Example sentences of "likely to [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Declining markets are therefore not likely to be receivers of major investment even if current returns are high .
2 ‘ It 's more likely to be part of the marching camp , latrines or a workshop . ’
3 The young people who use the building today are likely to be part of the thriving youth club that operates on four nights of the week .
4 It has now been established that the identified client , the vulnerable elderly person referred to a social service department is most likely to be part of an interlocking network of friends , relatives and neighbours , carers and support services .
5 AIDS is likely to be part of our world for several decades — even if a cure or vaccine can be developed .
6 As to schools , a DES spokesperson let it be known that such concerns are left to the LEAs and that studies of this kind are likely to be part of religious education .
7 Other items are likely to be part of much larger burglaries which could amount to £1million .
8 Although this method fulfils the requirement that all animals are equally likely to be part of the study , we have no control over sample size ; if herd A is chosen then there will be 36 cattle in the study whereas for herd C there will be only 6 .
9 Again , there are likely to be problems of reliability with such data .
10 and McNeill J. , had to consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus , where justices had refused bail on the ground that there was likely to be interference with witnesses and had at an application for a further remand in custody declined to hear the defendant 's counsel who wished to renew the application for bail on the basis that there had been a material change of circumstances .
11 With him it 's likely to be money in the end . ’
12 A week before the Milk Marketing Board agm it is a fair bet that there will be plenty of reports about who is likely to be chairman of that august organisation by the end of next week .
13 To me , it seemed that those teachers were more likely to be experts in their own system than I would be .
14 There are also likely to be provisions against losses on swap deals with local councils , which may be over £50million .
15 If there are likely to be difficulties about accommodation for yourself as the daughter at home , after your parent 's death , contact should be made well before this event is imminent with the Housing Manager of the local council for advice , and you might write also to the Housing Corporation Head Office , Maple House , 149 Tottenham Court Road , London W1P 0BN , who will send a free directory of registered Housing Associations and other housing schemes in the area of your choice , so that you can begin forward planning .
16 There are always likely to be complaints about the precise distribution of conduct within the ladder of offences , but by permitting a maximum penalty as high as ten years for the lowest category , the relegation of conduct to it becomes less significant .
17 During conventional culture there are likely to be fluctuations in temperature necessitated by frequent removal from the incubator for observation .
18 Classes on child care , personal health and beauty or African music are currently only likely to be options for those with few alternative examination subjects .
19 There are likely to be limits to the extent to which such acclimatization is possible .
20 In the food manufacturing and processing and electronics and electrical goods companies , where unions were relatively weaker , there were more likely to be differences between regular and temporary workers in this last respect .
21 These are likely to be professions like law , engineering , medicine .
22 One of the results of an active media relations service is likely to be requests for spokesmen for radio and television programmes , and special events and launches could lead to live coverage or even to a programme being made on the subject .
23 Any one " event " is likely to be on a different scale from the one preceding or succeeding it and there are likely to be gaps between events .
24 If the water coming out of taps ( mainly hot ones ) slows over a period of time , the problem is likely to be scale in the pipes — especially if you have a direct hot water system ( see page 48 ) .
25 In such a setting arousal is expected to arise naturally from the situation confronting the driver and it is likely to be memory for the source of arousal which is of particular interest ( e.g. memory for the behaviour of another vehicle involved in an accident ) .
26 they are less likely to be objects of suspicion and distrust .
27 I would like to extend this idea and suggest that in larger homes there are likely to be groups of residents with particular needs requiring appropriate provision , such as those with severe physical disability , considerable mental infirmity , ethnic minority elders more estranged than usual in a residential environment , and those who are terminally ill or dying .
28 The fact that they are still in care at 16 , 17 and 18 years old is likely to be evidence of no viable alternatives .
29 Moreover , they are more likely to be members of an occupational pension scheme and those contributions attract tax relief , whereas contributions to the state scheme do not .
30 Since women are much less likely than men to be employed full-time , to be in highly paid secure jobs or to hold managerial or professional posts , they are less likely to be members of occupational pension schemes .
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