Example sentences of "it [is] likely to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you any idea when it 's likely to be complete then ? |
| 2 | Erm , the method that we 're likely to use , or might be successful in bringing about this change , and once we 've done it how it 's likely to be effective . |
| 3 | It 's likely to be poor quality but selectively ripped up , it can often be utilised for carcasing or backing . |
| 4 | And if you do buy a couple of tiny sprigs for £1 it 's likely to be French mistletoe . |
| 5 | If it 's likely to be any more , I 'll come back to you . |
| 6 | It 's likely to be several hundred pounds a year even for the cheapest computers , at least ten percent of the cost of the computer a year , and it starts straight away . |
| 7 | So either way I go , it 's likely to be unpopular with the other section . ’ |
| 8 | If the agreement relates to the acquisition of shares in an English company , it is likely to be best to have the contract governed by English law since the concepts and provisions referred to , and the problems likely to arise , will be familiar to English courts . |
| 9 | The advantage of buying in a local store in Europe is that although you have to pay local duty , it is likely to be much less than in the UK . |
| 10 | However , it is likely to be preferable to limit the range of choices facing the teacher at any moment and to group them in a natural way from a teaching point of view . |
| 11 | Obviously it is likely to be quiet in an empty hall or in a field ; it is likely to be noisy when a crowd of people are talking together all at the same time . |
| 12 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 13 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 14 | If the offer is a reasonable one then it is likely to be reasonable to accept it . |
| 15 | The unemployment figures demonstrate that Northern Ireland was the only part of the United Kingdom that experienced no increase in unemployment ; the Cambridge econometric forecast shows that last year it was the only region that experienced any growth , and that this year it is likely to be one of four regions that will experience growth . |
| 16 | Certainly if the school can come to terms with the planning of time , it is likely to be well on the way to implementing the programme . |
| 17 | Despite an improvement in overseas business activity in the financial services sector in the UK it is likely to be flat over the next quarter , according to the latest CBI/Coopers Deloitte quarterly survey of financial services . |
| 18 | It is likely to be waterproof and windproof and there is additional protection should someone be foolish enough to fire a shot in the direction of the ferrets ' container while bolting rabbits . |
| 19 | No single clear explanation emerges to explain the high pitted counts in alcoholic liver disease and it is likely to be multifactorial . |
| 20 | Post-Keynesian critics of the monetarist approach also reject the idea of a vertical long-run Phillips curve , arguing instead that the long-run Phillips curve slopes downwards from left to right even though it is likely to be steeper than the short-run curve . |
| 21 | The normal reason for accepting a piece of advice is that it is likely to be sound advice . |
| 22 | If it is likely to be sizeable , it might be a good idea to hire a consultancy actuary to analyse the scheme involved and to pinpoint the relevant facts . |
| 23 | It is likely to be easier to commit crime in urban areas in that it is easier to be unnoticed and to remain anonymous in such areas . |
| 24 | This can draw on the kind of research we have described in earlier Lectures , although it is likely to be easier in some areas than in others . |
| 25 | The picture which emerges from this study is one where assistance between more distant kin is of relatively minor importance to the total picture ( although of course it may be very important in particular cases ) , and that whether it is likely to be significant is rather idiosyncratic and unpredictable . |
| 26 | This may be zero , though in multi-programming or multi-tasking it is likely to be finite . |
| 27 | While the match is only another World Cup warm-up , it is likely to be more of a searching test of England 's potential than last month 's goalless draw with Italy . |
| 28 | On the other hand , it is likely to be more than counterbalanced by heightened household poverty within the larger poorer families , and an overall reduction in local-government spending as a large proportion of expenditure will be controlled by central government . |
| 29 | This is impossible to answer , but he does suggest that it is likely to be more than the planners currently recommend . |
| 30 | It is likely to be frightened in the dark , and there is always the possibility of exhaust fumes leaking into this compartment , sometimes with deadly effects . |