Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] be likely " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own experience has led me to the conclusion that at the present stage of development of comprehensive education , a purely individual-based approach to support teaching is likely to prove counterproductive for a combination of three reasons : |
| 2 | Counts needing the wherewithal to attract service were likely to cast greedy eyes on royal benefices within their counties : but in the West Frankish kingdom , the earliest evidence of such " mediatisation " of vassi dominici comes only after the death of Charles the Bald . |
| 3 | The shares have been soaring on hopes that the rate rises would go through , and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp is likely to get some of the local rate increases it is seeking , Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Junichiro Koizumi told Reuters : the company wants to raise rates across the board , but the hikes are likely to be granted only for pay telephones , not for households or businesses . |
| 4 | Proving that the negligence caused loss is likely to be difficult because of the uncertainty of the results of that independent investigation : and the party making the allegation might have the damages reduced for contributory negligence in not having drawn the matter to the expert 's attention during the course of the reference . |
| 5 | Some improvements in operating efficiency are likely to occur under the pressure of the take-over threat , but they depend on managements recognising current weaknesses and on their having the ability to remedy them . |
| 6 | Certainly the August cover image is likely to have prompted the three votes received for the king vulture . |
| 7 | For non-professional staff further training was likely to be envisaged as internal courses , or City and Guilds/BEC courses . |
| 8 | Cordyline australis is likely to be found among the hardy shrubs , and Lobelia cardinals with herbaceous perennials , and sometimes with waterside plants . |
| 9 | If you have solid external walls , adding insulation is likely to be disruptive if tackled from indoors , and expensive if done on the outside . |
| 10 | As the effects of right sided damage are likely to be less immediately troublesome than comparable damage on the left , which frequently causes some degree of aphasia , naturally occurring left hemisphere lesions may well lead the patient to seek medical advice earlier in the disease process than would equal damage at the right side of the brain . |
| 11 | Oilseed rape is likely to be engineered to produce more than one type of oil : for margarine , cooking oil or lubrication . |
| 12 | The uplift of a sedimentary pile undergoing maturation is likely to have the effect of leading to a cessation of hydrocarbon generation . |
| 13 | It is not unusual for someone to wonder whether undergoing hypnosis is likely to induce any unpleasant or harmful side-effects . |
| 14 | Babies born preterm are likely to lack surfactant — a material that covers the surface of the lung , lowering surface tension in the alveolus and thereby preventing lung collapse on breathing out . |
| 15 | Oilseed production is likely to be about 12.8m tonnes , compared with 12.4m tonnes last year . |
| 16 | Ring fencing is likely to be along the following lines ( commencing with senior posts ) : |
| 17 | Where ownership can not be established , there is neither responsibility nor law ; resource management is likely to fail until some equally sound basis for law can be established . |
| 18 | Thus , the competitive discipline is weakened and , other things being equal , resource misallocation is likely . |
| 19 | If firms believe devaluation is likely in the near future , they typically defer investment until after the event , to avoid writing down the asset value . |
| 20 | Taken together with the present results , platelet activating factor is likely to modulate regional fibrinolytic activity during gastric mucosal injury induced by endothelin-1 . |
| 21 | If workers believe inflation is likely to accelerate , they will demand high enough wages to compensate for expected increases in prices . |
| 22 | The constant visibility of cult members committing suicide is likely to lead us to think that there is something about the cult that causes people to take their own lives . |
| 23 | Tony Williams , whose family has worked at the craft for around 110 years in the Truro area , finds thatch is likely to be more secure than other types of roofing . |
| 24 | Knowing also his hinted promise was likely to be so much dust . |
| 25 | Just what she felt marriage was likely to bring about . |
| 26 | LIABILITY : CASE LAW ACCUMULATES Proving that loss was directly caused by a breach of auditing duty is likely to be difficult |
| 27 | So the amount of Housing Benefit is likely to be very small . |
| 28 | I ca n't see that children 's perception of women is going to change until there are as many dads as mums waiting in the rain and , frankly , I think hell is likely to freeze over first . |
| 29 | His foresight in writing this was valuable , for the Golf Illustrated article was likely to have been taken at face value owing to the absence of any information to the contrary ! |
| 30 | The emphasis is placed upon the use of personal and professional skills , and taking all possible steps to protect staff in situations where physical or verbally expressed aggression is likely to arise . |