Example sentences of "seems likely that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arrivals have frequently been noted at the coast during this period , and it seems likely that such movements are of birds going to favoured areas to moult . |
| 2 | Although at least 80 per cent of patients referred to the general hospital in Oxford after self-injury have cut themselves superficially , it seems likely that many more episodes of deliberate self-cutting occur than are identified through general hospital records . |
| 3 | In fact , it seems likely that many of the studies of memory for arousing stimuli ( e.g. Christianson & Loftus , 1991 ; Christianson et al. , 1991 ) are not showing any effects at all which should be directly attributed to the subject 's general level of arousal . |
| 4 | Had it been , Bingham says , ‘ it seems likely that all concerned would have embarked on a group restructuring programme with a much fuller investigation and understanding of the malpractice which had existed in the past and of the level of support required , or that the bank would have been closed or would have collapsed there and then ’ . |
| 5 | It seems likely that several factors account for the gender differences in morbidity and that there are different explanations for different types of illness . |
| 6 | It seems likely that any hearing user must understand both and certainly needs BSL in order to adequately construct visually appropriate sequences in a signed English form . |
| 7 | It now seems likely that any such support will come direct from the SSI , already monitoring progress on implementation , ( News , 29 April ) . |
| 8 | Judicial ideas are no more immutable than any others and it may be that the above account is too pessimistic , but it seems likely that any future extension of strict liability will come only from the legislature . |
| 9 | It seems likely that these were connected not just with aluminium but with copper , lead and zinc stripped from the insides of pipes , solder and fittings by the acid . |
| 10 | Most ma–or roads now have cycle facilities and it seems likely that these have had a positive effect on the road safety of cyclists . |
| 11 | We have the example of the anaerobic bacteria to show us that life can exist — indeed , may have to exist — without the presence of oxygen , but that is a slightly different concern : it seems likely that these bacteria evolved in an oxygen-rich environment and then adapted to ecologies lacking in oxygen . |
| 12 | Although the International Law Commission did not consider directly the liability of a member State for the acts of an international organisation it seems likely that these two requirements would nevertheless be applicable . |
| 13 | It seems likely that these eye movements are involuntary symptoms of neurophysiological events taking place during REM sleep , with no direct relation to the images generated during dreaming . |
| 14 | In view of the vast size of Siberia , the relatively small numbers of Russians operating there in the seventeenth century , and the difficulty of carrying out a census of a mobile population , it seems likely that these figures somewhat underestimate the number of indigenous Siberians before the Russian conquest . |
| 15 | The market suffers from a number of imperfections , however , and it seems likely that these have a significant limiting effect on its disciplinary power . |
| 16 | It seems likely that those generated in the 1970s and early 1980s will prove the most difficult to preserve , because of the rapid obsolescence of so much hardware and software during that period . |
| 17 | It seems likely that most of the Whessoe village cottages were where Burtree Lane meets Whessoe Road . |
| 18 | It seems likely that some legislators in New York State will demand a new public accountability from museums receiving public funds . |
| 19 | At least 72 of our sample left the printing trade during the war years , according to the records mostly in 1916–17 , although it seems likely that some had already left , since the city 's book trade went into immediate depression on the outbreak of war . |
| 20 | For it seems likely that some signifying structures are more easily articulated to the interests of one group than are some others ; similarly , that they are more easily articulated to the interests of one group than to those of another . |
| 21 | In addition , it seems likely that some , at least , of those who choose to opt out of the state or their employer 's scheme may end up dependant on state benefits at a later date , as the benefits from the money purchase schemes are unpredictable for both employee and dependants . |
| 22 | Where oligopolistic market structures remain it seems likely that some firms will resort to informal agreements and the other collusive devices examined in Chapter 10 . |
| 23 | However , it seems likely that this burden can not be lightened without forcing too much of the decision-making task onto the focusing component of a system , with consequences such as those we saw earlier . |
| 24 | Figures published for this colony between 1948 and 1966 were usually less than 10 , and it seems likely that this site and Glynde are used by the same group of birds . |
| 25 | It seems likely that this entailment is interfering with antagonism in 49 — both events are interpreted as happening to the ‘ global door ’ , of which the door-panel is a part . |
| 26 | As inner cities in Britain continue to decay , it seems likely that this problem will be present , though perhaps in a less acute form , in a number of places . |
| 27 | Rifat Efendi gives Rajab 828/May-June 1425 for Molla Fenari 's appointment not to the Muftilik but to the kadilik of Bursa , but it seems likely that this is a slip of the pen and that he means the Muftilik inasmuch as he says that Molla Fenari went on the pilgrimage in 822/1419 before he became Mufti , an appointment he has not otherwise mentioned . |
| 28 | It seems likely that this is typical of tasks at the operational level , such tasks can be performed automatically and no episodic memory for their performance is normally formed . |
| 29 | A variable which has played an important role in many theories of driving behaviour is subjective risk and it seems likely that this may have important influences on drivers ’ memory for situations for a number of reasons . |
| 30 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |