Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] likely [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is altogether more likely that we are faced with an interpolation . |
| 2 | Instead of a young person being sentenced to a period in custody , which means that it is all too likely that he or she will continue in a life of crime , become a professional criminal and never get out of the criminal world , the alternative makes both moral and economic sense . |
| 3 | It has been suggested that the paranotal lobes of insects were at first connected with epigamic behaviour ( Alexander and Brown , 1963 ) but it is perhaps more likely that they were associated with locomotion from the beginning . |
| 4 | It is much more likely that they shared the wish of Arthur Greenwood who looked to the after-care workers to : |
| 5 | Had she arrived in the department within some five minutes of her cardiac arrest , it is much more likely that she would have been resuscitated … |
| 6 | However , it is much more likely that you will injure joints or muscles or end up stiff or sore . ’ |
| 7 | If you define your needs first it is much more likely that you 'll go for a mix of simple word processing and basic graphics . |
| 8 | Maybe it is , but it is just as likely that your idea was not quite right . |
| 9 | But it is just as likely that she will allow one male after another to mount her until her whole circle of admirers has been accommodated . |
| 10 | It is also quite likely that there is truth in the other half of their assertion , which sounds as though it were consequential , but really is a quite unconnected proposition , namely , that there now may well be inadequate social services for other purposes . |
| 11 | It is also quite likely that there will be a mixture of positive and negative changes which need to be carefully interpreted . |
| 12 | Having worked together in the area of analysis , it is then more likely that you will be able to co-operate in developing a corporate strategy . |