Example sentences of "likely that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , and because consumers like variety , it 's likely that they 'll want to er , consume different types of what , what is essentially the same , the same good . |
| 2 | So it 's more likely that they 'll make it compulsory . |
| 3 | It 's not likely that they 'll fall entirely from grace , and this is n't meant to be a sob story of any sort . |
| 4 | It may be ‘ accidental that there is no Beaverbrook or Rothermere ’ but it is more likely that they would encounter an enormous backlash if they trespassed into the formal world of politics . |
| 5 | It was only too likely that they would encounter dangers beyond the warren and that they would stand in need of some good fighters . |
| 6 | It is not clear whether they are issues in which Marx was ever really involved ; if he had been , then it would seem likely that they would have played a more important role in his later work . |
| 7 | Is it likely that they would have kissed ? |
| 8 | Furthermore , if the members of the harmonie rustique were moving around the stage as part of the spectacle , it seems much less likely that they would have been changing instruments picking up a flute for one number , a bassoon for another than they might have done had they been playing from a pit . |
| 9 | Given the media 's obsession with Diana , it was hardly likely that they would allow the couple the luxury of a week alone in the snow . |
| 10 | But Ianthe seemed not to know how to answer Sophia 's remark and soon they were on to another topic — the strangers in the parish and whether it was likely that they would come to church . |
| 11 | If theorists attempted this task it is likely that they would find themselves following in the footsteps of the more deterministic elements of Durkheim 's sociology , which have not the aspects they have favoured so far ( Deutscher , 1984 ; Farr , 1984 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | a bit more resigned , there 's another , there 's another sort of erm possibility , I mean if they sold their house quickly of course then , you know they 'd come down here obviously and they 'd try and look for something , but it 's not likely that they 'd sell their house that quickly |
| 14 | She did n't see why people were supposed to work hard if you ground their noses ; it seemed more likely that they 'd work hard if you promised to grind their noses if they did n't . |
| 15 | The French carried out a successful attack on Albany , which was very close to the northern frontier of New York settlement up the Hudson Valley , but it was still not likely that they could reach the coastal towns which were the heart of English settlement . |
| 16 | However , it seems likely that they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation since it merely requires a local authority to provide sewerage wherever it can but within the bounds of reason and by no means universally . |
| 17 | It seems likely that they will make little impact , one reason being that they appear to be more concerned with targeting existing jobs rather than creating genuinely new ones . |
| 18 | It is quite likely that they will make suggestions or ask that the work is prepared according to a set of guidelines that they provide . |
| 19 | Certainly , speakers are free to select from a wide range of surface forms in order to achieve a particular communicative purpose , and it is quite likely that they will do so to attain appropriate levels of politeness , solidarity or social distance . |
| 20 | Of course , the higher up the organisation an individual progresses it is likely that they will possess skills and expertise , but it does not necessarily follow . |
| 21 | Although augmented now by police powers to give instructions in the control of processions and assemblies and the new crime of offensive conduct it seems likely that they will continue to be of immense practical importance . |
| 22 | It is also likely that they will monitor and criticize the performance of their colleagues to the same end . |
| 23 | Their devotion to the group makes it less likely that they will think in creative ways that are tangential to , or radically different from , those of the group . |
| 24 | You are entitled to legal protection and reporting assaults to the police makes it less likely that they will occur . |
| 25 | These make it far less likely that they will dive vertically for hundreds of feet if the pilot pushes forwards on the stick . |
| 26 | Mistakes give people a shock and therefore make it more likely that they will learn . |
| 27 | It is likely that they will ask your organisation to provide this cover . |
| 28 | Indeed , it is sufficient that it is likely that they will fear the use of violence . |
| 29 | It is likely that they will seek this support from other women rather than from men , even their husbands , because the tasks involved have been defined as women 's work . |
| 30 | ‘ Justice ’ refers to the obligation of the Prison Service to treat prisoners with humanity and fairness , and to prepare them for their return to the community in a way which makes it less likely that they will re-offend . |