Example sentences of "[subord] it be likely [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it came to structuring the District Health Authorities in the form which existed until 1990 , the Department of Health stipulated that ‘ it is important to make appointments only where it is likely that prospective members will have the health and vigour to make an effective contribution throughout their term of office . |
| 2 | The whole idea of small talk is to select a ‘ safe ’ topic where it is likely that the other person will have no trouble in meeting you halfway . |
| 3 | Dietary and postural therapies are aimed principally at correcting environmentally induced imbalances , and as such should be considered in any treatment programme where it is likely that such imbalances play a part . |
| 4 | Instead of using a fixed percentage , Cubbin and Leech argue that a shareholder or group of shareholders can be regarded as having control where it is likely that they would win a contested vote , but that this can be determined only by examining the degree of dispersal of shareholdings within the individual company concerned . |
| 5 | Alternatively , where it is likely that the creditors will need to be paid before the debts can be collected , the purchaser may wish to make a retention out of part of the purchase price which it then uses for satisfying the creditors . |
| 6 | Although it is likely that weeding does ( if properly carried out ) usually increase use of stock , the point is often a hard one to prove , since so many other factors bear upon stock use . |
| 7 | So far as we are concerned , this barely matters : although it is likely that ‘ mini black holes ’ , about the size of a subatomic particle , were created by the enormous forces involved in the Big Bang , it is only about now , perhaps 15 billion years later , that these should be beginning to disintegrate . |
| 8 | Plans for the Julie Tullis campsite in the grounds of Harrison 's are still being impeded , although it is likely that site clearing will begin in the near future . |
| 9 | Looking ahead to the early twenty-first century , the smaller size of nuclear families in the late twentieth century makes it evident that there will be fewer relatives about to share family care although it is likely that many fewer people will be childless ( Rossiter and Wicks , 1982 , p. 66 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Although it is likely that future gains will be more modest , profitability will be robust , ’ it said , adding that the industry can also expect to benefit from growing demand , especially from canny corporate customers , and from balanced regulation — public service commissions are increasingly approving alternative regulatory plans which permit the companies to boost earnings above a targeted level , provided they improve efficiency and share earnings gains with their subscribers . |
| 11 | The exact chronology of this development is unclear , although it is likely that the erosion of the duke 's power began immediately , with some of the provisions of his 1471 grant a dead letter from the outset . |
| 12 | The exact chronology of this development is unclear , although it is likely that the erosion of the duke 's power began immediately , with some of the provisions of his 147I grant a dead letter from the outset . |
| 13 | Nor is it clear that public law provides a solution except in the limited instances of FSA , ss 55 and 81 , although it is likely that s 48(2) ( h ) permits SIB Core Rule 36 to modify fiduciary duties . |
| 14 | Identical powers may be given to any other named individual including a social worker although it is likely that police support will be most commonly enlisted . |
| 15 | Many of these measures would require the approval of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers , although it was likely that , if such approval were not obtained before unification , the Commission would apply the measures on an emergency basis . |
| 16 | Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes . |
| 17 | She was born before the turn of the century , so it is likely that her parents had been born into slavery . |
| 18 | The damage to your dog 's pancreas is permanent , so it is likely that you will have to continue with the capsules for life , but with the right sort of diet , you may well be able to reduce the number he needs . |
| 19 | In the early sixteenth century the prices of essential goods rose more sharply than those of inessentials , and at the same time wage differentials increased again , so it is likely that by this date population was rising again , and that as real wages declined a higher proportion of them was being spent on essential goods and less on luxuries . |
| 20 | One demand made during the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536 was that entry fines should not exceed the value of two years ' rent , so it is likely that by this time , when a rising population was creating a shortage of land , some landlords were seeking more . |
| 21 | The areas enclosed in the south of the county were on average larger than those in the east , so it is likely that enclosure there took place at a time when conditions were more conducive to the practice . |
| 22 | Saturn your ruler is in exceptionally mood now so it is likely that you will have to put up with rather spartan conditions but you know how much is at stake for the future so you are happy to do without |
| 23 | Even if it is likely that a Labour administration would have failed in the round to solve Britain 's fundamental problems , there is little doubt that at a minimum there would have been a substantial redistribution of income and some attempt to reform the City , regulate public utilities more strongly and determinedly tackle the homelessness problem . |
| 24 | If it is likely that the Purchaser has to inject money into the business it could end up losing more than it paid if there is a total disaster and the Vendor 's liability is limited in this way . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes , yes , but I ca n't help wondering if it 's likely that a young man on the brink of a successful career and maybe planning marriage to another girl would … |
| 26 | Such a throat demands antibiotics on spec because it is likely but not necessarily a bacterial infection . |
| 27 | On the contrary , standards require that the information system is consulted at all times , not only because it is impossible to memorise everything but also because it is likely that facts have changed since they were last consulted . |
| 28 | Incineration , for example , can effectively reduce the volume of rubbish but still leaves the problem of non-combustible material ; covering with rocks is not an ideal solution because the rubbish may be uncovered by scavenging yaks , herders and climbers ; incarceration in glacier crevasses is not recommended because it is likely that the rubbish will ultimately reappear . |
| 29 | This probably represents an underestimate of the proliferative capacity of 14-day precursors because it is likely that not all cells are successfully incorporated into the reaggregates . |
| 30 | This is first because of the individual differences in stylistic competence already noted ; secondly because our sense of style is essentially vague and indeterminate , not reducible to quantities ; and thirdly because it is likely that certain deviances ( below a certain level of significance ) do not reach the threshold of response , even for the most experienced , alert , and sensitive reader . |