Example sentences of "be [verb] be likely " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the circumstances in which ( 2d ) might be uttered are likely to be quite different from those in which the first sentence of extract ( I ) was uttered . |
| 2 | The terms which are to be used are likely to be specified , and synonyms recognized and probably eliminated ( for example , Packaging may be indicated as preferable to Wrapping ) . |
| 3 | Since the matter is important , I wonder if you would take the trouble to write to me again , indicating particularly whether such other arrangements as you will be making are likely to commence at an earlier date than one might otherwise suppose . |
| 4 | Prices for the first properties to be released are likely to be from just £49,995 . |
| 5 | Conditions in England while the tax was being gathered are likely to have been grim , considering the devastation caused by the recent fighting , and that the tribute came on top of the large amounts levied in Æthelred 's reign . |
| 6 | Where the allegation is that the person to whom the remarks were addressed was likely to form a given belief , it means ‘ likely to form ’ and not ‘ did form . ’ |
| 7 | Based on a study of fifteen abandoned sites in the Paragominas region south of Belém , each of which experienced varying degrees of land-use intensity , Buschbacher et al. have shown that only those sites where low- and medium-intensity use were practised are likely to return to a forest cover . |
| 8 | If the purpose of teaching is to expedite learning , then a person who is taught is likely to learn more effectively than one who is not . |
| 9 | No figure can be put on the number of years for which such a procession must have been held to qualify for the exemption ; any figure that is imposed is likely to be arbitrary . |
| 10 | The structure which is selected is likely to be a compromise between environmental pressures which pull in opposite directions . |
| 11 | Whatever the conditions of work are , they and the sort of work that is done are likely to be important variables affecting a person 's health , as we can now see . |
| 12 | Investors who believe that the market is rigged are likely to withhold their investment . |
| 13 | Lord Denning may have reasoned that a person who is obstructed is likely to use force on the obstructor and harm him . |
| 14 | Furthermore , the individual who has been labelled is likely to view him/herself in terms of the label and act accordingly . |
| 15 | The contracts for which consents are required are likely to have been revealed by the purchaser 's due diligence exercise and by the vendor 's disclosures . |