Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be likely " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , the earliest investment projects undertaken are likely to be the most profitable , i.e. offering the highest expected yearly returns ( R ) , and therefore having the highest marginal efficiencies of investment ( i ) . |
| 2 | Thus the percentage gain on the investment made is likely to be large during periods of rapid house price increases . |
| 3 | Any deal to keep the US shops running is likely to involve their being run on a licence or franchise basis . |
| 4 | Unless the dieter permanently modifies his or her eating behaviour , any weight lost is likely to be regained . |
| 5 | What is more , the remedy advised is likely to compound the problem . |
| 6 | Any ban imposed is likely to be in line with the three games Liverpool 's Dean Saunders spent in cold storage for a similar incident involving Bristol Rovers 's Ian Holloway during an FA Cup tie last season . |
| 7 | Such a split in self-perception is , I think , more likely to occur in girls than in boys at the time of puberty because the physiological changes which a boy undergoes are likely to be treated as marks of manhood , whereas what happens to a girl is more likely not to be mentioned , although in many ways the signs of her having reached puberty are more obviously visible . |
| 8 | This society 's accounting policy on provisions is that ‘ provisions are made to reduce the value of loans and advances to the amount which the directors consider is likely to be ultimately received ’ . |
| 9 | How far this reorientation extended was likely to depend at least as much upon the responses of Western governments and the behaviour of the other states concerned as it did upon the Soviet authorities themselves . |
| 10 | A memory upgrade from the 1MB supplied is likely to be advisable should you need to use this feature — the printer will accept up to 6MB onboard . |
| 11 | Ms Cornell could not say how long the approvals process is likely to take . |
| 12 | Because the first stage of hypnosis involves learning to relax — something we all need — any side-effects experienced are likely to be very beneficial indeed . |
| 13 | Envy , greed , hate , fear and the desire to dominate are likely to be the real fingers on the trigger of our destruction . |
| 14 | All the plants mentioned are likely to be available from good garden centres , but cannas are not often sold as growing plants , and Perilla frutescens may be difficult to find as plants ( seed is widely available ) . |
| 15 | It provides a simple and expeditious procedure for dealing with the situation where a constable believes that a person bailed is unlikely to surrender to custody , or alternatively , that a person bailed is likely to break a condition of his bail , or has broken a condition of his bail . |
| 16 | Invoking state regulatory mechanisms to improve the quality of the service provided is likely to be complex . |
| 17 | In the small village churches where he worshipped , the singing and organ playing was likely to be intolerable to somebody with an acute musical sensibility . |
| 18 | There are two further complications that the logic of state enterprise suggests are likely to occur . |
| 19 | The amount each local authority receives is likely to be calculated on the number of people in each area who are on the Poll Tax Register . |
| 20 | ( b ) Adolescents in need There is a separate and additional duty for every local authority " to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who has reached the age of 16 and whose welfare the authority consider is likely to be seriously prejudiced if they do not provide him with accommodation " ( s20(3) ) . |
| 21 | But in the same way that the adoption of helmets and other protective equipment has altered the behaviour of cricketers , cycle helmet wearing is likely to encourage riskier cycling . ’ |
| 22 | The limited application of traffic calming in Britain has been , as we have seen , principally in new housing areas , yet the greatest gains from traffic calming are likely to appear in existing residential areas where adverse traffic conditions lead to a lack of safety . |
| 23 | I doubt it actually , I think they , it ought to be but I do n't think erm the people appointing are likely to look outside the immediate environs , and |
| 24 | That explanation depends on the presence of molecular oxygen in the gas cloud that was condensing to form the Sun , something the San Diego chemists think was likely , although they can not be certain . |
| 25 | Although the number of expatriates who voted is not known , it is generally accepted that those who take the trouble to register are likely to vote . |
| 26 | The main groups involved are likely to be Strategy Services , Actuarial Services , Human Resources and industry groups as appropriate . |
| 27 | The kinds of multimedia products involved are likely to be robust , read-only discs , ideal for loan applications . |
| 28 | Since many of the acts penalised are likely to amount to offensive conduct within the terms of section 5 , it is to be regretted that the opportunity was not taken to examine this jurisprudential anachronism which , although it no longer carries a power of arrest , should perhaps be either modernised or repealed in its entirety . |
| 29 | There is no pretence of competition with commercial banks for private sector business , and there is some suggestion that the accounts are maintained in order for the Bank to keep in touch with banking practice , although the degree to which such experience accrues is likely to be limited given the small number of accounts relative to a commercial bank . |
| 30 | The staff of a school are its most important resource and their commitment to decisions made is likely to be of major significance in ensuring effective implementation . |