Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] likely to [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I do n't even know you , so I 'm hardly likely to be harbouring some secret grudge against you ! ’ |
| 2 | You 've been peevish , arrogant , downright rude on most occasions that we 've met , so I 'm hardly likely to be labouring under any illusions , am I ? ’ |
| 3 | In the darkness I felt in the hands of God , someone who could do anything He liked with me , even though that someone was more likely to be Mr Slieman , the manager , who with his pencil moustache looked more like a used car salesman and was constantly trying to show Louise , the cashier and kiosk girl , his collection of prophylactics . |
| 4 | Among the magazine articles , which are most likely to be interesting to her ? |
| 5 | The following paper presents some of the themes and questions from the Lineaments which are most likely to be of interest to all members of the church . |
| 6 | The following sections discuss those provisions which are most likely to be encountered in practice . |
| 7 | In particular , some topics are picked out which are very likely to be difficult for the top third of the " lowest 40 per cent " . |
| 8 | Security can also be a problem here , so try to park in highly visible places which are less likely to be jammed by visitors ' cars just as you want to get home . |
| 9 | It 's hard to divine the facts of her early life since her autobiography , Lady Sings The Blues , is full of tawdry details which are as likely to be figments of a pulp imagination as they are the truth : the way she tells it , she was routinely mistreated and beaten , recruited for a brothel and more or less saved only by a small talent for holding a tune . |
| 10 | Although many sites and finds are still excavated , analysed and dated by the sorting of finds , and so on ( methods which are never likely to be completely replaced ) , numerous scientific methods of dating have now been developed . |
| 11 | One other possible area of danger is that of good facsimiles , which are more likely to be met with from time to time than competent forgeries . |
| 12 | The management will also be asked to give certain non-competition undertakings , of a type often found in service agreements , but which are more likely to be enforceable if incorporated in an investment agreement . |
| 13 | There are other areas of research which are more likely to be fruitful than hyperbaric oxygen therapy . |
| 14 | Another feature of the Soviet situation unusual from a Western point of view was that , in addition to the Soviet army , both the Interior Ministry and the KGB maintained armed troops , which were most likely to be used in maintaining internal law and order . |
| 15 | And they normally used the ‘ mixed ’ trains , which , since they stopped at every station and carried all manner of freight as well as third- and fourth-class carriages , were the ones which were most likely to be inordinately late . |
| 16 | The third , which is most likely to be important in long-distance homing , is that the animal has an internal ‘ map ’ sense , and can both estimate its own map reference , and knows that of the home site . |
| 17 | For all of this , you might well expect to pay a premium price , but with a recommended price of £149 , which is very likely to be discounted to under the £100 mark , DesignWorks lies in the ‘ affordable ’ bracket . |
| 18 | ‘ to give rise to apprehension for the safety of any person ( or property ) or ’ False reports that a person is missing from home or that a bomb is in a building ( which is more likely to be encountered in practice ) come under this point . |
| 19 | Instead they refer to only a sub-section of these behaviours , a sub-section which is more likely to be committed by young , poorly-educated males who are often unemployed , live in working-class impoverished neighbourhoods , and frequently belong to an ethnic minority . |
| 20 | So far as assistance to grandchildren in adult life is concerned , the American evidence suggests that grandparents do assist financially and that they define this assistance as a gift , unlike financial support between the other two generations which is more likely to be defined as a loan , or as part of an exchange ( Hill , 1970 , pp. 69–70 ) . |
| 21 | This position , actual or potential for all women , leads to a version of the self which is more likely to be defined in relationship and which therefore implies certain commitments or responsibilities which can hardly be denied . |
| 22 | You can use a stronger line which is less likely to be cut ; but , inevitably its extra weight and drag will put you at a disadvantage in terms of manoeuvrability . |
| 23 | Choose a heavy feeding bowl which is less likely to be knocked over than a stainless steel container . |
| 24 | But the boss himself is most likely to be out . |
| 25 | Very frequently judges sought to bring the parties to an amicable settlement ( which was more likely to be observed ) rather than to pass an outright sentence . |
| 26 | Enjoying bondage is related to the early , or joyless , loss of virginity , while it is the men earning over £25,000 a year who are most likely to be partial to using whips . |
| 27 | It is these people who are most difficult to place and who are most likely to be returned to institutions ( Sutter et al. , 1980 ; Intagliata and Willer , 1982 ; Vitello et al. , 1983 ) , where they are likely to remain unpopular patients who are avoided by staff ( Grant and Moores , 1977 ; Raynes , 1980 ) . |
| 28 | If case management is expected to reduce reliance upon residential care then it will need components which specifically address the needs of clients who are most likely to be admitted , or those with the history of frequent admissions , or those who are likely to stay the longest . |
| 29 | Now I think in our experience so far we find that erm the accounts clerks in the back office are those who are most likely to be bashing away at the character terminals , those are the people who are bashing data into the system . |
| 30 | Those who are most likely to be affected by the Labour party 's proposals to surcharge savings are those who are just coming up to retirement . |