Example sentences of "is likely [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 The wildlife is varied , beautiful — and some of it is likely to arrive on your plate .
2 Each disc has a soft jelly-like centre , and if the outer layer is weakened for any reason , such as wear and tear or straining your back then the soft centre bulges backwards and is likely to press on one or more of the sciatic nerve roots .
3 The party affiliation of the member is still the best single indicator of how he or she is likely to vote on a given bill , but party unity is very much less than in the British House of Commons .
4 further , the object-oriented approach is likely to impact on data modelling , so that some database applications may be developed through object modelling ( rather than entity-relationship modelling and relational modelling ) mapped to object-oriented databases ( rather than relational databases ) .
5 An international company is likely to rely on agents to sell its products to the country 's markets .
6 If legal help is sought , the lawyer is likely to rely on the precedents which are published .
7 In the absence of disagreement or uncertainty , a court is likely to rely on the exchange 's own interpretation of its rules .
8 This deposit is known as initial margin and is set equal to the maximum daily loss that is likely to arise on the contract .
9 Starting the gas industry on the expansion path again is likely to depend on the kind of pricing deals Rührgas is able to strike and how competitive with oil products these prices are .
10 The supply of hours is likely to depend on the standard real wage , the overtime real wage and workers ’ preferences for income and leisure .
11 Just as the smell of a ripe Camembert is only mouthwatering at the dinner table , the attraction of female odours is likely to depend on their context .
12 Rather it is likely to depend on the expression by cervical cells of a novel octamer binding protein which displaces Oct-1 from its binding site in the URR and activates gene expression .
13 Investigations conducted among more recent groups of émigrés suffer from the fact that such groups have been disproportionately Jewish ; there has nevertheless been some support for the view that nationality is not a ‘ primordial ’ attachment and that its political importance is likely to depend on situational factors such as the degree of competition for employment opportunities .
14 This means that whether you accept the structuralist account or not is likely to depend on your view of what constitutes an acceptable theory .
15 The experience of the first two calls shows that , with one noticeable exception , the two sides are still relatively far apart , and that the success of the initiative is likely to depend on a considerably increased effort devoted to co-ordination , workshops , and other bridge-building methods .
16 Assuming that research is likely to depend on access to a multiplicity of sources and databases , users will need such expert advice .
17 The amount of money held by an individual to finance these transactions , therefore , is likely to depend on the size of the individual 's money income and on institutional arrangements , such as how often the individual is paid and how often he pays his bills and engages in monetary transactions .
18 It is necessary to win over the negotiators to the idea of using such a computer model , and resistance is likely to focus on the idea that negotiating is a matter of judgement and can not be mechanised .
19 Gill joined Darlington from Middlesborough and another former Ayresome Park player , Alan Walsh , is thinking over a move to City and is likely to sign on Monday .
20 Because the B one use that 's that is planned for within that allocation is a type of B one which is likely to locate on an industrial estate er to use the the term .
21 Such a notice may be served where an odour has occurred and is likely to recur on the same premises , the advantage being that unlike an abatement notice there is no need for an odour to exist at the time of service .
22 In such a case , do n't merge : a merger would create a " flying freehold " , which is anathema to a mortgagee and would prejudice your client and probably any future sale when no building society , bank or other mortgagee is likely to advance on such security .
23 In the initial stages the puppy is likely to pull on the leash by trying to rush ahead .
24 The biographer , therefore , is likely to work on people of some fame , whatever their spheres of activity may be , and so the biography is more likely to be about the famous ( or notorious ) person , the outstanding success or the eye-catching , unusual personality .
25 The Lothian Region ( Placing in Schools ) Appeal Committee is likely to meet on several occasions during late May and throughout June 1993 , to deal with appeals against refused placing requests for admission to primary and secondary schools for the session 1993/94 .
26 However , it has been judicially observed that the objection to a rent representing a percentage of the tenant 's turnover is that , if the price of a commodity rises at a faster rate than the cost of living , pressure is likely to develop on dealers in that commodity to reduce their margin of profit or rate of commission ( Naylor v Uttoxeter UDC ( 1974 ) 231 EG 619 per Brightman J ) .
27 Today 's meeting of the TUC-unions — NUPE , Cohse , TGWU , GMB , and Nalgo — is likely to concentrate on efforts to sustain support for the action through the Christmas period .
28 He is likely to concentrate on the 200 metres this year before moving up to 400 metres as a second-year senior boy next year .
29 By extension , Mrs Thatcher 's quick endorsement is likely to backfire on Britain 's standing in Moscow .
30 In order to understand the effect that financial delegation is likely to have on schools , in terms of school management and the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom , it is helpful to look briefly at what has already happened elsewhere .
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