Example sentences of "is probable that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is probable that eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century law , custom and employment encouraged women 's confidence in their ability to deal with pre-marital sex , but increasingly the transformations of the nineteenth century altered the picture .
2 Bacterial synthesis of protein from industrial residues or organic wastes such as wood pulp is under investigation and it is probable that viable processes will be developed .
3 Over the period between 1872 and 1905 it is probable that increased facilities for reporting and prosecuting cattle theft resulted in a gradual increase in the proportion of crimes which were reported .
4 However , it is probable that varying degrees of impairment of peripheral uptake of triglyceride interact with enhanced , normal or decreased secretion of VLDL to produce the wide range of lipid levels observed in untreated diabetes .
5 If more than one rendering of ‘ truth ’ is claimed to survive , then it is probable that real truth is absent entirely .
6 During this period it is probable that prior to the emergence of the first living cell , there was an immense span of time in which purely chemical changes were taking place , these changes were pre-life , and pre- ‘ god ’ , that is , before the Created God which it is the object of this chapter to introduce .
7 It is probable that current developments in IT will solve many of our present and future problems in ways which we can not foresee .
8 It is probable that homologous cross-veins do not exist in many orders but their positions in some cases are so constant that analogies , if not homologies , can be traced and similar names are applicable .
9 It is probable that Minoan citizens offered real robes to the temple for this purpose : some may have been woven in the temple itself , given that loom-weights were found in the cellars of the East Wing of the Labyrinth .
10 If such high concentration mucosal production does occur , it is probable that specific treatment to reduce TNF α production will be of clinical benefit , and it is therefore important that the extent of local production is assessed more directly .
11 It is probable that deliberate equivocation in respect of the intended sense of word forms is always to some extent odd .
12 In the very long term it is probable that nuclear fusion and nuclear fission together with solar energy will become the predominant sources of our energy .
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