Example sentences of "[be] likely to [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may have to act on the spur of the moment and have no time to reflect and be bound , therefore , to arrest to prevent escape ; but where there is no danger of the person who has ex hypothesi aroused their suspicion that he probably is an ‘ offender ’ attempting to escape , they should make all presently practicable enquiries from persons present or immediately accessible who are likely to be able to answer their enquiries forthwith . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Again , unions in conjunction with employers are likely to be able to find answers to the access-to-cash problem . |
| 4 | Employers ' and parents interpretations may diverge even more widely , particularly as the level of detail these groups are likely to be able or willing to handle will be broader than that used by teachers . |
| 5 | Users are likely to be able to lead the process of innovation whenever they perceive their own needs more clearly than other firms do , and whenever they can appropriate most of the benefits from innovation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Concern for the physical welfare of the police and the person resisting ( since the police are likely to be able to muster the greater force ultimately ) both dictate that a point must arise at which further resistance is not only unwise but improper . |
| 8 | Pupils are likely to be able to make more sense of symbolism if some work on metaphor is done from an early age . |
| 9 | And as it happened , we were likely to be able to go . |
| 10 | Any applicant for a course of study who has a criminal record should , at the time of application inform the Academic Registrar who will advise the applicant whether or not he or she is likely to be able to satisfy certain eligibility requirements for the course . |
| 11 | Any applicant for a course of study who has a criminal record should at the time of application inform the Academic Registrar who will advise the applicant whether or not he or she is likely to be able to satisfy certain eligibility requirements for the course . |
| 12 | Is likely to be able to obtain antibiotics via a vet . |
| 13 | Even if the child 's articulation is poor , the adult is likely to be able to make a good guess as to a likely meaning . |
| 14 | In this way , the organisation does its best to ensure that the employee is likely to be able to meet the requirements expected of him in the job abroad . |
| 15 | Out of 10 who said their style was 9,9 at the beginning of the week , only one is likely to be able to say that at the end , affirms Penfold with relish . |
| 16 | I started with the knowledge , from my experience of the world , that a cat is likely to be very unhappy at being stuck under a gate ; that a human , by virtue of greater intelligence and manual dexterity is likely to be able to free such a cat ; that humans generally like to alleviate the suffering of pets ; and that old women in British society have an — often misplaced — belief in the practical abilities of men . |
| 17 | Sometimes if the investigator is a native of the area s/he is studying and is also trained in techniques of phonetic and phonological analysis , s/he is likely to be able to articulate and use intuitions about relevant variables . |
| 18 | In this connection it may be relevant to make the comment that no degree of fire resistance , as definable by standard test conditions , is likely to be able to withstand the stresses and thrusts which heated supporting structural members may impose . |
| 19 | ‘ Where no one but a Welshman is likely to be able to track them . |