Example sentences of "[pers pn] is likely [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When your child wakes up , be reassuring ; he or she is likely to be upset . |
| 2 | On that fond hope , she is likely to be disappointed . |
| 3 | Any applicant for a course of study who has a criminal record should , at the time of application inform the Academic Registrar who will advise the applicant whether or not he or she is likely to be able to satisfy certain eligibility requirements for the course . |
| 4 | Any applicant for a course of study who has a criminal record should at the time of application inform the Academic Registrar who will advise the applicant whether or not he or she is likely to be able to satisfy certain eligibility requirements for the course . |
| 5 | ( Of course , if the power is evil it is quite likely to be wielded by a female and just for good measure she is likely to be ugly . ) |
| 6 | Sometimes if the investigator is a native of the area s/he is studying and is also trained in techniques of phonetic and phonological analysis , s/he is likely to be able to articulate and use intuitions about relevant variables . |
| 7 | However , it is likely to be preferable to limit the range of choices facing the teacher at any moment and to group them in a natural way from a teaching point of view . |
| 8 | Obviously it is likely to be quiet in an empty hall or in a field ; it is likely to be noisy when a crowd of people are talking together all at the same time . |
| 9 | If the offer is a reasonable one then it is likely to be reasonable to accept it . |
| 10 | Certainly if the school can come to terms with the planning of time , it is likely to be well on the way to implementing the programme . |
| 11 | Despite an improvement in overseas business activity in the financial services sector in the UK it is likely to be flat over the next quarter , according to the latest CBI/Coopers Deloitte quarterly survey of financial services . |
| 12 | It is likely to be waterproof and windproof and there is additional protection should someone be foolish enough to fire a shot in the direction of the ferrets ' container while bolting rabbits . |
| 13 | No single clear explanation emerges to explain the high pitted counts in alcoholic liver disease and it is likely to be multifactorial . |
| 14 | The normal reason for accepting a piece of advice is that it is likely to be sound advice . |
| 15 | If it is likely to be sizeable , it might be a good idea to hire a consultancy actuary to analyse the scheme involved and to pinpoint the relevant facts . |
| 16 | The picture which emerges from this study is one where assistance between more distant kin is of relatively minor importance to the total picture ( although of course it may be very important in particular cases ) , and that whether it is likely to be significant is rather idiosyncratic and unpredictable . |
| 17 | This may be zero , though in multi-programming or multi-tasking it is likely to be finite . |
| 18 | It is likely to be frightened in the dark , and there is always the possibility of exhaust fumes leaking into this compartment , sometimes with deadly effects . |
| 19 | Mail order houses ' share of total consumer spending on such goods has been increasing at such a rate that , within two or three years , it is likely to be double its 1970 level . |
| 20 | Suffice it to say that it is likely to be difficult — if not impossible — for each school to maintain a balance of consultants . |
| 21 | He or she , and , for that matter , the woman herself , may also feel it is likely to be difficult for her to be able to attend a hospital out-patient department . |
| 22 | This will depend on your business but it is likely to be Legal/Rational |
| 23 | It is likely to be intense in west coast deserts , such as the Atacama ( Chile/Peru ) and Namib ( Namibia ) , where frequent fogs supply both salt and moisture . |
| 24 | Obviously it is likely to be quiet in an empty hall or in a field ; it is likely to be noisy when a crowd of people are talking together all at the same time . |
| 25 | The assumption of a variable capital-labour ratio implied by marginal productivity theory is more acceptable in long-run analysis such as formal models of economic growth , but it is likely to be inapplicable in short-run analysis . |
| 26 | Although ACET , like any charity , does not have the power to release you from the agreement it is likely to be sympathetic . |
| 27 | So if you approach a sympathetic , but so far neutral , person and start telling him that he ought to give his support because of x , y and z policies he is likely to be bored and irritated . |
| 28 | As West has 6 Hearts , he is likely to be short in all the other suits , and with East returning the King of Clubs , there is a suggestion that he has a fairly long suit . |
| 29 | If the structures of knowledge that exist do reflect the structures of the real world , then any attempt to modify or erode them is likely to be unproductive . |
| 30 | A prime mover of Art Nouveau was A. H. Mackmurdo , but so were many famous artists — from Aubrey Beardsley , book illustrator , to Henri Guimard , designer of Paris Métro stations ; from the glassware of Louis Conford Tiffany to the architecture of Antoni Gaudi and early Frank Lloyd Wright — that any list of them is likely to be incomplete . |