Example sentences of "[pers pn] was likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had talked to me about Tom and Oliver , but only , it seemed , because she thought my children were all I was likely to be interested in . |
| 2 | I knew from my family history I was likely to be vulnerable to cancer and luckily it was diagnosed and treated in time . |
| 3 | We were working towards her rehabilitation ; at the time she was co-operative and relaxed , and there were no indications she was likely to be involved in that sort of incident . ’ |
| 4 | Promoters World Wide Productions said it was likely to be the last party of its kind before new legislation comes into effect . |
| 5 | If a country enacted a bill of rights , then it was likely to be acknowledged as a written but inadequate consolation for the absence of that commitment to liberty which appeared to seep unconsciously and effortlessly through the British system of government . |
| 6 | For the vast majority of older workers in the After Redundancy study , therefore , it was likely to be the interaction of the two sets of influences — individual characteristics and knowledge about the demand for labour and their chances of securing further employment of a similar kind — that determined their response to redundancy . |
| 7 | With this went , thirdly , that it was likely to be a royal monopoly available only by grace of the ruler who accumulated his stock of tusks through gifts , loot or tribute . |
| 8 | My instinct , both of mercy and goodwill , was to seek Barbara 's approval to a reference to the Prime Minister , but an even stronger instinct told me that it was likely to be met by a flat refusal and that the negotiating process would be stillborn . |
| 9 | Bet you thought it was likely to be pretty exciting stuff , eh ? |
| 10 | It was likely to be sooner still , she discovered . |
| 11 | said it was likely to be some time before we know Government 's position on our future . |
| 12 | My understanding was that it was likely to be published in the spring . |
| 13 | Mr Paleokrassas said he could not say how much money would be granted to the industry , but added it was likely to be ‘ quite substantial ’ . |
| 14 | It was likely to be some time before he was so lucky . |
| 15 | Possibly if they did tell you something then it was likely to be made up because children did n't know it was wrong to lie . |
| 16 | In practice , he was likely to be related through descent and marriage to any parties to a dispute ; and as an elderly and respected man he might try to prevent the scandal of open quarrelling among close kinsmen . |
| 17 | Unless he was likely to be found out , of course . ’ |
| 18 | Once more Sarah trudged to St Bartholomew 's , but James had n't returned and she dare n't ask if he was likely to be much longer . |
| 19 | A police spokesman said last night that Mr Kelsey 's condition was not life threatening and he was likely to be discharged from hospital today . |
| 20 | This too has been conspicuous in all the areas of business which we have examined ; but never before when when he was likely to be confronted with so much debate and such a variety of decisions . |
| 21 | The army was an unsatisfactory occupation for a man who lacked the money to purchase promotion , for he was likely to be in the situation of the Master of Elphinstone , who complained in 1715 that ‘ I have served as Capt[ai-n] this nine years which I have the vanity to believe intitelis me to something better than a company of foot ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ But once he told me that he was n't about to change and that he was likely to be a lifetime philanderer , I saw red and thought , ‘ Screw you ! |
| 23 | I did not believe that he was likely to be one of my examiners in Finals , and this turned out to be true . |
| 24 | Conversation with Alexei had been limited for the past day to standard matters of duty , and since he had not been able to think of anything which he could say to change his son 's attitude , he had allowed himself to accept that the state of affairs which existed between them was likely to be permanent . |