Example sentences of "[conj] it seems likely that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did , in any event , provide an excuse for the father of the Princess Adelaide to turn down the proposal , although it seems likely that the dubious moral reputation of his putative son-in-law also played a part in the refusal . |
| 2 | IBM Corp has gone to the Distributed Computing Solutions arm of General Atomics Inc , San Diego for its UniTree file and storage management software ‘ for use and distribution on the entire line of IBM computers , ’ although it seems likely that it will be confined to running under Unix for now . |
| 3 | At least 72 of our sample left the printing trade during the war years , according to the records mostly in 1916–17 , although it seems likely that some had already left , since the city 's book trade went into immediate depression on the outbreak of war . |
| 4 | So , although it seems likely that we too have a magnetic sense , this is as yet unproven . |
| 5 | The points made , the order of delivery and even some of the phrases used so closely resemble Scott 's first letter to Palmerston that it seems likely that Elcho had been briefed by Scott . |
| 6 | The cricket section , despite being joint owners , have been advised that it seems likely that if one of the owner clubs should decide to sell they could well proceed unilaterally . |
| 7 | The timber bracing was built into stone and rubble walls as well , as can be seen at many points round the Knossos Labyrinth , so it seems likely that earthquake-resistance was the likely purpose . |
| 8 | Its rapid post-war development was based upon its close association with trade unionism , already firmly established before 1914 , and it seems likely that the First World War simply speeded up the process of political change . |
| 9 | However , final planning permission may delay the start of work and it seems likely that the club 's Pizza Express National League team will continue to play their home matches at Feltham at least until Christmas . |
| 10 | Although there is no clear evidence , reference made in Van Gogh 's letters indicates that the sexton 's house was on the north side of Turnham Green ( now Acton Green ) , and although he referred to a Methodist school , in all probability the church at Turnham Green was another of the non-conforming denominations and it seems likely that the little wooden church at Turnham Green , which he had sketched , was the earliest Congregational Church , sited off Chiswick High Road , opposite to its junction with Chiswick Road , and just west of King 's Place , The little church was probably in use prior to the erection , in 1878 , of the large Congregational Church on the adjoining sit . |
| 11 | There are small helically-coiled shells present even in Cambrian rocks , and it seems likely that the gastropods diverged from the other molluscs late in the Precambrian . |
| 12 | Some bacteria , such as the one that causes syphilis , have flagellae ; and it seems likely that flagellae and cilia originated as parasitic bacteria which , instead of causing disease , remained and became incorporated into the cell as the relationship was mutually beneficial . |
| 13 | The overall costs of implementing RMI are also beginning to be a worry and it seems likely that there will be a slowing down of large-scale implementation with a preference being given to smaller more gradualistic approaches to providing information needs . |
| 14 | Figures published for this colony between 1948 and 1966 were usually less than 10 , and it seems likely that this site and Glynde are used by the same group of birds . |
| 15 | Arrivals have frequently been noted at the coast during this period , and it seems likely that such movements are of birds going to favoured areas to moult . |
| 16 | Library co-operatives rarely require much financial outlay but a minimum resource required is some staff time , and it seems likely that authorities with designated training officers ( or teams ) , are going to be in a much stronger position to be able to utilize the considerable potential possibilities of library co-operatives . |
| 17 | Most ma–or roads now have cycle facilities and it seems likely that these have had a positive effect on the road safety of cyclists . |
| 18 | The barn was on a main road , and it seems likely that one of the adults was killed and the other went off in search of another mate . |
| 19 | In the summer of 1101 , faced with Robert 's landing in England and the immediate prospect of widespread desertion , Henry went so far as to promise a general obedience to the papal decrees , and it seems likely that Anselm 's activity on his behalf , secured by this promise , turned the tide in his favour , and brought Duke Robert 's invasion to a halt . |
| 20 | From their shapes , they were apparently copied from wooden originals , and it seems likely that the clay coffins are really copies in clay of wooden clothes-chests . |
| 21 | Evidence from the wear patterns of teeth shows that they also shared similar diets of soft fruit and young leaves , and it seems likely that the various species operated within similar ecological constraints , although there is evidence of some ecological diversification in contemporaneous hominoids both in diet , for example the more folivorous Rangwapithecus , and in locomotion , for example the long-limbed Dendropithecus . |
| 22 | It appears , therefore , that synaptogenic mechanisms have been strongly conserved and it seems likely that similar molecular and genetic pathways control these interactions in Drosophila and other organisms . |
| 23 | There was , moreover , a considerable amount of discretion in terms of what might count as ‘ violence ’ in a street robbery , and it seems likely that street robbers were more commonly charged with ‘ bag-snatching ’ which was regarded as a less serious offence than ‘ robbery with violence ’ . |
| 24 | But EC politicians are meeting later this month to discuss maternity rights and it seems likely that Britain will be forced to bring in a more generous package . |
| 25 | On a less theoretical level , it is also true that his expressions of anti-semitism occur in the Twenties or just before , when he was inclined to make misogynistic remarks also ; it was a period when his own personality threatened to break apart , and it seems likely that his distrust of Jews and women was the sign of an uneasy and vulnerable temperament in which aggression and insecurity were compounded . |
| 26 | Again , validity needs to be considered , and it seems likely that the length of 2.8 cm can be obtained by using a whole number strategy which avoids the use of decimal concepts . |
| 27 | Acetylcholine ( ACh ) and the enzymes that hydrolyse and synthesize it ( acetylcholine esterase and choline acetylase ) are present in relatively large quantities in insects ( Smallman and Mansing , 1969 ) and it seems likely that acetylcholine is a transmitter at neuropilar axo-axonic synapses ; y-aminobutyric acid ( GABA ) may also play a part in synaptic transmission in the neuropile . |
| 28 | When the noises were recorded , it was found that much of the call was at frequencies too low for us to hear , and it seems likely that the females were responding to this infrasound . |
| 29 | The market suffers from a number of imperfections , however , and it seems likely that these have a significant limiting effect on its disciplinary power . |
| 30 | Their date is unsure , perhaps around the mid sixth century , and it seems likely that it was near that time that Greek sculptors did learn to hollow-cast bronze on a large scale . |