Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] probably [art] " in BNC.

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1 Although the latter cases are probably a diminishing minority , especially now that budgetary delegation under LMS has made it essential that heads in their turn delegate a greater proportion of their managerial functions to senior staff , our studies indicate a more general need for primary schools to continue to review the role of deputy headship , to define more exactly the range of tasks it is appropriate for someone at that level of seniority to undertake , and to ensure that all deputy heads have appropriate job specifications .
2 In this situation , bearing in mind that the very prevalent hydroxyl and hydronium ions are probably the dominant cause in the hazard risk at 50Hz or 60Hz , it can be presumed that a hazard free situation prevails at 100Hz or 120Hz .
3 For a young baby who has several more months of formula to come , the hydrolysates are probably a better choice than soya formulas , therefore .
4 Owls are probably the major contributors to fossil bone assemblages .
5 Plans for conversion into a banking hall and offices are probably the most acceptable so far in that they would involve minimal disruption to the interior and would generate the large sums needed to repair the building fully .
6 We might expect that aggressive fighting would be common in nature , because natural selection will favour the most successful animals in competition , and the strongest animals are probably the most successful in fights .
7 In terms of price and quality , contemporary Chinese rugs are probably the best value items produced today .
8 In terms of sheer quality , Chinese rugs are probably the best value items on the market today .
9 Aesop 's fables are probably the best known .
10 Spears are probably a good buy , the extra fighting rank helps to stiffen the Goblins a little bit , and shields are well worthwhile too .
11 These early influences are probably the first to make an impression on the minds of young children , and this impression is confirmed in later school years , not least in classic literature .
12 Individual words are probably the most " mobile " parts of a language , so it should come as no surprise that words of Creole origin are used by blacks and whites within LE .
13 IF EVER there was a case for passing a law that forbade the British government from interfering in industry , the current difficulties in the coal and car-making sectors are probably the best examples available .
14 Although national parks and green belts are probably the most important elements in the ‘ special protection ’ of the countryside , there are a number of other instruments .
15 Your feet are probably the parts of your anatomy that will suffer most after a marathon — so we were particularly keen to hear what she had to say .
16 Although mice are probably the most frequently anaesthetized animals in laboratory work , it is still difficult to achieve true surgical anaesthesia without some mortality .
17 Dishwater fluids are probably the biggest containers to arrive in the kitchen .
18 Six weeks in the summer and two other holidays of three weeks are probably the average .
19 these Coward films are probably the nearest things we have to a valid modern school in British cinema … .
20 Its colours are probably the most spectacular in the Empire , consisting of purple and yellow , or alternatively purple and white .
21 ‘ You know , surfers are probably the first human beings to travel around peacefully , not to conquer .
22 The scope of this public duty is extremely wide , since the authorised institutions include , under section 3 , all ‘ deposit-taking businesses , ’ of which banks are probably the most important , but by no means the only relevant institutions .
23 The most aggressively anti-environmentalist farmers are probably the agribusinessmen who allow little to stand in the way of enhanced profit margins and who are largely indifferent to aesthetic considerations .
24 The CIS are probably the oldest team ever to play student rugby , but this composite side — made up of two Ukranians , nine Georgians , five Muscovites , six Kazakhs and Uzbeks — are unlikely to repeat their 1988 heroics and could well struggle against both Italy and Ireland .
25 These examinations are probably a poor instrument for measuring the quality of medical education because they concentrate on factual retention .
26 The platform carbonates are probably the most important reservoir in the Zechstein and most gas production comes from these sediments .
27 The crystal beads and spheres are probably the only objects made of one material and which have different distributions .
28 Ordinary names are probably the best bet for the majority of us .
29 The convulsions and sexual excitement of other cats are probably no more than erotic responses to sounds that remind felines of the courtship tones of their species .
30 The decreased total protein and amylase turnover rates are probably a result of a reduction in synthetic rates as the time taken for labelled total protein and amylase to appear in the duodenal juice was significantly longer in the the post-acute pancreatitis patients .
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