Example sentences of "[be] likely [prep] [be] highly [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because information needs in business are likely to be highly specific to a company , and even to individuals within companies , a reputation as a trusted source should be developed on a basis of a good understanding of firms ' market positions , products , exports markets , and competitors at home and abroad . |
| 2 | The global warming and the accompanying changes in rainfall are likely to be highly variable , and unpredictable in detail . |
| 3 | They are likely to be highly skilled technical practitioners and first-rate communicators . |
| 4 | Certainly there is little doubt that the technologies which can manage the ambiguous and variously interpreted data of history are likely to be highly transferable ones . |
| 5 | And even after due allowance has been made for the undeniable fact , easily forgotten as it is , that literature is written by writers , and that writers are likely to be highly exceptional beings who actively prefer working alone , there is still something persuasively representative about the man in the play who would rather listen to a new recording of a favourite opera than to the problems of his neighbours and relatives . |
| 6 | In the absence of any such prescribed ground rules , invocation of the power of expulsion on this ground is likely to be highly contentious . |
| 7 | Making improvements to existing , uninsulated , timber or concrete floors is likely to be highly disruptive and prohibitively expensive , and is best done as part of a major renovation programme . |
| 8 | Using an electromagnetic modelling method called method of moments , AEA Technology discovered that one particular antenna on a satellite was likely to be highly susceptible to interference from other antennas on the same satellite , and its design was adjusted during the initial design phase . |