Example sentences of "[pron] [be] likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we return to the example of our widget-making factory after the introduction of the new production process , with half its workforce put on to the labour market ( or , putting it more bluntly , sacked ) , then many of them are likely to be eligible for unemployment benefit . |
| 2 | Not to imitate it , of course , but to gauge whether any of them are likely to be interested in the kind of work you write . |
| 3 | With most major life events , it is likely to be very difficult both to identify people who have recently experienced an event and find out which of them are likely to be susceptible to psychiatric disorder as a consequence . |
| 4 | It is not known exactly where the birds end up , although some of them are likely to be eaten as game by African farmers . |
| 5 | If there are , for example , 11,000 accident repairers in the UK , most of them are likely to be small ; one-man operations or not much bigger . |
| 6 | I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this , although probably unconsciously , when my parents are ninetyish . |
| 7 | I am likely to be going to a Sports Dinner with my company ( who sponsor Crewe Alexandra ) this month . |
| 8 | The games are addictive , and I carry it whenever I 'm likely to be bored somewhere . |
| 9 | I 'm likely to be visually bombarded by a hugh variety of bird life , reptiles , possibly the odd mammal or two , and a stunning landscape . |
| 10 | I 'm likely to be visually bombarded by a huge variety of bird life , reptiles , possibly the odd mammal or two , and a stunning landscape . |
| 11 | I 'm likely to be sick on the floor before the victim is . |
| 12 | I done that numerous times today but I 'm trying to do it right by keeping it going all the time when I 'm likely to be in conversation , so there are occasional blank spaces on the tapes . |
| 13 | She had talked to me about Tom and Oliver , but only , it seemed , because she thought my children were all I was likely to be interested in . |
| 14 | I knew from my family history I was likely to be vulnerable to cancer and luckily it was diagnosed and treated in time . |
| 15 | Instead of going into all the details of this stage , which are likely to be inapplicable to other designs , as they are so dependent on personal likes and dislikes , I simply show you the design limits worked out ( fig.1 ) and what I made . |
| 16 | The combination of the two policies , which are likely to be extended to the rest of Britain , means that land which can support far greater numbers and variety of trees will be available to foresters . |
| 17 | He reckons the chancellor has awakened get-rich-quick expectations in East Germans which are likely to be disappointed . |
| 18 | The NVC for weeds was not available at the time of writing , but two named communities which are likely to be recognised are : |
| 19 | Other named communities which are likely to be recognised are : |
| 20 | However , there are some products which are likely to be of particular interest to older people and some areas where mechanisms are needed to ensure they get a fair deal . |
| 21 | The British Government should press for all agricultural development plans , which are likely to be broadened in their scope and available to a larger proportion of ( particularly smaller ) farms , to be agreed with conservation authorities before they can be adopted . |
| 22 | Crudely expressed , the librarian 's aim must be to acquire for stock the materials which are likely to be most frequently used . |
| 23 | The paragraphs which now follow single out some of the more important , more specialised , local collections , and particularly those which are likely to be of value to researchers working over a fairly wide geographical area , or concentrating on a single subject . |
| 24 | This can be a vacuous form of words , conveniently forgotten as students settle down in their maths , their physics , their geography lessons to acquire ideas which are , we acknowledge , of potential general application , but which are likely to be of little use if the connections between theory and practice are not made explicitly . |
| 25 | However , check that there are no sounds which are likely to be noticed each time they come round on the repeats . |
| 26 | Try to steer away from foods which are based on sugar , and avoid dishes which are likely to be salty , such as crisps , chips , sausages etc . |
| 27 | If the regulatory framework permits the transfer to customers of the whole cost of rising fuel bills , but makes no allowance for investment , generating companies would have an incentive to build the cheapest possible power plants , which are likely to be costly and inefficient in the use of fuel . |
| 28 | These illustrations are simply suggestive of the complexities which are likely to be involved when we attempt to understand patterns of ‘ tending ’ within families of different cultural background . |
| 29 | Club members , which are likely to be drawn from banks , insurance companies , securities houses — and indeed any large company with extensive overseas dealings — will be able to second staff to the London Business School during development work to gain hands-on experience . |
| 30 | Informix is also understood to be backing CASE tools from Knowledgeware Inc and Cadre Technologies Inc which are likely to be supported by the data dictionary effort . |