Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] likely [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of this the ‘ selling ’ of the idea to someone not yet fully mature is likely to be a workable relationship . |
| 2 | This society 's accounting policy on provisions is that ‘ provisions are made to reduce the value of loans and advances to the amount which the directors consider is likely to be ultimately received ’ . |
| 3 | ( b ) Adolescents in need There is a separate and additional duty for every local authority " to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who has reached the age of 16 and whose welfare the authority consider is likely to be seriously prejudiced if they do not provide him with accommodation " ( s20(3) ) . |
| 4 | As a consequence any isotopic effects generated by in situ decay are likely to be small compared with those inherited from asthenospheric heterogeneities . |
| 5 | They steer people away from any home which they believe is likely to be closed and once you start doing this , you will in fact be sealing the fate of those homes and you it 's a very , very dangerous game , you 've got ta be , you 've got ta play it very , very carefully indeed and I hope Chairman that there can be a degree of common sense and rationality introduced into discussions between the members of the various groups who have to deal with these very difficult issues . |
| 6 | ‘ Tottenham is a big , big club and wherever you go is likely to be a step down . |
| 7 | It is all part of gathering more power , whatever may be said by the Government about his intentions int into the hands of Whitehall and into the hands of ministers who at the moment will be Conservative , but very shortly I think are likely to be Labour . |
| 8 | With a specialised market it 's quite appropriate to approach any publisher you think is likely to be interested ( your training should have taught you which publishers specialise in your field ) with a synopsis and sample chapter . |
| 9 | I enclose some information about our current exhibition , as well as preliminary information about ‘ Scotland First Portrayed ’ , which I think is likely to be of considerable interest to your members . |
| 10 | To distort the notion of profit in the way that these examples do is likely to blinker perceptions and prevent a critical awareness of contemporary social reality . |
| 11 | You know him , so you know which account is likely to be the most accurate . |
| 12 | Because the daily price movements in a straddle are likely to be lower than in the individual contracts , the initial margin is lower . |
| 13 | Because distance learning and correspondence modes of study have no practical content it is essential that those choosing to study by either of these modes have adequate background practical skill and knowledge in key aspects of hospitality operations and can provide evidence to the centre to which they are applying that the skills they possess are likely to be transferable to supervision of other aspect of a hospitality operation . |
| 14 | If this second approach is right — and despite my own biochemical enthusiasms I believe that it is — then the biochemical events that I study are likely to be very general processes of protein synthesis and membrane modification , sometimes described as ‘ housekeeping ’ . |