Example sentences of "[am/are] likely to [be] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that by 2001 there are likely to be 18,000 extra cases , all aged over 75 . |
| 2 | Other changes highlighted in 1989 by the National Economic Development Council include an aging workforce ( in the 1990s the working population will become increasingly concentrated in the middle age groups and in the year 2000 there are likely to be 1.8 million more people aged 35 to 54 ) and an expanding adult labour force ( women returning to the labour market are expected to provide most of the growth in labour force in the 1990s ) . |
| 3 | But if he has to do it all over again , there are likely to be two main changes : a tougher approach from the start and a campaign team which knows what time the Nine O'Clock News starts . |
| 4 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 5 | Their hotels are likely to be one of the faceless cement blocks which have sprouted in both towns . |
| 6 | However , the numbers of the very elderly will increase substantially : there are likely to be 1.2 million people aged 85 and over in 2006 ( Population Projections 1985–2025 , 1987 , Appendix II ) , an increase of 75 per cent over the 1986 figure . |
| 7 | There are likely to be 12 or 13 Unionist MPs in the Commons after the election , nine of them in Mr Molyneaux 's party and three in Mr Ian Paisley 's DUP . |
| 8 | But however good the reviewing agencies are , there are likely to be three major problems about using them . |
| 9 | Even without tolls , country roads are likely to be three times as busy in 2025 as they are today . |
| 10 | For every one person who succeeds there are likely to be dozens and dozens who fail . |