Example sentences of "likely to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Bernice 's experience , small or introverted men were those most likely to be obsessive . |
| 2 | And it should be added that some degree of ethnocentrism is likely to be endemic because all discourses and individuals necessarily have to use language and categories . |
| 3 | Is the writer seriously suggesting that changing from a system where fees are paid in full by the state to a system where they are paid wholly or partly by the student is likely to be encouraging ? |
| 4 | In fact , to get confidence when rehearsing your speech , read it to the person who is most likely to be encouraging . |
| 5 | In Britain , the government has yet to place its safer-sex advertising aimed at ‘ men who have sex with men ’ in non-gay publications , thus by-passing those men who do not identify as gay and so are least likely to be well-informed because of their minimal contact with the gay scene . |
| 6 | I reckon they 're more likely to be friendly than otherwise . |
| 7 | Whether the damage to the structure is likely to be greater can be left to your own judgement . |
| 8 | So the real influence of the press is likely to be greater than the Mori data indicates . |
| 9 | Both those statements were momentous for the Royal Family but the historical impact of Charles and Diana 's separation is likely to be greater . |
| 10 | The evidence shows that such children will make greater progress in English if they know that their knowledge of their mother tongue is valued , if it is recognised that their experience of language is likely to be greater than that of their monoglot peers and , indeed , if their knowledge and experience can be put to good use in the classroom to the benefit of all pupils to provide examples of the structure and syntax of different languages , to provide a focus for discussion about language forms and for contrast and comparison with the structure of the English language . |
| 11 | On the other hand , from the forties onwards there is likely to be greater stability in the sense that individuals are more settled in their jobs and ambitions and are supported by less rapidly changing domestic and leisure situations . |
| 12 | This will occur where the corporate controllers perceive that the long-run loss to the company 's wealth ( and to a greater or lesser extent their own — it may depend on a number of variables ) is likely to be greater than the short-term profits . |
| 13 | Thus , the proportion of known users in the community as a whole is likely to be greater than that given in Table 5.8 . |
| 14 | Because of data limitations we were not able to see whether establishments which experienced ( substantial ) fluctuations in demand for their output were more likely to be greater than average users of temporary workers . |
| 15 | The importance of this role is likely to be greater in times of economic decline . |
| 16 | government was , however , ‘ attracted to the principle of using the skills of advice agencies , especially to deal with those areas of work in which their special experience is likely to be greater than that of many solicitors in private practice . |
| 17 | However , officials admitted on July 29 that the deficit was likely to be greater than originally estimated , because of lower-than-anticipated tax revenues and increased expenditure especially on unemployment benefit and health and social service payments [ for May 1990 agreement on German unity fund and East German budget deficit predictions see p. 37467 ] . |
| 18 | Because NVQs and SVQs are trying to raise standards of performance within the industry , the requirements of S/ NVQs are likely to be greater than any existing qualification . |
| 19 | This effect is likely to be greater with mid- and broad-class representations . |
| 20 | This is all the more important since it is in the area of State aid that there is likely to be greater conflict between national and EC interests . |
| 21 | The assumption of responsibility for fees is a matter for agreement between the vendor and the management , recognising that the management costs , in view of the requirements of the financial advisers , are likely to be greater than those of the vendor . |
| 22 | Simons ( 1981 ) , for instance , argues that evaluation which is forced on schools by outsiders ( a power-coercive strategy ) is likely to be half-hearted , distort reality , engender defensiveness and hostility in teachers , and is unlikely to be sustained . |
| 23 | As a result , settlement was likely to be uneven , and the whole building could tilt as a gap opened up beneath it , breaking its back . |
| 24 | Early development is likely to be uneven because of differentiation in initial conditions . |
| 25 | If the goals of public health medicine are health promotion and the prevention of ill health , warn Whitty and Jones , then the specialty is in danger of veering off course in pursuit of the purchasing function , which ‘ is likely to be ineffective in improving the population 's health and may even be in direct conflict with this role . ’ |
| 26 | If they fail in this they are likely to be ineffective and encourage forms of organisation and control that are essentially unprofessional in their character and consequences . |
| 27 | It creates a compulsion to refuse treatment or only to accept treatment which is likely to be ineffective . |
| 28 | In the types of premises under consideration , having accepted that conventional methods of fire fighting are likely to be ineffective , the success of controlling fire may perhaps no longer be judged in terms of cubic capacity alone . |
| 29 | Cross-fertilisation with publishers , government printing offices , and the computer industry is essential but likely to be ineffective until the historical profession gets its own house in order and begins to include its computer-literate members fully into the fold . |
| 30 | In these relationships , both parties are likely to be risk-averse , perhaps employees more so than the manager as they may have a greater proportion of human and other capital tied up in firm-specific assets . |