Example sentences of "probably [not/n't] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this has not been matched by an increased commitment to capital expenditure and Mr Jordan expressed concern that while most member companies had weathered the recession ‘ surviving companies are probably not investing sufficiently in keeping up with technological progress ’ . |
| 2 | But we have probably not emphasized enough the obvious benefits it has brought about . |
| 3 | Small cetaceans would probably not fare better than birds after exposure to excessive quantities of organochlorines. indeed dolphins and porpoises may be particularly vulnerable because they apparently have a lower capacity for PCB degradation than birds . |
| 4 | They will heed advice about how they should cope with the pregnancy but will probably not sacrifice almost a year of their lives to the absolute good of their coming child . |
| 5 | Children are more susceptible to caffeine than adults and should probably not drink more than one or two colas a day . |
| 6 | They would probably not bring very much bear meat at all , because Lugh was not especially partial to bear meat , but it would have looked odd to say this . |
| 7 | It might be very hard for Ireland to get five on the team , but the way things are shaping up the selectors will probably not care where the players come from . |
| 8 | It is probably not realised how English this type of gesture has become and can be seen in many English ballets . |
| 9 | The computer model at Britain 's Meteorological Office predicts that the fires ' effect on this year 's monsoon will probably not stand out against the monsoon 's annual variations . |
| 10 | She was too honest to deceive him and too prudent to exchange him for a lover whose interest would probably not last very long . |
| 11 | If you can find such a language , then there will be very few alternatives and so your search will probably not go astray . |
| 12 | However , given the nature of the overall bias , and the fact that the broad outline of the tax conclusions would probably not change dramatically under different assumptions , the results are worth examining ( see Table 7.2 ) . |
| 13 | A good industrial photographer will not be particularly good at portrait work and a fashion photographer will probably not know how to handle food , so if all these areas are represented by the activities of your company or client organisation you will need to find photographers in each field . |
| 14 | The message was clear enough , she 'd bet the others she could con a free drink out of me , probably not letting on that she 'd seen me before . |
| 15 | If the latter , how will they present the facts ; that the child will probably not live very long ; may have an ‘ unhappy ’ life ; will need constant supervision and care ; be perhaps better off unborn ? |
| 16 | The rates of rape , armed robbery , etc would probably not fall very much . |
| 17 | The Belgian 's main lesson , though , was probably not to come back to Scotland in February . |
| 18 | This will not make me too popular at the Richmond Athletic Ground or Sunbury and it 'll probably not happen anyway . |
| 19 | His replacement will probably not take up office until 1 September 193 . |
| 20 | Although we may now know much more about the chemistry of the human brain , our capacity for thought has probably not changed much over the past five thousand years . |
| 21 | While the proportion of mentally ill among homeless people has probably not changed greatly over the past two decades , the absolute number has probably doubled in parallel with the number of homeless people . |
| 22 | The organization and mobilization of the electorate in the United States to turn out to vote and to maximize the party 's chances of success is probably not carried out as well as it used to be , as is evidenced by the decline in turnout since the 1960s ( see table 26.2 ) . |