Example sentences of "but [adj] [be] likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Venezuela a major ( $18 billion ) VHO project for the Orinoco region has been deferred due to economic problems but this is likely to be resumed before the end of the century . |
| 2 | Partnerships could be the host organisations for such research and development but this is likely to be regarded as too esoteric , too far from the pragmatic concerns of the immediate . |
| 3 | Initially this could be a minor subject in a combined studies degree ( Computer Science and EP or Library Science and EP ) but this is likely to be only a short step before the full degree course materializes . |
| 4 | It is therefore fair to say that , as a general rule , the courts are prepared to imply some degree of mobility into every contract of employment but this is likely to be limited unless the nature of the job or work performed by the employee is one where mobility would be recognised by both sides as being essential to the job . |
| 5 | There is an increase in risk due to irradiation of the breast , but this is likely to be small and is best estimated from a woman 's age and dose of irradiation . |
| 6 | They were assumed by the Icelandic author of the mid-thirteenth-century Knytlinga Saga , the only source in which they appear , to refer to Cnut 's conquest of 1015 – 16 , but this is likely to be an error , for attacks were made on London in 1009 too , and Ringmere was certainly fought in 1010 . |
| 7 | But this is likely to be the first and last time Witney sees the Hungarian State Circus … in February , the town council , banned circus with animals from using its land … and Witney Town Council where the big top 's been pitched is to be redevloped … leaving no large town centre site . |
| 8 | It can do this by using specifically attention-getting devices — enormous headlines in the press , rolls of drums , whistles or other unusual sounds on TV or radio , flashing lights on TV or cinema — but these are likely to be artificially imposed in the context of an ad . |
| 9 | The Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food has pledged more resources for the work , but these are likely to be diverted from other environmental imperatives . |