Example sentences of "likely to be [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , it has also been shown that in the absence of another meal , the previous one may be kept in the stomach for more than twice as long as usual ( Chitty , 1938 ) , presumably with a gradual increase in stomach acidity , and the bones in this instance are likely to be strongly modified or even totally destroyed . |
| 2 | The advantage of employing a specialist firm is that its tradesmen are more likely to be well trained and experienced in this field of building preservation , with a thorough and successful job being a more certain result . |
| 3 | Moreover , among those who are involved in caring , women are more likely to be heavily involved and to undertake activities which are arguably more demanding and unremitting . |
| 4 | the following 13 are likely to be already answered or more readily addressed within a context of ‘ open-decision making ’ . |
| 5 | Commenting that no one is likely to be better informed than a seamen 's union as to the terms on which vessels sailing under flags of convenience were employed , Lord Diplock adopted the words of the Master of the Rolls in the court below : |
| 6 | Those in middle-class occupations are more likely to be better paid and pursue a preferred life-style than those in working-class occupations ( though the emphasis should be on the likelihood , not the certainty ) . |
| 7 | There is good evidence to show that the Mental Health Act is used disproportionately against black people and other disadvantaged groups , and this element of social control that is invested in psychiatric practice is likely to be further strengthened and made more pervasive by the introduction of community supervision orders . |
| 8 | And this determination is likely to be further underlined when they meet Ballycastle in Sunday 's final at Casement Park . |
| 9 | Latterly it has become increasingly apparent that neighbouring small-scale communities , even when they are lumped together under the same " tribal " label , are just as likely to be sharply contrasted as they are to be very much the same . |
| 10 | In the study ( Levinger & Clark , 1961 ) emotional words were shown to produce higher fluctuations in galvanic skin response ( GSR ) than non-emotional ones , free-associates produced to these words were less likely to be subsequently recalled than associates of non-emotional words produced at the same time . |
| 11 | In the previous study subjectively risky situations were more likely to be subsequently recalled than their less risky counterparts . |
| 12 | In certain elections , they will appear to be particularly high and the expedients to sway public opinion are likely to be correspondingly determined and extreme . |
| 13 | Young females are 18 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than those over 45 . |
| 14 | We should be grateful for your advice on whether this is a loophole which is likely to be quickly closed or whether it is intended that this type of business should benefit in this way . |
| 15 | The difficulty is that the indicators of this integration which are capable of being treated quantitatively ( to enable such a comparison ) are likely to be culturally determined and to vary from one community to another . |
| 16 | Rather , if found at all , such work is likely to be roughly handled and very much read . |
| 17 | This was particularly true when the request did not involve employment , for the successful conferment of a small charitable favour was in fact more likely to be long remembered than the award of a place . |
| 18 | The friend himself does not intend his advice to be accepted for that reason , and is likely to be doubly hurt if he finds out that his advice was judged mistaken on its merits but was followed in order not to hurt him . |