Example sentences of "was likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also suggested that should the Chancellor need to make urgent calls to the International Monetary Fund , his telephone at home was likely to be more secure than calls from a hotel in Blackpool surrounded by journalists . |
| 2 | Mortified , all the other political leaders voted to change the rules to exclude the far-right MEPs from their new posts , especially after it was discovered that Mr Le Pen 's man for Israel was likely to be from West Germany 's Republicans , led by an ex-SS officer , Franz Schonhuber . |
| 3 | The ‘ great debate ’ over the structure of the United Kingdom and the relations of the Celtic nations to the predominant English partner , was likely to be diverted from the outset . |
| 4 | MacDonald 's reply — ‘ I explained my hopeless parlty. position if there were any resignations ’ — is a clear indication that he found the idea of a National Government distasteful ; indeed , that his position was likely to be ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 5 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 6 | Siemens products for communications networks will be sold in France through GPTelecom , and Mr Soames said the agreement was likely to be widened so that all telecoms products of Siemens and GPT would be marketed in France through the single channel . |
| 7 | Clearly they thought that Solomon in all his glory looked far better than anything which was likely to be found growing in a field . |
| 8 | Promoters World Wide Productions said it was likely to be the last party of its kind before new legislation comes into effect . |
| 9 | This minor affair underlined the Army 's contention that nuclear weapons and air power were no substitute for troops on the ground in the type of fighting in which Britain was likely to be involved as long as she remained a colonial power . |
| 10 | But Mexico had the support of the big western governments ; legal action was likely to be futile . |
| 11 | In areas where fascism had made a significant challenge its presence was likely to be embarrassing . |
| 12 | No girl , reported David Riesman , the sociologist , would go to a dance unless she was picked up in a car belonging to or driven by her escort , which was likely to be ‘ the second car ’ . |
| 13 | In practice , he was likely to be related through descent and marriage to any parties to a dispute ; and as an elderly and respected man he might try to prevent the scandal of open quarrelling among close kinsmen . |
| 14 | WHILE Nick Faldo was stirring himself back to life again in the Freeport-McMoran Classic with a second round of 69 , Sandy Lyle was left contemplating what he felt was likely to be another missed cut in his final preparation for next week 's Masters . |
| 15 | But hopes of an early offer were dashed yesterday when Peter Bonfield , chairman and chief executive , said the flotation was likely to be later rather than sooner because ICL could not meet the Fujitsu criterion of sustaining a market price of 225p a share . |
| 16 | It said the shift maintenance manager , who was likely to be overtired , used spectacles to read small print or figures but did not wear them while replacing the panel . |
| 17 | He predicted that the course record was likely to be broken with a time inside one hour and 50 minutes . |
| 18 | One class I proposed to visit , but was warned off as only one member was likely to be interested in a workers movement , all the others were retired from professions and it was thought I ( a gardener ) might offend them … |
| 19 | With many farm products now overproduced this was likely to be one of the main thrusts of training in the future . |
| 20 | Opposition was likely to be stronger where children were transferred to another small school rather than to a larger school . |
| 21 | For instance , I once had occasion to ask him if a certain gentleman expected at the house was likely to be accompanied by his wife . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | If a country enacted a bill of rights , then it was likely to be acknowledged as a written but inadequate consolation for the absence of that commitment to liberty which appeared to seep unconsciously and effortlessly through the British system of government . |
| 24 | For this , he was convicted of distributing insulting material whereby a breach of the peace was likely to be occasioned . |
| 25 | Eric [ Varley ] talked about energy extremely competently , though he insisted that looking for major energy savings was likely to be ‘ extremely disappointing ’ . |
| 26 | It was decided to generate the samples from referrals to the psychogeriatric service in each borough , partly because it was easier to do that than to draw them from general practitioners ' lists or social services department referrals , but mainly in order to provide the service for people whose illness was likely to be at a relatively advanced stage and who were likely to need extra care if they were to continue to live at home . |
| 27 | Unless he was likely to be found out , of course . ’ |
| 28 | Should the person in charge of the chart see any item that was likely to fall behind , he pinned a flag at this particular point , and if the article was likely to be held up for want of raw material a blue flag was pinned up ; but if this delay was due to one or other of the works departments getting behind with the manufacture , a red flag with a numeral upon it was used , which indicated the shop or department . |
| 29 | It became a pattern to work in Paris after a season or two in England but if a replacement was urgently needed , any dancer who caught her attention was likely to be shipped abroad . |
| 30 | With the championship having been decided , this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores . |