Example sentences of "it probable " in BNC.

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1 Yet the obstacles that it has run into make it probable that even it will miss the end-1992 deadline .
2 The fact that divorce is in many cases equally desired by both parties makes it probable that there may in fact be some collusion between them .
3 I thought it probable the police were right , he had sought revenge against Imogen Surkov for separating him from his nice third wife , Vera , and their son .
4 But the very fact that you are reading this book makes it probable that you wish to do the best for your health and that of your family ; so what I would like to look at here is what is the best and healthiest nutritional intake for your body .
5 Had his life been prolonged , the writer thought it probable that he would have left a deeper mark on the science of the profession .
6 Although Marian and Allen had not passed north of the Swamp in the night the Leader thought it probable that they might try to do so during the day .
7 Although statistics on dietary fibre intake were not recorded until 1919 , the Royal College of Physicians thinks it probable that it has halved in Britain since the middle of the last century .
8 The Special Branch detective was asked whether he thought it probable that a more junior officer in the social welfare wing would call such a meeting and at it preside over ones of much more senior rank from the military wing .
9 The fourteenth-century Franciscan William of Ockham went further in declaring it probable that God could make a better world than this .
10 Scarlet admitted that if this was not precisely the case , there was yet room for considering it probable : she had often found difficulty in summoning the aid of the force , being directed by a controller to different stations which in turn would advise her to try elsewhere .
11 With hindsight , he thought it probable that Arabella had also been there alone , to meet Ivor .
12 I do not think it probable they will land .
13 The hypothesis is that , when there is no formal communication structure to ensure that the symbols used trigger the same reaction everywhere , differentiations such as those above have the effect of making it probable that they will trigger quite different responses in different people .
14 A poll of 400 of the world 's leading climatologists organized by Greenpeace has shown that almost half think it possible that the greenhouse effect might reach the point of no return in the near future , and one in seven think it probable .
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