Example sentences of "[adv] [be] likely to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | determine which sub-systems , programs etc. are likely to be involved in any change |
2 | If you are wrongfully dismissed , the cost in terms of pension benefits alone is likely to be heavy . |
3 | While this evidence does not necessarily imply that children will always cope with empirical and intentional explanations in the classroom , it does imply that failure to do so is likely to be due to factors other than children lacking an understanding of causality , of intentionality , or of the causal connectives . |
4 | The penalty for failure to do so was likely to be dire because not only individuals but nations were chastised for their sins , and can it be expected that He will suffer this great iniquity to go unpunished ? ’ |
5 | Families are usually unable to describe how they function to an outsider and so questions that enquire about this directly are likely to be unhelpful . |
6 | Yesterday , however , Peter Price , deputy chairman of the council and a member of the board , said that they would not now be likely to be available before Easter . |
7 | Small children who see grandparents frequently are likely to be distressed and puzzled by their death . |
8 | Demand here is likely to be high , the report says , because the service will be able to satisfy the demands of portable computing . |
9 | Demand here is likely to be high , the report says , because the service will be able to satisfy the demands of portable computing . |
10 | Thus aspects such as status , security and so on are likely to be important . |
11 | The next industry to adopt the technique widely is likely to be mechanical engineering . |
12 | With respect to the circumstance for the starting-to-work of the windscreen wipers , the car 's radio being on is likely to be irrelevant . |