Example sentences of "it is [adv] likely that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thus likely that we can develop practical infinitary proof techniques which are applicable to many pairs of programs involving WHILE . |
| 2 | After a contrasting period ( the third , or the third and fourth sentences ) it is most likely that we will return to the original theme . |
| 3 | These two buildings were , therefore , clearly under military control , and it is most likely that they represented a collection centre for the annona militaris , a tax thought to have been introduced by Severus . |
| 4 | It is most likely that it had to do with the extra fasts practised by the Pharisees and in this case the disciples of John the Baptist , who may have been mourning the death of their leader . |
| 5 | It is increasingly likely that anyone who takes an active role in any organisation will at some point find themselves involved in setting up a ‘ special event ’ . |
| 6 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 7 | It is also likely that they will monitor and criticize the performance of their colleagues to the same end . |
| 8 | It is also likely that my friend will , at some point , have been to see the SUSA Welfare Officer and obtained help with a late grant , or received advice on one of a whole host of student problems from harassment to housing . |
| 9 | In other words , the most likely occasions for associative use of the word to qualify what is in fact a performance from the professional acrobat 's repertoire — as when we are confronted by the sight of a lady standing on a man 's shoulders and juggling with Indian clubs — would be occasions when it is very likely that we can just as well describe the actions as acrobatic in their own right ; and on the other hand , ascriptive use of the word is likely to be rather rare except , precisely , in those circumstances where professional acrobats form part of the context , so that an associative use would be equally justified . |
| 10 | It is very likely that she enjoyed access to books in the house ( see appendix ) . |
| 11 | The mine in the gill had been established about 5 years but it is very likely that it would have been an old working re-opened . |
| 12 | If you are returning to work in your thirties or later , it is very likely that your boss could be younger than you . |
| 13 | If you swallow semen or pre-cum it is very likely that your stomach juices will kill the virus . |
| 14 | Almost a quarter ( 22 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 and 23 per cent aged 75 + ) consider that it is very likely that someone of their age will develop a serious illness over the next ten years . |
| 15 | It is very likely that you will have used different facial expressions and even gestures and body movements . |
| 16 | It is very likely that he was urged to do so by his neighbour ( Sir ) Thomas Clarges [ q.v. ] , who as brother-in-law and agent of General George Monck ( later first Duke of Albemarle , q.v. ) was seeking a journalist to publicize the general 's actions . |
| 17 | The author of the book from which this passage is taken ( White 1966 ) situates the beginning of the " great alteration " in dress in 1793 , only four years before Walpole 's death , so that it is hardly likely that anyone could directly perceive such a major change in this short stretch of time . |
| 18 | Since this is contrary to his teaching concerning the convertibility of means and ends , it is hardly likely that he would be unconcerned with the kind of religion a person might profess to follow . |
| 19 | Go on any Earth Mysteries trip to an ancient site and it is highly likely that you will see at least one person walking holding wire rods or holding a weight on the end of a piece of string . |
| 20 | If it is not discovered , however , it is highly likely that there is something wrong with the assumptions ; the data can certainly dampen over-enthusiastic imagination . |
| 21 | It is highly likely that there was no possible adjustment to the gold price in the 1960s which would have ensured an adequate flow of gold into the reserves of the USA and other countries . |
| 22 | It is highly likely that she was the same woman that Emma Southwick imagined was having a nip with Tiller in the back room during rehearsals way back in the St James 's Hall times . |
| 23 | If he can only argue to himself that they seem ’ interesting' it is highly likely that he does not really know why he is putting them in , or what he will do with the answers when he gets them . |
| 24 | The plain truth , however , is that if the buyer does put off buying until another day it is as likely that he will buy from the competition . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Erm , in fact Ted Hughes I think has largely lived in the countryside so it is quite likely that his house in which he sets this poem is in the countryside . |
| 28 | It is quite likely that you not only have no experience of regression therapy but have never even been hypnotized before . |
| 29 | Add to all this the price of a well deserved holiday from it all at the end of your final term , and it is quite likely that you could be stretching your finances to the limit . |
| 30 | If your material consists of pure text ; a book or report , for example , then it is quite likely that you 'll be better off with a high-powered word processor such as Word 3 , MacAuthor or even a typesetting system like JustText , TeXtures or Page One . |