Example sentences of "[noun] likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | replaced the catch-all provisions of the 1911 Official Secrets Act with narrower offences depending on specific tests of the harm likely to be caused by disclosure , while giving special protection to vital information relating to our national security ; |
| 2 | The intention was for them to be escorted by the combined fleets from Brest and Toulon and the combination of the two , to outnumber any force likely to be brought against them , was a vital part of the French plan . |
| 3 | A widening of the euro/domestic differential leads to increased issuance — an effect likely to be feeding from the lender side of the market rather than the borrower . |
| 4 | Is the recipient likely to be able to purchase the goods ? |
| 5 | Nevertheless , there was a simple weight-loss equation on which it was possible to estimate the maximum amount of weight likely to be lost each week on any specific calorie allowance . |
| 6 | Whatever the future pattern of health care in London , it must make adequate provision for the demands likely to be made in the immediate future . |
| 7 | The sale of important Attic vases on 28 April is one of the last major twentieth-century collections in private hands of sixth- to fifth-century BC vases likely to be dispersed . |
| 8 | At the same time I was working on a small English-Burmese dictionary with about 3,500 of the most common words likely to be needed by government workers going back into Burma when liberation should come . |
| 9 | However it may be very effective in situations where the number of words likely to be written is severely restricted . |
| 10 | Entries likely to be considered for prizes will be innovative , extraordinary and daring , but THEY MUST BE SAFE . |
| 11 | This hypothesis is compatible with earlier results and with a study of hypertensive patients with high renin profiles , a condition likely to be associated with increased angiotensin II , who were found to be at higher risk of coronary heart disease than those with low renin profiles . |
| 12 | The stimulating article Some library costs and options by Brown ( an economist ) concludes ‘ it seems to be worth acquiring and providing storage for , books likely to be wanted more often than , once in about 1.7 years over a long period ’ . |
| 13 | The Naval shift of emphasis to limited war capabilities was strongly supported by the General Staff , who doubted whether the degree of strategic mobility , upon which Sandys was banking to reduce overseas garrisons , would be practicable with the transport aircraft likely to be available in the foreseeable future . |
| 14 | The most energetic waves likely to be observed on Earth are those due to stellar collapse in our Galaxy . |
| 15 | What are the farmers in the drawing likely to be saying to one another when they meet at market ? |
| 16 | The strike is likely to have knock-on effects causing some delays for travellers tomorrow , with rolling stock likely to be left out of position as a result of today 's stoppage . |
| 17 | Maria made the decision to sacrifice a certain amount of advertising revenue and turn the radio station into a temporary community service , as other stations and television channels were doing , monitoring the situation and providing updates , broadcasting official government warnings and advice to those districts likely to be affected by after-shocks and urging their local listenership to donate blood against a possible depletion of existing supplies . |
| 18 | Only where organisations appreciate the consequences for information resources , which they perceive to be valuable , is that investment likely to be made . |
| 19 | Sandys accepted the General Staff view after his visit to Kenya , during which he came under pressure from the settlers to give confidence by building permanent barracks for the Strategic Reserve units likely to be stationed there . |
| 20 | Slightly larger than Dunlin ( p. 127 ) , and the only small dark wader with yellow legs likely to be met with on rocky shores . |
| 21 | UAL chairman Stephen Wolf , who is under pressure from the rest of his board to deliver the company from its limbo state since the original $6.75billion buyout plan was dropped , began another round of talks this week with the airline 's employees and union leaders to raise support for a bid likely to be worth as little as $4.5billion . |
| 22 | Your victim would catch on before accelerating to a speed likely to be fatal . |
| 23 | It is important for the patient to be aware of the limitations likely to be caused by his spasticity . |
| 24 | Naville is more cautious than Mallet in the conclusions he draws from his analysis about the extent of conflict with management likely to be brought about as a result of extensive use of such automated technology . |
| 25 | Shelf 4 of bay E could be designated to hold all the histories of England likely to be added to stock during the next hundred years or more . |
| 26 | This tended to give a certain bias to the work likely to be found in schools , especially as the coterie of advisers who knew each other 's work well , often teaching on each other 's courses and jointly helping to tutor the national D.E.S . |
| 27 | It is not surprising , then , that this particular set of objections to the implementation of the Delors Plan has received little attention even in the countries likely to be most affected . |
| 28 | Wilkinson 's need for a right-back has heightened with injured Mel Sterland likely to be out for weeks after a further training setback . |
| 29 | recipients likely to be more susceptible to , or prefer , the message to be verbally delivered |
| 30 | It 's still a hot air story , and we give most hot air stories — some dignitary with no power to do anything to change the situation has ‘ called for ’ , ‘ demanded ’ , ‘ warned ’ or whatever — but the issue is so serious that it deserves notice : we have frequently highlighted the manner in which US — and European — anti-dumping measures that supposedly benefit a tiny minority are to the detriment of the vast majority , and there is now a groundswell of opinion at the US Department of Commerce that the International Trade Commission 's brief in considering charges of dumping should extend to a review of the impact of duties on consumers ; the current issue is the anti-dumping duties likely to be made permanent today on memory chip imports from South Korea , which are sought by Micron Technology Inc but opposed by both all memory chip users and by the US chip capital equipment manufacturers that sell to the South Koreans . |