Example sentences of "it is [adv] likely [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very likely that he was urged to do so by his neighbour ( Sir ) Thomas Clarges [ q.v. ] , who as brother-in-law and agent of General George Monck ( later first Duke of Albemarle , q.v. ) was seeking a journalist to publicize the general 's actions . |
| 2 | Since this is contrary to his teaching concerning the convertibility of means and ends , it is hardly likely that he would be unconcerned with the kind of religion a person might profess to follow . |
| 3 | If he can only argue to himself that they seem ’ interesting' it is highly likely that he does not really know why he is putting them in , or what he will do with the answers when he gets them . |
| 4 | The plain truth , however , is that if the buyer does put off buying until another day it is as likely that he will buy from the competition . |
| 5 | Emancipation for women was beginning to rumble and Cook may have embraced the idea , but , being a shrewd opportunist , it is more likely that he saw potential customers among women who were striving for more freedom . |
| 6 | Gandhi 's antipathy to preaching , which was characteristic of the Christian missionary activity he was acquainted with , may have derived from his attitude to mission work in general , but it is more likely that he considered a man 's life to be a more effective testimony to the truth of his religion that his words . |