Example sentences of "likely to [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In other words , the range of prizes is bigger in entrepreneurial activity but they are less likely to be repeated across generations . |
| 3 | She positively reinforced this new behaviour making it more likely to be repeated to the point where it became a problem . |
| 4 | This is hardly likely to be repeated in the developing countries . |
| 5 | It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place . |
| 6 | A similar situation is very likely to be repeated in years to come . |
| 7 | Short-term gains by cheating are likely to be offset by long-term losses that may affect one 's offspring and those of relatives . |
| 8 | Thus , they contend that losses resulting from the automatic prohibition of mergers above a certain size are unlikely to be substantial , and are more than likely to be offset by the benefits arising from the creation of a climate of greater certainty and competition . |
| 9 | ‘ In the past century bishops were more likely to be consulted by the government . |
| 10 | Although marriage is likely to be prescribed at some stage of life as a remedy for all kinds of life problems , the images people have of marriage will be different . |
| 11 | The four-party Swedish coalition is likely to be split on the issue , with Environment Minister and Centre Party leader Olof Johansson under strong pressure to drop the project . |
| 12 | That could fall next time because Huntingdon — with 93,000 voters way over the 69,281 limit — is likely to be split in two . |
| 13 | For example , the concentration of crime in the lower social class , which was the starting point for all the main sociological theories , could be explained simply by the fact that members of the lower social class were more likely to be selected for labelling . |
| 14 | The two new figureheads , one man and one woman , are likely to be selected from the six speakers chosen by the party during the conference . |
| 15 | Mann is likely to be selected by the Kiwis for their three-Test tour of England next season , which would leave an overseas berth , alongside Kelly Shelford and Greg Mackey , open . |
| 16 | Prisoners who do not of necessity have to be detained for the protection of the public are in some cases more likely to be made into decent citizens if , before completing the whole of their sentence , they are released under supervision with a liability to recall if they do not behave . |
| 17 | Indeed , their different uses have been investigated by Sanford , Moar & Garrod ( 1988 ; Garrod & Sanford 1990 ) , who showed that pronominal references in continuations are more likely to be made to proper-named characters , and that characters introduced by proper name are more easily accessed for anaphoric reference , as indexed by self-paced reading time . |
| 18 | Cheap counterfeit copies are not likely to be made to the safety standards of the real thing . |
| 19 | Of course the response which is likely to be made to such objections is that God works with human beings , so that only when human society has reached a certain stage of development does it become appropriate to ordain women . |
| 20 | Local authority loans for house purchase are more likely to be made to manual groups and they tend to concentrate on the purchase of older dwellings . |
| 21 | Labour 's change of policy on the European Community puts it in a strong position to argue that economic and industrial decisions are increasingly likely to be made on a European basis and it is essential that Britain plays a more constructive role . |
| 22 | The closing date for applications has just passed and an appointment is likely to be made on June 23 . |
| 23 | The planning authority has to assess the amount of land required for mineral working , and this requires an assessment of the future demand likely to be made on production in its area . |
| 24 | The public launch of the appeal is not likely to be made before September . |
| 25 | Netting is likely to be made from either polypropylene or polythene . |
| 26 | Speeches after the ceremony ( although best man/ bride 's father not essential ; speeches more likely to be made by bride and groom themselves — they 're old enough , after all ) . |
| 27 | A final decision on Piggott 's Derby mount is likely to be made by the weekend . |
| 28 | Assuming that the DBMS permits a number of alternative file organisation techniques ( which is normally the case ) , the actual organisation chosen for any particular data structure will depend on which is the most efficient for that particular application , and this decision is likely to be made by the database administrator . |
| 29 | Last year , Mr Ashdown and his advisers embarked on ‘ war-gaming ’ — what social workers would call ‘ role playing ’ — to explore the moves and counter-moves likely to be made in a hung Parliament . |
| 30 | And doubts were expressed as to its value given the conceded fact that only a small dent was likely to be made in the pigeon population . |