent pasture having been turned to arable .
15 Although it may be unfair to criticize the laudable and worthwhile efforts in this direction over many years , the focus has probably been rather narrow .
16 The CEGB has probably been unwise in its emphasis on the economic benefits to be had from building a PWR at Sizewell .
17 Worse still , the dish has probably been cleaned out with some form of modern detergent .
18 He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally .
19 In this case , too much spray has probably been applied , and this will require a longer UV exposure period ( see later ) .
20 If the l.e.d. does not light , it has probably been inserted the wrong way round in the circuit — reverse its leads and try again .
21 NALGO in particular has adopted very good policies , which makes my own employment more secure , and of all the organisations listed I would suggest that NALGO 's contribution has probably been the greatest .
22 It does n't seem to be Farrakhanist in origin , though the role of the Rev Louis Farrakhan in the uprising has probably been much underestimated .
23 It has probably been caused by his friendship with a younger man . ’
24 Although there has probably been a long-term decline in serious violence in Europe over the past several centuries , the relationship of this trend to patterns of theft and other property crime , or to broad forces of social change , remains obscure .
25 Its formidable bulk means that you are unlikely to want to carry it about with you if you can avoid it , but that has probably been true of most audit manuals for some time now .
26 Malawi has kept a public corporation , and yet there has probably been more direct interference by the government in broadcasting there than in Zambia .
27 ‘ Piece Of Cake ’ , however , suggests that my loss has probably been greater than theirs .
28 Steve Strydom , of the Orange Free State , has probably been seen to be too ambitious and Dr. Nick Labuschagne , until recently mentioned as the most likely successor to Craven , was ousted as his Union 's president in March .
29 Eysenck , for example , incorporated this idea into his theory and he has probably been the most influential proponent of the genetic strand of positivist criminology in recent years .
30 The most influential presentation of the ‘ strong ’ version of the ‘ autonomous ’ model has probably been that of the social anthropologist .
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