Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] likely to [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not be a source of comfort to the hardpressed British public if they were to become aware that ( reckoning our overseas statistics globally not a single bean of substance for themselves or of capital equipment for British manufacturers is likely to be left over from the American credit ; and that we shall require , on balance , the whole of it , and , unless we change our ways , much more to feed and sustain Allies , liberated territories and ex-enemies , to maintain our military prestige overseas , and , generally speaking to cut a dash in the world considerably above our means . |
| 2 | Government activity can be usefully divided into a number of different areas , and it is illuminating to see to what extent each of these areas is likely to be subjected to scrutiny in the courts . |
| 3 | It is called a squid fishery , but the truth is that anything that moves near these nets is likely to be caught and killed . ’ |
| 4 | Any reader literal enough to doubt Quinn 's success in those matters is likely to be diverted by the thrust and crackle of action rapidly described and by the element of chance so quickly exploited by the boy . |
| 5 | On the other hand , the social significance of the offences is likely to be set as much by prosecution policy and sentencing policy as by the label of the offence . |
| 6 | In practice , a variety of perspectives is likely to be employed in analysis of global politics , although the need for refinement of existing models and development of alternatives is evident . |
| 7 | Where goodwill still has to be valued in relation to payments to outgoing partners , one of two bases is likely to be used : ( 1 ) excess profits , that is to say the amount by which an outgoing partner 's profit share exceeded ( a ) what he might have been expected to earn as an employed solicitor , and ( b ) the income he might have been expected to receive from investing his capital contributions in safe securities ; or , and much more frequently , ( 2 ) the average net profits of the partner concerned . |
| 8 | A period of under-provision over a number of years is likely to be reflected on the shelves in subject gaps or in the poor physical condition of stock . |
| 9 | In a country like Kenya with a 4% plus increment in the population , the pressures are becoming so heavy that the relatively slow educational process towards the utilization of natural resources is likely to be swamped by the acute needs of the very people who need to be informed . |
| 10 | Using ADS. air traffic controllers will be able to monitor movements of suitably equipped aircraft automatically , building up a radar-like picture of their positions in areas beyond the range of radar cover , ADS is likely to be introduced into routine service over the North Atlantic between the mid-1990s and the turn of the century . |
| 11 | In regarding the literary text as an instrument of expression or representation , the specificity of its literary qualities is likely to be overlooked . |
| 12 | The set of favoured firms is likely to be composed mainly of research-intensive firms or firms with enormous manufacturing expertise , and the odds are that such firms may have discovered the information for themselves through their own R&D before it spills over to them from rivals . |
| 13 | The heightened sense of distinctiveness which results from these conditions is likely to be marked by strenuous efforts to maintain linguistic distinctiveness . |
| 14 | In armies the power relations are so clear , and the rights and obligations of the participants so firmly established , that any one of these comments is likely to be punished as facetiousness or disobedience — even though no explicit order has been given . |
| 15 | The effect of our comments is likely to be intensified towards either ( 1 ) or ( 6 ) . |
| 16 | Clearly , borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer — greater flexibility in one area of the lending terms is likely to be balanced by restrictive conditions in another area . |
| 17 | The clarity and comprehensibility of the terms is likely to be taken into account by any court in assessing the reasonableness of the terms . |
| 18 | During the remainder of the century some one-third of the increase in energy consumption in the LDCs is likely to be accounted for by oil which means a reduction in its proportion of consumption from 55% today to 43% by the year 2000 . |
| 19 | There is after all no point in throwing good money after bad , and the need to maintain harmonious industrial relations is likely to be considered of greater importance than achieving a barren judgment . |
| 20 | The entire food chain in the seas off part of Australia 's eastern coasts is likely to be contaminated by toxins , according to Cor Lenghaus , a researcher from Hamilton Regional Veterinary Laboratory in Victoria . |
| 21 | This in turn gives us a clue as to whether the ‘ feelgood ’ aura from rising house prices is likely to be reversed quickly . |
| 22 | Either way , the rise in prices is likely to be associated with a lower level of unemployment . |
| 23 | Where you think that one of your disbursements is likely to be challenged you should get the expert to produce a breakdown of how it was that the fees came to be charged , whether on a fixed rate basis or an hourly charge basis , and this should be available to disclose to the opposition and to be used on taxation . |
| 24 | The experimental network of 15 city technology colleges is likely to be expanded . |
| 25 | Admittedly the zeal with which trades unions seek to achieve increases in the money wages of their members is likely to be tempered in times of rising unemployment , an outcome which is also predicted in the more formal models of hysteresis . |
| 26 | A NEW safety strategy aimed at reducing the risk of accidents is likely to be adopted as part of Darlington council policy . |
| 27 | It 's been predicted that the number of places on courses is likely to be frozen this year . |
| 28 | Doctors are far more aware of this possibility in children than they once were , and any parent attempting to fabricate symptoms is likely to be found out very quickly . |
| 29 | ADD suggest that the reasons efficiency might be impaired in periods of variable inflation are that the price system fails to transmit as efficiently the information on relative prices needed to coordinate economic plans , that the optimum wage and price contract length shortens , making existing arrangements inappropriate , and that government interference in markets is likely to be increased . |
| 30 | The package of 16 measures is likely to be presented shortly . |