Example sentences of "[vb -s] probably [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also published its statement on nutrition which , after reappearing in various forms , has probably done more to confuse the public than any other single pronouncement in the whole heart-disease field . |
| 2 | Chris Mattison has probably done more than any other recent author to champion the snakey cause : as he says in the introduction to this excellent paperback , ’ … though I respect the ability of some species to cause a rapid and somewhat sensational death , outright fear of them is , to me , irrational . ’ |
| 3 | I would have started with Virginia Bottomley , but , on reflection , I reckon her appointment as health secretary has probably done the job for us . |
| 4 | It is always worth gently riffling the pages of a gilt-edged book when the bookseller is not looking ; though the devious fellow has probably done it already . |
| 5 | And Chaucer 's portrait of the miller has probably done as much as the hated medieval monopoly to give the miller a black mark . |
| 6 | In his seventh year at Easter Road , Miller has probably done more than anyone else to keep Hibs afloat . |
| 7 | This , along with the increasing use of biocides ( herbicides , pesticides and fungicides ) in food-crop production , and factory-farming methods of rearing livestock ( with increasing reliance on antibiotics , hormones and other drugs ) , has reduced the quality of the food we eat and has probably rendered much of it actually harmful . |
| 8 | The man who , in order to understand the inner world of a cannibal tribe , has partaken of the practice of cannibalism , has probably gone too far : he can never quite be one of his own folk again . |
| 9 | Oh I do n't know it 's up to you Well the price has probably gone up has it ? |
| 10 | ‘ It sounds , ’ Husband said , ‘ as if our soldier friend has probably destroyed anything that we might have to show for months of expensive — |
| 11 | G. agrees that the offender has probably escaped prosecution because of his violent and aggressive demeanour which made G. think first of his personal safety . |
| 12 | ‘ Your quick thinking has probably prevented even any blistering . ’ |
| 13 | He or she has probably eaten meals in SUSA 's recently built Robbins Centre , and bought pens , stationery or even a ‘ Stirling … |
| 14 | She has probably written her speech already , but I hope that she will include these points in her reply . |
| 15 | One insider opines that IBM has probably lost a little of it 's smugness . |
| 16 | WHAT Manchester United have done in the close season has convinced me Alex Ferguson has probably blown it . |
| 17 | The success of such authors has probably contributed to the view that the inspiration for postmodernism in Britain has often had to come from foreign models rather than a native tradition of this form of writing , or even much of a disposition towards it . |
| 18 | Yet the dramatic expansion of sheltered housing has probably contributed to the view of this age group being especially dependent . |
| 19 | Its importance has probably contributed to the maintenance of the fabric of a traditional countryside . |
| 20 | Although our patient is only 6 months post-transplantation he has had a remarkably trouble free postoperative course , and immunosuppression with FK506 has probably contributed to this good early result . |
| 21 | This sometimes causes minor conflicts since the director has probably planned the scene weeks before and is not usually in the mood to make last-minute changes . ’ |
| 22 | Runcom has probably made more original contributions to more branches of the subject than any other geophysicist ; but if history judges his work on that basis alone , it will come up with an incomplete assessment . |
| 23 | In addition , the established place of computers has reduced techno-fear among teachers and has probably made subsequent technology innovation more acceptable to the people who will have to put it to work . |
| 24 | While this has greatly reduced the archival storage problem it has probably made the access problem worse . |
| 25 | Thus most of the redistribution of wealth has probably affected wealth used for consumption rather than for production . |
| 26 | Most people know of Galton & Simpson , Richard Curtis & Ben Elton and even the Pope has probably heard of John Sullivan . |
| 27 | They are larger , and longer in the body , so the way in which they lie down and get up has probably altered . |
| 28 | Behind this instability lies the simple fact that for many commodities such as coffee and ground-nuts , demand in the industrialized world with its stable population has probably reached saturation point . |
| 29 | Officialdom has proved entirely cooperative and our publicity has probably reached a wide audience . |
| 30 | Okay , so , I think what we can say is that agricultural trade in absolute terms has probably risen |