Example sentences of "it is likely [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that attempts were made to create similar kingdoms on the western frontier along the Severn Valley , but these were frustrated by Caratacus , who had established himself as the head of the anti-Roman forces in the region now known as Wales . |
| 2 | Whatever the fortunes of the major political parties , it is likely that managers will be coping with rapid change . |
| 3 | It is likely that copies will be required for SDD , each of the District councils , Livingston Development Corporation , and for this Department . |
| 4 | Furthermore , it is likely that trends will be well advanced before they begin to become apparent . |
| 5 | Even within a GP practice , it is likely that doctors will wish to use different hospitals and consultants , but may now be constrained from doing so . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it is likely that birds have selected for sweeter fruits through evolutionary time . |
| 7 | Clear objectives are essential as , without well-defined goals , it is likely that efforts will be misdirected and achievement consequently disappointing . |
| 8 | It is likely that suppliers will wish to discuss aspects of this document before making any formal response . |
| 9 | ‘ If any competitor goes around the course at a speed that is likely to give a faster than 1hr 50min finish time there will be real problems and it is likely that wheelchairs will be excluded from future London marathons . ’ |
| 10 | Again , it is likely that women today , and even more so in the future , will not automatically assume that it is their place to provide care when this is required . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It is likely that women will be prescribed less expensive , older pills , ’ Company claimed . |
| 12 | Whatever the reason , it is likely that disciplines with large or strong cores are less easy to displace than ones with smaller cores . |
| 13 | Whereas in the past technological developments led to the emergence of new occupational groups , often with some measure of occupational control and , in the most recent past , usually making claims to some professional standing ( for example , the rise of the various branches of traditional engineering ) , we argue that in the future it is likely that employers will try to ensure that new jobs do not lead to the creation of new occupations as such , and especially not new occupations which will be allowed any measure of occupational control . |
| 14 | In the case of employed status YTS it is likely that employers will " top up " the basic YTS allowance . |
| 15 | In the case of a listed company , it is likely that shareholders ' consent will be required in any event as the transaction is likely to be a " Class 4 transaction " ( acquisitions by director ) requiring Stock Exchange approval . |
| 16 | In general it is likely that builders will prefer the additional green field land to the substantive existing provision within the built-up area . |
| 17 | Given the success of this system to date , it is likely that firms will press for much wider adoption of this strategy for pollution control in the United States ( refer to section 8.11 ) . |
| 18 | Since monopoly may yield high profits to the firm , it is likely that firms will expend large quantities of resources in trying to acquire and secure monopoly positions . |
| 19 | It is likely that members will already have different godly aspirations and struggles . |
| 20 | It would probably be dangerous to underestimate the amount of information which percolated down to the classes which were not themselves involved in government , and it is likely that echoes of the political crises of the 1370s , notably the events of the Good Parliament of 1376 ( ch.16 ) , were heard in the countryside . |
| 21 | It is likely that instabilities similar to those occurring in ‘ perfect crystal ’ motion again occur , but promoted and modified by the spatial imperfections . |
| 22 | In this context , it is likely that changes in the nature of marital relations resulting from the increasingly private nature of family life , together with an increasing tendency by working people to plan for the future , were the most important variables explaining the decrease in working class fertility during the inter-war years , at a time when the employed working man enjoyed a more regular and higher real wage than ever before . |
| 23 | Within any one cell of an organism , it is likely that components of the pathway are used to detect multiple signals , Ras acting as a kind of turnstile through which the signals must pass . |
| 24 | In addition , an NHS general practitioner now prescribes at a rate of £100000 a year , and it is likely that referrals and use of other hospital services may amount to £200000 a year — these add up to £12m over 40 years . |
| 25 | Where it was used to coat a sloping surface , it is likely that defects will emerge , inviting water penetration , because the material tends to ‘ creep ’ under its self-weight . |
| 26 | The WORDWISE program will be used as an example here but the options are very similar in all packages and once the user learns the basics of word processing- switching between programs is relatively easy and it is likely that schools will have different types of word processing programs in the school library , in the computer room and in classrooms . |
| 27 | Although such problems still need to be overcome and further extensive field trials are required , it is likely that varieties of plants expressing the Bt toxin will be commercially available by the late 1990s . |
| 28 | They suggest that where citation errors are perpetuated , it is likely that authors have taken their reference lists from the lists of others , without checking , or without consulting , the works cited . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It is likely that SVQs may be achieved via Workplace-assessed Units , for those in employment , or via an approved group of National Certificate Modules prior to embarking on a career in the forestry sector . |