Example sentences of "[adj] likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will fail to ask the rather broader and much more important question about retailing : how is the great British public likely to be doing its shopping in five or 10 years ' time ? |
| 2 | ‘ And when is all this likely to be resolved ? ’ |
| 3 | The current Royal Commission report indicates that this type of er , this likely to be on average twenty times the current legal limits within a year to two years we will be looking at receiving it which is ten times plant producing two hundred fold the legal limits dialysis . |
| 4 | The most widespread bee-eater of the region , and the only bird with harlequin plumage and central tail feathers slightly projecting likely to be seen over the greater part of it . |
| 5 | In the case of lions , not only was a rival male likely to be a close relative , but the costs of physically competing with him were high and the benefits low . |
| 6 | What is the future likely to be ? |
| 7 | Although the Argentinians are noted for their defensive play , they have several attractive players , with the experienced Alejandro Siri likely to be the key performer . |
| 8 | However , the role of the associate nurse is seen as being skilled and creative , indicating a level of professional job satisfaction far above that likely to be experienced by nurses delivering care by either task allocation or team nursing . |
| 9 | The increase in the elderly dependency ratio over the same period was from 23.2 to 25.5 ; a rate of increase considerably less than that likely to be experienced by many other developed countries . |
| 10 | The tax system , the accounting system and the legal system , for example , are all likely to be affected by inflation . |
| 11 | Goodwill , training , time , skill and pupil support are all likely to be in shorter supply than would be the case if there were not such a plethora of assessment innovations taking place at the same time . |
| 12 | Lesser rorqual , pilot whales , Risso 's dolphins , killer whales and porpoises are all likely to be met with in Shetland waters and most of my close encounters have been while I have been drifting with the motor stopped . |
| 13 | Behavioural periodicity of this kind has been found in locomotor , feeding and reproductive activities and are all likely to be controlled through the central nervous system ( Brady , 1974 ) . |
| 14 | Some improvement might be effected in these situations if the critical jobs to be carried on , in the event of illness , could be identified and training provided for those likely to be left to carry on . |
| 15 | According to this theory , initial discrimination training should produce differentiation of the stimuli and the fact that the associations formed during this stage of training do not accord with those likely to be formed during the test phase should be of no consequence . |
| 16 | Included in protection are methods for detecting likely hazard events and in warning those likely to be affected . |
| 17 | ‘ Secondly — and especially in those parishes most affected by the threatened closures — we must offer practical friendship and support to those likely to be hurt by the closures . |
| 18 | This means that it is important that all those likely to be affected by the introduction of new technology should be involved in the decisions about how it is to be used . |
| 19 | Local authorities would be well advised in future to preface all their decisions with the words : ‘ Having had regard to all relevant matters and having disregarded all irrelevant matters , and having considered the interests of all those likely to be affected , resolved that' etc . |
| 20 | Considering the sensitivity of lakes and soils in other parts of the world and expected rapid industrialization in the coming decades , areas such as Brazil , Nigeria , southern Africa , India , Malaysia and China are among those likely to be exposed to an increased risk of acid deposition effects in the future ( figure 4.13 ; Swedish Ministry of Agriculture , 1982 ) . |
| 21 | In line with his unprescriptive manner of teaching about how to develop contemplative life which is governed by his awareness of the intensely individual nature of discretionary achievement , Hilton is deliberately leaving his terms open , or using those likely to be directly applicable to actives , so that the recipient should not be constrained by definitions as he develops in his contemplative life . |
| 22 | His research on bereavement has led him to formulate a list of factors which make it possible to identify those likely to be at particular risk for psychiatric disorder . |
| 23 | Compared with diabetic patients in urban areas , those in rural areas were less likely to attend a hospital based diabetic clinic ( 46% ( 442 ) v 86% ( 1054 ) , p<0.001 ) ; less likely to be receiving insulin ( 260 ( 27% ) v 416 ( 34% ) , p<0.001 and also after correction for differences in age distribution ) ; more likely to have advanced ( maculopathy or proliferative retinopathy ) diabetic retinopathy ( 13% ( 122 ) v 7% ( 89 ) , p<0.001 ) ; and more likely to require urgent laser photocoagulation for previously unrecognised retinopathy ( 1.4% ( 13 ) v 0.5% ( 6 ) , p<0.02 ) . |
| 24 | In the following four sections we shall examine five different habits used by animals to avoid being eaten : potential prey may actively flee their predators , or they may stay still and try to be invisible , or they may stuff themselves with sickening chemicals and advertise their unpalatability with bright ‘ warning colours ’ , or they may mimic the warning colours of others , and finally , in some circumstances , an animal may make itself less likely to be eaten by living in a group . |
| 25 | War between East and West would not only be a contest between states and power blocs , but ways of life ( ‘ classes ’ ) : more likely to be ‘ a struggle for the very existence of the two opposing world-wide systems ’ than a limited engagement . |
| 26 | In general , dwellings in rural areas and conurbations are about 25 per cent more likely to be in poor condition than dwellings in provincial towns . |
| 27 | Or C more C more likely to be a C. |
| 28 | Landau ( 1981 ) suggested that ( before its repeal ) ‘ sus ’ ( arrest for being a suspected person ) was the biggest difference in arrest rates between races , and that the police thought black youth more antagonistic to them , and they were 50 per cent more likely to be referred to the juvenile bureau . |
| 29 | In the current judicial climate , difficulties in categorisation should not make a decision or award in contention any more likely to be upset . |
| 30 | Why are the 1990s likely to be years of expanding use of interactive multimedia ? |