Example sentences of "likely [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This means that in most cases it is more likely to be a matter of relaxing the forward pressure to allow the aircraft to level out rather than pulling it out with a positive backward pressure on the stick . |
| 32 | With insufficient experience , the pilot is likely to be slow to recognise the spin and slow to react . |
| 33 | Are there likely to be other complications ? |
| 34 | Giving up smoking together too is much more likely to be successful than if you have to struggle alone . |
| 35 | When your child wakes up , be reassuring ; he or she is likely to be upset . |
| 36 | The healthier you are when pregnant , the healthier your baby is likely to be . |
| 37 | In such a world , the easy resolution of the ethical dilemma remains problematic , for as Anne Akeroyd ( 1984 : 134 ) recognizes ‘ there is not , nor ever likely to be any definitive agreement about the nature of either the problems or solutions [ facing the social scientist and the question of ethics ] ’ . |
| 38 | To suggest from within the institution that these influential and powerful units of control are essentially ephemeral and arbitrary constructs , involved in very limited and narrow areas of practice , will almost certainly lead to a rejection of the account ; and the findings are more than likely to be attributed the same metaphorical rejection as the activities of the villains and criminals , as was illustrated in the response to the study undertaken by the Policy Studies Institute outlined above . |
| 39 | If internal criticism is unwelcome , the views of outsiders are even more likely to be seen as hostile and derogatory . |
| 40 | Indeed , a full point score is likely to be awarded if someone is floored by a strong mid-section attack . |
| 41 | Do n't wait around when you are that close because the first person to throw the punch is likely to be the one that scores . |
| 42 | The infant retrieves , or witnesses the retrieval of an object from behind A ( say ) three times , after which he watches as the experimenter moves it to place B. On seeing it vanish at B he will go straight back to A. Although the back-to-A error is more likely to be made the longer the delay between hiding at B and allowing search , this is not a memory problem in any simple sense because the infant will return to A even if the object remains visible at B. We find a particularly clear demonstration of this kind of ‘ perseveration ’ in an experiment by Paul Harris in which there were two transparent , lockable boxes as the A and the B location . |
| 43 | This is because no two patients are likely to have identical injuries , and large groups of patients are even less likely to be homogenous . |
| 44 | According to the functionalist , of course , facial expression and lip-reading are likely to be dealt with by distinct parts of the information-processing system because the nature of the information that they convey is so different . |
| 45 | Instead of going into all the details of this stage , which are likely to be inapplicable to other designs , as they are so dependent on personal likes and dislikes , I simply show you the design limits worked out ( fig.1 ) and what I made . |
| 46 | The charge is likely to be higher than that for a parishioner . |
| 47 | In the rest of the country it is likely to be the Environmental Health Officer , unless someone dies in a council residential home , in which case the County Social Services Department will organise the funeral . |
| 48 | The main types of services likely to be offered are described below . |
| 49 | Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives . |
| 50 | Yet older people tend to occupy the oldest , poorest housing and are more likely to be private tenants than other groups . |
| 51 | This is likely to be particularly important in services for people with high levels of dependency , or particularly challenging patterns of behaviour , whose care it is essential to safeguard ’ ( paragraph 3 ) . |
| 52 | Characteristic qualities of a step are likely to be retained because the type of music so decrees , although it will rarely be identical in its performance because it will have been refurbished . |
| 53 | This is likely to be the biggest Great British Beer Festival for more than 10 years . |
| 54 | For a more permanent path , where perhaps there is likely to be heavy foot traffic , slabs can be laid on large blobs of mortar . |
| 55 | Depending on the tile size and on the manufacturer concerned , you are likely to be offered packs containing anything from 6 to 50 tiles , and some packs — of 13 , 22 and the like — do n't make estimating quantities any easier . |
| 56 | Painted steel is likely to be less durable than the other kinds , but it is equally important to choose strong frames that are not likely to buckle : ( aluminium may be more likely than steel to bend under strain ) . |
| 57 | Netting is likely to be made from either polypropylene or polythene . |
| 58 | The majority of bird netting is likely to be knotted ( this produces a fine and very flexible net ) or knitted , but the thickness of the thread is likely to be more important than the type of assembly . |
| 59 | The majority of bird netting is likely to be knotted ( this produces a fine and very flexible net ) or knitted , but the thickness of the thread is likely to be more important than the type of assembly . |
| 60 | Mixtures of the large-flowered kinds are likely to be best for naturalising , as they are often sold in bulk very cheaply for this purpose . |