Example sentences of "was probably that " in BNC.

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1 Certainly suspect committee members had attempted to go abroad , but the real reason was probably that the committee had served its purpose by acting as a bait to attract foreign relief organizations ( the ARA drew up an agreement on 20 August ) .
2 The reason for this was probably that the sediments were deposited largely under sabkha conditions and therefore were particularly prone to exposure and freshwater flushing .
3 The most influential typology however was probably that produced by Pahl ( 1966a ) .
4 But knowing the DEA , the attitude was probably that the fucking military was being fucking paranoid as usual and to hell with them .
5 He said that one of their reasons for lying was probably that they did not want to be publicly associated with the Carpenter Club .
6 During this period , the most effective co-operation concerning the Kurds was probably that between their adversaries , in other words , the governments of Iraq and Turkey .
7 The general consensus , however , was probably that teams and committees had to be seen to be operating tough but fair standards .
8 The most important form of such journeys , in quantitative terms , was probably that to the family summer holiday or ( for the more affluent and overfed ) to the annual cure at some spa .
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