Example sentences of "[pron] was likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I knew from my family history I was likely to be vulnerable to cancer and luckily it was diagnosed and treated in time . |
| 3 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 4 | Clearly they thought that Solomon in all his glory looked far better than anything which was likely to be found growing in a field . |
| 5 | No girl , reported David Riesman , the sociologist , would go to a dance unless she was picked up in a car belonging to or driven by her escort , which was likely to be ‘ the second car ’ . |
| 6 | Decisions by judges in the Kandyan Kingdom took into account all the available evidence , including the personal knowledge of the judge and others in attendance , which was likely to be extensive . |
| 7 | There was a constant exchange of information between Sechem , and the implications of every aspect of a science which was likely to be applied practically were studied . |
| 8 | Even more important was his use of lymph taken from a smallpox pustule in its early stage of development , rather than from a mature pustule which was likely to be contaminated with a variety of organisms . |
| 9 | This was assumed to mean that before the British Parliament was asked to ratify , there would need to be a clear plan for addressing the Danish veto which was likely to be acceptable to the Danish people . |
| 10 | This motion remained subject to further debate at a forthcoming third federal assembly of the IU , which was likely to be held in the spring of 1992 . |
| 11 | The bill , which was likely to be considered by the full Senate after the summer recess , was similar to that which had been approved by the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives on June 30 . |
| 12 | Whereas the state case against the officers had been heard in Ventura County , an almost exclusively white suburb of Los Angeles , the federal case was due to be decided by a jury selected from a pool of seven southern California counties ( with a total population of 16,000,000 people ) which was likely to be less predominantly white in composition . |
| 13 | Unless overturned by the courts , the result appeared to open the way for a further referendum on constitutional reform which was likely to be held in early 1993 . |
| 14 | ( I had a meeting of an advisory committee at the Bodleian at three , which was likely to be acrimonious and prolonged , and I simply had to buy something for the boys ' dinner first . ) |
| 15 | We were working towards her rehabilitation ; at the time she was co-operative and relaxed , and there were no indications she was likely to be involved in that sort of incident . ’ |
| 16 | It said the shift maintenance manager , who was likely to be overtired , used spectacles to read small print or figures but did not wear them while replacing the panel . |
| 17 | that he had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress , or |
| 18 | Note the defence shown at point 2 above , when the offender has no reason to believe anyone was within hearing or seeing distances who was likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress , e.g. if some people could see him , but they were a long way off . |
| 19 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , where a creditor knew that security was being taken for the benefit of a debtor from a surety who was likely to be influenced by and to have some degree of reliance on the debtor , the creditor should seek to ensure that unfair advantage was not taken of the surety ; that , if the creditor failed to do so and the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by the debtor 's undue influence or material misrepresentation or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction , the security would be unenforceable ; that the bank knew that the defendants were husband and wife and that the wife was being asked to provide security for the husband 's business and was likely to rely on his judgment , and they should have ensured that she understood the nature and effect of the document which she was asked to sign ; and that , since the bank had failed to do so and had left it to the husband to explain the transaction , so that as a result of the husband 's misrepresentation the wife entered into the charge on the misunderstanding that her liability was limited to £60,000 , they could not enforce the charge against the wife save to the extent of £60,000 ( post , pp. 620C–G , 622F — 623C , D–F , 635G — 636F ) . |
| 20 | When I was Defence Secretary and , to my shame , trying to sell tanks to King Idris in Libya , I was pretty sure that he 'd be overthrown in an army coup , and I tried to identify the colonel who was likely to be the leader of the coup . |
| 21 | The bystander requirement in section 5 is not simply an objective hypothetical measure of the quality of the defendant 's conduct , as in the first three sections of the Act ; rather , the policeman or other witness who gives evidence of the defendant 's misconduct must satisfy the magistrates that there was a person present who was likely to be harassed , alarmed or distressed . |
| 22 | One consequence of this distinction is that the prosecutor bears no burden of showing that the defendant was aware of the existence or presence of another who was likely to be harassed , alarmed or distressed . |
| 23 | ‘ It is a defence for the accused to prove — ( a ) that he had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress , or ( b ) that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling , or ( c ) that his conduct was reasonable . ’ |
| 24 | She heard a madwoman howling — herself — but on market day , in St Jude 's , with the taverns serving gin and strong beer from five o'clock in the morning , who was likely to be disturbed by a little howling ? |
| 25 | She did not feel there was likely to be much in the way of ideas or co-operation from her daughter 's parents-in-law in this connection — at least , not from Lilian . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) . |
| 27 | and McNeill J. , had to consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus , where justices had refused bail on the ground that there was likely to be interference with witnesses and had at an application for a further remand in custody declined to hear the defendant 's counsel who wished to renew the application for bail on the basis that there had been a material change of circumstances . |
| 28 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 29 | There was likely to be more interest in a member of the family who seemed to have come to the boil than in Sara who would cost time and patience to bring to blood heat . |
| 30 | but I think there was an awareness that there was likely to be much more opposition to , to land reform in the south . |