Example sentences of "[conj] likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if that child 's life is not ‘ normal ’ or likely to be comparable with the lives of other people , there can be no arbitrary rule which condemns certain babies to death because they do not conform to some spurious notion of that which constitutes a satisfying or fulfilling life . |
| 2 | If such criticisms are valid , is a sterner , more restrictive approach either desirable or likely to be effective ? |
| 3 | Well , I was n't married or likely to be , as far as I could see . |
| 4 | Children — Care proceedings — Threshold conditions — Child in voluntary care placed with foster parents — Child previously at risk with mother — Local authority seeking care order — Whether condition that child ‘ is suffering ’ significant harm satisfied — Whether harm attributable to care given or likely to be given to child if order not made — Children Act 1989 ( c. 41 ) , s. 31(2) |
| 5 | ‘ that the harm , or likelihood of harm , is attributable to — ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; … |
| 6 | In contrast to this is the " new " demand for temporary workers said to be experienced , or likely to be experienced on an increasing scale , by enterprises in the manufacturing sector . |
| 7 | These include the effect on exports from the UK , and regional unemployment , as well as a ‘ catch-all ’ gateway ( b ) : restrictions may be permitted which would confer on the public as purchasers , consumers or users of any goods or services , other specific and substantial benefits or advantages enjoyed or likely to be enjoyed by them as such . |
| 8 | Looking at different parts of the tropical world , it has been noted that by 1981 only 20% of all rain forests including tropical ones in Australia remained when compared with the total at European settlement ( 1788 ) and that there were only a few thousand ha left in northern Queensland , all accessible forest outside National Parks having been ( or likely to be ) logged , leaving an archipelago of ‘ refugia ’ . |
| 9 | Section 33(3) requires the court to have regard to all the circumstances of the case and in particular to : ( a ) the length of , and the reasons for , the delay on the part of the plaintiff ; ( b ) the extent to which , having regard to the delay , the evidence adduced or likely to be adduced by the plaintiff or the defendant is or is likely to be less cogent than if the action had been brought within the time allowed by s11 or ( as the case may be ) by s12 ; ( c ) the conduct of the defendant after the cause of action arose , including the extent ( if any ) to which he responded to requests reasonably made by the plaintiff for information or inspection for the purpose of ascertaining facts which were or might be relevant to the plaintiff 's cause of action against the defendant ; ( d ) the duration of any disability of the plaintiff arising after the date of the accrual of the cause of action ; ( e ) the extent to which the plaintiff acted promptly and reasonably once he knew whether or not the act or omission of the defendant , to which the injury was attributable , might be capable at that time of giving rise to an action for damages ; ( f ) the steps , if any , taken by the plaintiff to obtain medical , legal or other expert advice and the nature of any such advice he may have received . |
| 10 | Suffering is used in this sense in s1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 which provides that where a plaintiff 's expectation of life has been reduced the court in awarding damages for pain and suffering shall take into account the suffering caused or likely to be caused by awareness that his expectation of life has been so reduced . |
| 11 | A court can only make a care or supervision order if satisfied : ( a ) that the child concerned is suffering , or is likely to suffer significant harm ; and ( b ) that the harm , or likelihood of harm is attributable to : ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; or ( ii ) the child being beyond parental control ( s31 ) . |
| 12 | He must be careful that the new rules he lays down fit well enough with rules established by others or likely to be established in the future that the total set of rules will work together and make the situation better rather than pulling in opposite directions and making it worse . |
| 13 | One thing said in support of the idea that we take effects to be probable events , and , more particularly , said against the analysis expounded in this chapter that we take them to be necessitated events , is relevant enough , although likely to be disdained by the high-minded . |
| 14 | Although likely to be the least cost-effective strategy for the improvement of vitamin A status in the long term , even this approach is a highly cost-effective child survival intervention . |
| 15 | In 1893 while recovering from a bout of influenza he wrote You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet , nor likely to be . |
| 16 | The critic 's standing is thereby reduced , and the description or evaluation of the prize works is less than likely to be uninfluenced by their new position . |
| 17 | To suggest from within the institution that these influential and powerful units of control are essentially ephemeral and arbitrary constructs , involved in very limited and narrow areas of practice , will almost certainly lead to a rejection of the account ; and the findings are more than likely to be attributed the same metaphorical rejection as the activities of the villains and criminals , as was illustrated in the response to the study undertaken by the Policy Studies Institute outlined above . |
| 18 | A badly run panel interview will alienate the very people it is hoping to recruit as highly qualified and confident candidates are more than likely to be antagonized by a poor interview situation . |
| 19 | Thus , they contend that losses resulting from the automatic prohibition of mergers above a certain size are unlikely to be substantial , and are more than likely to be offset by the benefits arising from the creation of a climate of greater certainty and competition . |
| 20 | Proposals for a maximum carcase weight of 380kg , which was more than likely to be introduced this July , could mean heavier animals having to be marketed earlier before the second qualifying period . |
| 21 | Next week I shall take my wife over every inch of this lovely island , which I and my cousin consecrated many years ago , when our destiny seemed assured and likely to be shared . |
| 22 | He had no track record himself in combat and the men he was to lead in battle were a pretty tough crowd , all of them individualists and likely to be highly critical of any officer who did not come up to their own standards . |
| 23 | There is also the question of camera vulnerability through general usage , swinging around on a line and likely to be the first arrival on the ground when the kite line is reeled down . |
| 24 | There was no justice , so most people thought , now that the war was so costly in life and likely to be prolonged , in returning the middle-aged and wounded to the front while healthy , strong young men remained safely at home . |
| 25 | To our knowledge , these findings provide the first direct evidence that mesenchymal as well as epithelial cells are involved in T-cell development , and suggest that their involvement is stage-specific and likely to be dependent on short-range or contact-mediated interactions . |
| 26 | As for Fisher 's analogous explanation of the evolution of dominance , the argument is implausible , because selection on such specific modifiers is extremely weak ( of the order of the mutation rate per locus ) and likely to be overwhelmed by their pleiotropic effects . |
| 27 | The method was simple , dependable , and likely to be of considerable service in the years ahead . |
| 28 | But he was a feckless young man and likely to be kept in a state of frustration for a long time to come . |
| 29 | Setting up these menus is one of the areas that leaves a lot to be desired , it is tedious and likely to be a constant source of hotline support enquiries to InteSoft . |
| 30 | This may be a reasonable attitude in certain circumstances , e.g. in the denudation of spoil tips or the dissection of incoherent sandstones in the semi-arid western parts of the United States , but it is demonstrably wrong in many areas and likely to be wrong in many others . |