Example sentences of "they [be] likely to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired . |
| 2 | Chapter 1 noted that competitive conditions in many product markets are such that they are likely to be tolerant of managerial ineffectiveness and in some substantial deviations from the profit goal will not be incompatible with enterprise survival . |
| 3 | Gender difference indicates that people will be admitted to care at a point when for older women they are likely to be frail and dependent , whereas men are admitted earlier when they are fitter , and may live longer in a home , settling more comfortably ( Willcocks , 1986 , p. 151 ) . |
| 4 | Inquire locally at the tourist office of Winterthur for opening times of these castles , as they are likely to be subject to variation from time to time . |
| 5 | If an ineffective system is fitted , they are likely to be substantial . |
| 6 | Of these , the first three ( rules , programmes and procedures ; hierarchical referral ; goal-setting ) are very basic and can be found in practically any organisation but they are likely to be insufficient for non-routine activities , so organisations must also choose some combination of the remaining four options . |
| 7 | Finally a few general relationships are selected on the basis that they are likely to be relevant to the research on risk and memory for driving situations which is described in the following chapters . |
| 8 | If they fail in this they are likely to be ineffective and encourage forms of organisation and control that are essentially unprofessional in their character and consequences . |
| 9 | Although they are likely to be far fewer , items of income — for instance , lettings — are also likely to be identified in any budget format . |
| 10 | Computerised financial models are employed to analyse the behaviour of the fiscal systems in the four countries to test whether they are likely to be consistent with the objectives of the parties in the changing operating environment . |
| 11 | This enables those concerned to gain a firmer idea of what the new country holds in store for them and decide whether they are likely to be happy living there . |
| 12 | They are at a stage when they are likely to be concerned with a variety of complex issues ; the meaning of life , the existence of God , ideologies , their emerging sexuality , their future career and life-style — too often science is seen as being purely instrumental with nothing to contribute to these debates . |
| 13 | Such applicants may be asked to take a test or take part in some other selection procedure to assess whether they are likely to be able to cope with the work expected of a university student . |
| 14 | A. You can get advice from a building society , a bank manager , a local authority , or a new town development corporation about how large a mortgage they are likely to be able to give you . |
| 15 | The very nature of their distress means that they are likely to be unable to go out and face the social whirl , at least initially . |
| 16 | ( I grant that the difference is not absolute , and there may be elements of the affective and the intuitive in the pursuit of any intellectual discipline , but they are likely to be marginal . ) |
| 17 | While it is in these that we are primarily interested in for the development of teaching material , they are likely to be dependent on the climate of attitudes that prevails in the lesson . |
| 18 | Like other groups , they are likely to be interested in expansion , and can be expected to take an interest whenever there is a possibility of another hotel coming onto the market . |
| 19 | Although looseknit networks are difficult to handle at the operational level , at the level of theory they are likely to be important . |
| 20 | Spelling rules are of little help , because if they are thorough enough to explain a pattern , they 're likely to be incomprehensible to the children . |
| 21 | In the 1970s the average family size of graduate women at the time of interview ( 1.53 ) was considerably lower than the fertility of women with no further education ( 2.04 ) ( Cartwright 1978 ) and they were likely to be childless . |