Example sentences of "most likely to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can get some sort of control reference by comparing figures for fatalities and serious injuries ( all of which would be reported ) during commuting hours ( when drivers are most likely to be sober ) with those during weekend nights . |
| 2 | Instruction in methods for finding information is most likely to be successful if provided at a point when students are working on a non-library project or course which requires a literature search . |
| 3 | In general , when male animals compete for the attention of females , the biggest males are most likely to be successful ; therefore , as Darwin observed , in species where the males compete , they tend to be bigger than females , as in baboons or in most species of seal . |
| 4 | It was not merely the major items of patronage , such as appointment to the Court of Session , which occasioned deathwatch reports to politicians from the jobhunters , for the health of local officers was as much a matter of careful calculation , and the first to apply was the most likely to be successful when a vacancy occurred . |
| 5 | Analysis of this problem is greatly facilitated by the fact that we can identify anatomically the subregions of the visual cortex most likely to be involved in colour vision . |
| 6 | We propose that in the phospho-free state of HPr , the open conformation of the active centre ( having residue 51 in the vicinity ) is the one most likely to be involved in the phosphotransfer process with enzyme I. But the actual interaction awaits the structure determination of enzyme I and , more relevantly , structure determination of the enzyme I/HPr complex . |
| 7 | The two new rules most likely to be modified concern the number of sets of tyres allowed at a grand prix and limitations on the use of spare cars . |
| 8 | I would be most likely to be extravagant on the following : |
| 9 | Germany : Although a law exists requiring employers to vaccinate healthcare workers , healthcare employees of small private practices are most likely to be unprotected against hepatitis B infection as many employers are ignoring the law |
| 10 | The biggest section follows ; this is a selection of the many questions received from readers — the more important , the most often asked , and therefore the sort of thing most likely to be worrying you — with ‘ reason why ’ explanations . |
| 11 | This has been implied er in Mr 's analysis of road , rail and bus and clearly there is to be integration between all three systems but particularly er with regard to the bus er method of tran public transport as this is most likely to be accessible . |
| 12 | What is most likely to be useful in such material is the chance that inferences can be drawn by the reader , seeing a similarity in a problem elsewhere with a question in the visual arts . |
| 13 | The question which organization is best fitted to undertake a particular project should be determined not only by considerations of relative expertise and resources but also by reference to the type of instrument that is most likely to be effective . |
| 14 | The research should contribute both to psychological knowledge , by identifying the structure and content of teenagers ' knowledge of road use and how this knowledge changes as a function of experience ; to the practical business of accident prevention , by identifying what kinds of interventions are most needed in pre-driving years and when these interventions are most likely to be effective . |
| 15 | A simple clause reserving title in the goods to the seller until the buyer has paid their purchase price in full is probably the type of clause most likely to be effective . |
| 16 | The situation where such clauses are most likely to be reasonable is one where prior negotiations have been complex , with many oral discussions and lots of paper work passing between the parties , so that it is equally to the advantage of both parties to create certainty by describing all of their rights and liabilities in one defined set of documents and excluding all extraneous issues . |
| 17 | In Bernice 's experience , small or introverted men were those most likely to be obsessive . |
| 18 | For the same reason they have focused on the groups who seemed most likely to be needy : the working class in the inner city , the isolated and the institutionalized . |
| 19 | In fact , to get confidence when rehearsing your speech , read it to the person who is most likely to be encouraging . |
| 20 | Soil and climate , which should be taken together , determine the land potential ( see Chapter 2 ) and largely dictate the main types of farming — arable , stock-rearing , fattening , dairying , etc. — that are most likely to be viable . |
| 21 | The S4 pupils were also those most likely to be unauthorised absentees ; 27% of all S4 pupils were absent without authorisation at least once during the week , in contrast to 5% of all S1 pupils . |
| 22 | The electoral process stopped abruptly with the death of the man most likely to be prime minister . |
| 23 | Enjoying bondage is related to the early , or joyless , loss of virginity , while it is the men earning over £25,000 a year who are most likely to be partial to using whips . |
| 24 | Also , those most likely not to complete the questionnaire or do the interview are most likely to be delinquent ; and one can not force people to fill in questionnaires correctly . |
| 25 | But buyers most likely to be satisfied probably already own a desktop PC , perhaps with an important text file which they 'd be glad to carry around for reference . |
| 26 | This aim is most likely to be satisfied , in a way that will come nearest to meeting the varying needs of the students , if the distinction between the theoretical and the practical is built firmly into the curriculum , replacing , in the curricular structure , the distinction between arts and sciences . |
| 27 | Given the decline of rural rail and bus routes ( chapter 6 ) , it is private transport that is most likely to be important , and access to cars and motorbikes is highly selective in terms of age , sex , income and social class . |
| 28 | The third , which is most likely to be important in long-distance homing , is that the animal has an internal ‘ map ’ sense , and can both estimate its own map reference , and knows that of the home site . |
| 29 | The conclusion is obvious ; and it is that those local searchers for a place here , who are being crowded out by the southerners , are most likely to be northern Catholics . |
| 30 | But a representative democracy , where the right of election is well secured and regulated , and the exercise of the legislative , executive and judiciary authorities is vested in selected persons chosen really and not nominally by the people , will in my opinion be most likely to be happy , regular and durable . |