Example sentences of "probably [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A class V2 2–6–2 pulls away with a heavy down train , probably diverted from the main line . |
| 2 | The polling factor probably arose as a natural mutation which local farmers selected for preference in due course , as they did later with the Aberdeen Angus . |
| 3 | Wilson 's disinclination to protest against the inquiry probably arose from a reasonable belief that any senior politician who did not want such an inquiry had something discreditable to hide . |
| 4 | The Tutbury bull was provided by the Duke of Devonshire and the famous Haxey Hood game in Lincolnshire probably arose from an earlier bull-running custom which involved the donation of a bull . |
| 5 | Children were constrained in the kinds of response possible and so appeared to treat less as more ; the younger children probably relied on a non-linguistic strategy of choosing the greater of two amounts , and this would account for responses to both more ( apparently correct ) and less ( apparently wrong ) when combined with partial or even no lexical knowledge ; and lastly , children were not given instructions with both more and less on the same occasion . |
| 6 | In the event , the water is far from hot — the EOKA gunmen who were once interned in this camp probably relied on the same boiler for water , and I am sure it was with a wry sense of humour that the Greek Cypriot government allocated St David 's Camp to the British contingent of the UN Forces in Cyprus . |
| 7 | These rankings are always invidious , but the top honour probably goes to the Amer-ican astronomer Edwin Hubble , with his discovery in 1929 of the expansion of the Universe . |
| 8 | Loss is not defined in the FSA , but it probably refers to a pecuniary loss . |
| 9 | Although some of this variation may be attributed to inherent reliability problems in the computation method or original poor data quality , other geological factors probably account for the greater part of the observed variation . |
| 10 | The constraints imposed on the market area by travel , therefore , probably account for the limited range of goods and services being provided at many sites , while more specialized facilities and luxury items were only available in the larger population centres where demand was greater . |
| 11 | His wife Hiba and son Vernes will probably stay with a local family as time goes on . |
| 12 | Second , there are larger particles about 2 microns diameter largely confined to the main cloud each particle probably consisting of a liquid droplet of rather impure H 2 SO 4 with up to 20% of other substances . |
| 13 | They argue that Y6N17 could not be easily produced by volcanism , and was probably formed by the same impact event as the Haiti glasses . |
| 14 | The impact of electronic media on strategic information is likely to be slight , since the printed paper form will probably persist into the foreseeable future for both cultural and practical reasons . |
| 15 | Pytheas , who probably lived in the fourth century , does not seem to have travelled inside Gaul . |
| 16 | If an organisation is market leader and has a size and presence which can ensure that manpower planning is possible so that most jobs can be filled from graduate entry , then the need for an executive search firm is probably limited to a few specialist or technical appointments . |
| 17 | According to Peter Cook and John Shergold , of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in Canberra , this event probably occurred through a sudden release of phosphates from the deep ocean brought up by a change in ocean currents or crustal movements . |
| 18 | When the reality is that a cottage pie housing a six-year-old ingredient could probably qualify as a listed dwelling . |
| 19 | The dogs that came with the Romans probably mated with the indigenous population , helping to form many of the breeds we know today . |
| 20 | Over the fireplace is a piece of older panelling , probably rescued from the earlier frontage . |
| 21 | He probably looks like an absolute berk in this outfit . |
| 22 | The Godiva story was probably concocted in the thirteenth century , because the first account is that of Roger of Wendover in 1236 , while Florence of Worcester , writing about Leofric and Godiva in 1118 , fails to include any reference to the story . |
| 23 | The answer probably lies in the complex maze of hype , distribution and luck which makes up today 's rock biz . |
| 24 | Pugh suggests : ‘ The explanation probably lies in the customary contrast between the benevolent despotism of the Continent and the laissez-faire regime of eighteenth century England ’ . |
| 25 | The rationale of the distinction between summary and other proceedings probably lies in the respective limitation periods . |
| 26 | They were on the front doorstep , or round the front doorstep , probably say on the front doorstep , trouble is they found the front doorstep on the side |
| 27 | The dorsal elements of the subcoxa thus came to form the definite thoracic pleuron , while a ventral element probably fused with the primitive sternum to form the definitive sternal area . |
| 28 | He had probably looked over the preparatory material which had already been published elsewhere , and sketched out the remaining chapters , during his period of convalescence in the late summer and autumn of 1947 . |
| 29 | Mr Lindsey was predicting in early January that the majority of customers this year would probably opt for a variable rate , on the basis that they probably did not believe interest rates would drop very much further . |
| 30 | Most developers would probably opt for the open site policy on the bas open site erm area on the basis this would better meet their functional needs . |