Example sentences of "is probably [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These cottages were once the abodes of the workers in the famous glove-making industry on which the town first prospered , yet it is probably tourism that is the town 's major attraction now . |
| 2 | More than that , he proposes that any effort to sort out these plots must itself depend on an analytical method which … is probably part of some systematic plot against free forms of life . |
| 3 | There is some doubt about Droitwich , where recent excavations have uncovered buildings of a large establishment which is probably part of the salt-extraction industry . |
| 4 | The commonest stress symptom of all is probably tiredness , which ( in contrast to physical fatigue ) is usually present on waking and does not get worse as the day goes on . |
| 5 | Everything may be getting bigger , brighter and better in the network world , but the most important single trend is probably standardisation . |
| 6 | Here , the rent-free period is probably consideration for the tenant 's supply of surrendering the lease or the building work ( Notice 742B ( 1990 ) , para 14 ; Port Erin Hotels Ltd v The Treasury ( 1990 ) 5 BVC 772 ) ; Ridgeons Bulk Ltd ( LON/90/1702 ) No 7655 ) . |
| 7 | Mind you , I am under few illusions : it is probably boredom in the short-term few months job I have found , and worry as it is , in real terms , a lot less than half my old salary . |
| 8 | The best known in the West is probably shakudo , which is a copper alloy with a deep black patina , but other copper alloys were patinated to produce colours ranging from shades of grey and brown through to green . |
| 9 | This is probably number one . |
| 10 | Figs. 32–35 are all from the Acropolis of Athens , but the large 594 ( fig. 32 ) is probably East Greek work . |
| 11 | If , for example , you draw a distinction between two processes and your experiments keep on producing equivocal results , it is probably time to start thinking about the validity of the distinction . |
| 12 | Since the launch of our newsletter , ‘ The Botanics ’ , and the proposed issuing of a newsletter by the Friends of the RBGE , it is probably time to take stock of the total amount of news material which we are now producing , the staff effort involved , the uses to which the information is being put , and the efficiency with which each vehicle reaches its target readership . |
| 13 | In sum , it is probably time to overcome the politics of standardization — ‘ standards are good so long as you adopt mine ’ . |
| 14 | Interviewed on BBC Radio Four 's Today programme , Swales said : ‘ I would love to keep going , but I realise it is probably time for someone else to have a go . |
| 15 | I assume your Land Rover is a petrol and , if so , the problem is probably dirt in the carb which is being disturbed when driving off road and blocking a jet or the accelerator pump . |
| 16 | Apart from Book i , which incorporates The Ruined Cottage , a poem originally written in the 1790s , the best part of The Excursion is probably Book iv — ‘ Despondency Corrected ’ . |
| 17 | If it leaves a brown streak , then it is probably jet . |
| 18 | There has been no wholly satisfactory explanation of the aetiology , or primary causes , of homosexuality and it is probably multicausal . |
| 19 | I suppose it depends on the family but trying to envisage an average family , on thing that would immediately come to mind erm is probably security . |
| 20 | The pleasantest is probably Room Three , which has a High-Spanish mahogany bed in it . |