Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next week I shall take my wife over every inch of this lovely island , which I and my cousin consecrated many years ago , when our destiny seemed assured and likely to be shared . |
| 2 | The codicils of Popilius Heracla , whose dating is controversial but likely to be early third century , contain an odder expression : rogo iubeoque fideique vestrae committo . |
| 3 | Well , I was n't married or likely to be , as far as I could see . |
| 4 | Setting up these menus is one of the areas that leaves a lot to be desired , it is tedious and likely to be a constant source of hotline support enquiries to InteSoft . |
| 5 | Small Conger eels Conger conger are occasionally to be found in holes where the land meets the sea , and blue Lobsters , Homarus gammurus are uncommon but likely to be discovered in some years . |
| 6 | Cross-fertilisation with publishers , government printing offices , and the computer industry is essential but likely to be ineffective until the historical profession gets its own house in order and begins to include its computer-literate members fully into the fold . |
| 7 | Children — Care proceedings — Threshold conditions — Child in voluntary care placed with foster parents — Child previously at risk with mother — Local authority seeking care order — Whether condition that child ‘ is suffering ’ significant harm satisfied — Whether harm attributable to care given or likely to be given to child if order not made — Children Act 1989 ( c. 41 ) , s. 31(2) |
| 8 | Data files included punched cards ( as data files , not just for input ) ; the computer was dated , overloaded and likely to be replaced by one from a different manufacturer ; there was little real-time access to data ; management information was scarce ; there was little in the way of computerized records for Polytechnic students on non-modular courses , and that little was unintegrated with the modular system ; there were no benefits or access to data for offices besides the registry ; the file structures could no longer cope with the then size of the course ( 1,100 students ) ; and the data structures were arcane ( for example , over-zealous use of bit-packing ) . |
| 9 | They 're not as big and not as yellow but likely to be more expensive than the current price of around 49p a pound . |
| 10 | To our knowledge , these findings provide the first direct evidence that mesenchymal as well as epithelial cells are involved in T-cell development , and suggest that their involvement is stage-specific and likely to be dependent on short-range or contact-mediated interactions . |
| 11 | If such criticisms are valid , is a sterner , more restrictive approach either desirable or likely to be effective ? |
| 12 | response rate is good because the respondent is captive and likely to be interested |