Example sentences of "probably [prep] the form " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officially , the reason given was that it now seemed more sensible to store the highly active waste above ground for at least fifty years before disposing of it , probably in the form of glass blocks , and meanwhile allowing more of its intense heat to dissipate . |
| 2 | A dollop of cranberry sauce has been the traditional accompaniment to turkey since the Pilgrim Fathers ate what they called crane berries ( the flowers resemble cranes ) — probably in the form of a sauce — with turkey at the Thanksgiving feast , celebrating their survival of the first winter spent in America . |
| 3 | Likewise , increase on the family front is possible and most probably in the form of a marriage . |
| 4 | This is still as we might expect , because oxygen is a very reactive gas and was from very early days prolific in the Earth 's atmosphere , albeit probably in the form of carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | Much of the exchange was probably in the form of reciprocity bound up with gift-giving as Grierson implies ( 1959 ) . |
| 6 | The bank 's card record of the meeting with Mr. Colin Perry on 9 March 1983 states , after referring to a possible mortgage facility of up to £5,000 : ‘ and we have told him that we would be pleased to consider this but would require security , probably in the form of a second mortgage over his house . |