Example sentences of "[verb] it be [adv] likely " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a spoken sentence is long and complicated it is more likely to be PARATACTIC ; this means it is likely to be a string of sentences tied together with " and " , " or " , or " but " . |
| 2 | Breathing can be stimulated by gently squeezing the tail , and if the pup squeaks it is most likely to survive . |
| 3 | When this happens it is more likely that the two strands mix indifferently . |
| 4 | That 's what the woman alleged and what you have said confirms it is quite likely . |
| 5 | I 'd have thought it was pretty likely . |
| 6 | I would of thought it was more likely to be on this floor |
| 7 | When these shoals meet it is very likely to occur over a groundbaited area which has stopped one shoal in its tracks , and the other shoal pauses over the top to intercept the crumbs which are sent swirling upwards from the feeding shoal on the bottom . |
| 8 | And if , if they do they do things at half measure it 's more likely to be crushed I would 've thought . |
| 9 | I believe it is very likely that , because of the savings now being made within the education service , that some schools will be looking at the opting out process . |
| 10 | The driver must be someone who did n't know the district well , or he would n't have gone along the Applewick lane ; and that meant it was very likely he would n't realise that his van would hit the arch of the bridge instead of going under it , just as her daddy 's had done once . |
| 11 | But he knew it was more likely that alien golden eagles would have taken it over and it might not be easy to win it back for his own . |
| 12 | He went off bewildered and hurt and she knew it was quite likely he would seek solace elsewhere . |
| 13 | A psychology that ignores it is more likely to turn into a dogmatic police force of a discourse . |
| 14 | ‘ You do n't think it 's more likely to put people off altogether ? ’ |
| 15 | I do n't think it 's terribly likely . |
| 16 | In order that Compacts eventually do become self financing it is very likely that employers will be asked to contribute to central costs . |
| 17 | Another is that co-operating individuals jointly benefited even though they were not related ; the co-operative behaviour has evolved because those who did it were more likely to survive as individuals and reproduce than those that did not . |
| 18 | I think it 's more likely to happen on the third or fourth flight , once the bird has caught on to the idea of freedom , which is why it 's important to keep it reasonably hungry . |
| 19 | He told Husband he 'd have to consult with the rest of the private Office and maybe even the PM before he could agree to them interrogating you ; he may actually be doing that , for all I know , though I think it 's more likely he 's been waiting for his temper to cool before he briefs you . |
| 20 | Well , I think it 's more likely to be me than the dog ! |
| 21 | Some kind of social democracy in Russia , erm on the other hand in central Asia as for example , I think it 's quite likely that former communists , although they may disavow their former allegiance , will in practice take over as national communist parties and continue to run their economies , well there will be private economies but with a large state sector and run on a pretty tight reign . |
| 22 | I think it 's , I think it 's quite likely we will , most solicitors who are worth their salt will be contemplating doing so . |
| 23 | I think it is most likely that the Course will be completed by then but because they have to have their final papers in , the week or two before , it may be that they will be staying on to around that time . |
| 24 | ‘ I think it is quite likely we will win . ’ |
| 25 | Other researchers think it is more likely that the fish remember the chemical composition of their home stream , and so pick up its scent in the open ocean . |
| 26 | In this case I think it is more likely that limestone deposition started in several or many different centres and spread outwards . |
| 27 | But added to that , I can well remember staying at Kettleborough Chequers erm and er walking along from Kettleborough to Brandeston erm th the very next morning after I 'd come here and I think it was before I think it was quite likely before we had we had actually met , I do n't know whether it was the first day or the second |
| 28 | A united management means it is less likely that disaffected family members will seek to realise the value of their shareholdings ; their financial and political clout should improve as each of the families ceases attempts to undermine the other 's access to finance for expansion , and ; two separate distribution networks working together should mean the companies can gain additional contracts from non-competitive brand names . |
| 29 | … the city of Chichester doth so fast decay and run to ruine , and the multitude inhabiting there so fast growe too beggary that except for remedy thereof some speedy order bee taken it is very likely the multitude of poor in the liberty of that city increasing will cause the better sorte ( being few that can contribute towards the releefe of the poore ) by reason of charges to wex weery of inhabiting the city . |
| 30 | Well , his theory was that this guy was a writer or something , a historian or somebody like that , and Freud said it 's quite likely that in the past he had had either dreams about a similar dream or conscious fantasies about how he would have felt if he 'd been in the French Revolution and what might have happened to him . |