Example sentences of "are likely [prep] [be] slow " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chapter 9 we discuss some of the arguments which have been put forward to suggest that British companies are likely to be slower than their international competitors in taking up new technology based products and production processes . |
| 2 | At the same time these results are likely to be slow , and if we are right in our conclusion that we are faced at the present time with a certain amount of abnormal employment of a quasi-permanent character , then it is not sufficient to solely rely on the gradual improvement of productive efficiency . |
| 3 | However , sales are likely to be slow at first . |
| 4 | Any improvements , if they occur , are likely to be slow and gradual and as much the result of long-term and somewhat extraneous factors . |
| 5 | If the promoter is optimized for RNA polymerase binding , the steps leading to promoter clearance are likely to be slow ; on the other hand , a rapid formation of elongation complexes should be facilitated if RNA polymerase is not tightly bound to the promoter . |
| 6 | In such contexts , computerization of cataloguing and diversification of media will undoubtedly affect the application of LCC , but changes are likely to be slow because of the size of the libraries involved and because computerization of large numbers of cataloguing records is a huge task . |