Example sentences of "action [be] likely to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most people their only experience of the law in action is likely to be the local magistrates court . |
| 2 | A third party may of course make diplomatic representations or bring pressure to bear upon a State to perform what it perceives to be that State 's treaty obligations with another State , although such action is likely to be resented as unwarranted interference in external affairs . |
| 3 | In such a situation , action is likely to be the product of internal negotiation , with variable dependence upon rational analysis , and one might expect the rational analysis undertaken to have a different orientation according to the stakeholder for whom it is performed ( Hall , 1973 ) . |
| 4 | The defendant in a personal injuries action is likely to be represented by an insurance company , which takes complete control of and financial responsibility for the claim . |
| 5 | But Mexico had the support of the big western governments ; legal action was likely to be futile . |