Example sentences of "[vb pp] it be likely " in BNC.

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1 Staff agreed that unless this was done it was likely that some areas would inevitably be overlooked .
2 If a single factory-wide overhead absorption rate were to be used it is likely that product costs will be distorted because the application of overheads to products i6 not a fair reflection of the costs incurred in manufacturing the product .
3 The other suggestion is that where the product under licence is technically advanced it is likely that it will be continually improved through innovation ; the sanction here is that if there are royalty payment problems then the latest innovation can be withheld .
4 The northbound carriageway between junctions nine and ten is still blocked and we 're told it 's likely to remain blocked for the next two hours .
5 It gave her a shock to see Nicholas there , although she had known it was likely .
6 Whenever a CU is formed it is likely that some industries will flourish in certain countries as the market widens .
7 Moreover , this possibility is strengthened by the neglect of surface repositories , because regardless of how the various volatiles were acquired it is likely that a smaller fraction of the inert gases are retained in such reservoirs than are carbon and nitrogen .
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