Example sentences of "[be] [adv] likely that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two buildings were , therefore , clearly under military control , and it is most likely that they represented a collection centre for the annona militaris , a tax thought to have been introduced by Severus . |
| 2 | Working-class children in general were less likely to first learn about sex from parents , and it is less likely that they have positive relationships with their teachers . |
| 3 | On the whole , however , it is more likely that they used a comparative test , tying the two competing ropes end to end , in series , and breaking them by means of a capstan . |
| 4 | It may be ‘ accidental that there is no Beaverbrook or Rothermere ’ but it is more likely that they would encounter an enormous backlash if they trespassed into the formal world of politics . |
| 5 | These statistics must be treated with caution , but if anything it is more likely that they underrate rather than overrate the political content . |
| 6 | Such slivers may be an accurate representation of the true situation but it is more likely that they are the result of inaccurate digitization , imprecise surveying , or the use of maps of considerably different scale . |
| 7 | So it 's more likely that they 'll make it compulsory . |
| 8 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 9 | It is also likely that they will monitor and criticize the performance of their colleagues to the same end . |
| 10 | Certainly , speakers are free to select from a wide range of surface forms in order to achieve a particular communicative purpose , and it is quite likely that they will do so to attain appropriate levels of politeness , solidarity or social distance . |
| 11 | It is quite likely that they will make suggestions or ask that the work is prepared according to a set of guidelines that they provide . |
| 12 | Given the media 's obsession with Diana , it was hardly likely that they would allow the couple the luxury of a week alone in the snow . |
| 13 | Food was unlikely to provide exactly the right nucleic acids ready-made , and it was more likely that they were being built up from their components . |