Example sentences of "only likely to be " in BNC.

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1 This is not only likely to be painful for him , but it undermines his stability , so that he can only walk slowly , with constant concentration , and he is much more likely to fall over if he has to change direction or if he is distracted .
2 But they often make the mistake of putting them up at crusades when they are only likely to be preaching their simple message to the converted .
3 They are only likely to be resentful if they suspect that their parents are acting from nothing better than outraged respectability .
4 This is only likely to be a problem in heavily polluted areas .
5 This feeling is only likely to be reinforced by the realisation that the underlying technology used by most players — the set of chips that makes them tick — comes from a very limited number of sources .
6 The conservatism of central and local government bureaucracy is only likely to be overcome if there is a strong , independent political movement keeping up the pressure for the legislation to be made meaningful .
7 In fact , however , it is only likely to be supplied by diffusion at the same rate as the single layers .
8 But that is clearly a radical step , only likely to be taken when very serious abuse is involved .
9 The reported number of people known to have HIV only includes those who have taken a blood test , and is therefore only likely to be a small proportion of the total number infected .
10 Classes on child care , personal health and beauty or African music are currently only likely to be options for those with few alternative examination subjects .
11 In fact , the level of independence of inputs required for this sort of system to produce double dissociations is only likely to be achieved if it is composed of complementary modules .
12 But it does at least prompt the question whether the suppression in them , not now of individuality but of individual interest in the sense of ownership , is only likely to be volunteered where the amount of that interest is seen by the prospective volunteer as marginal to his other interests , concerns and obligations .
13 There is no problem here if the information is very specialised and only likely to be useful to a few outlets .
14 True page makeup is only likely to be needed by , at most , 20% of the total market .
15 ‘ Big science ’ on the model provided by Paris required funds that were only likely to be provided by governments , and some governments were more willing than others to get involved .
16 This is chiefly because the hard-core hooligan element attached to one soccer club is only likely to be interested in a confrontation with the opposition 's elite hooligan crew .
17 This was not the most logical of arguments , it would seem , if only because the Hudson recommendations were concerned with craft courses , while TEC and BEC , the latter of which in any case was only likely to be peripherally involved , were supposed to be operating at technician level .
18 For the most part they are only likely to be occupied during a limited period each year by a number of different families .
19 These are only likely to be payable where there is a clear agreement .
20 It would appear , however , that some tumours contain more active product than others ; thus autocrine growth promoting effects that might be attributable to gastrin are in any case only likely to be a property of a subset of tumours .
21 Monetary policy is only likely to be effective , therefore , if the government can ‘ sell ’ it to the people , so that people have confidence in its effectiveness .
22 anyway I 'm not sure when our allocation of tickets goes on sale , but it 's only likely to be somewhere between 2–3,000 .
23 The vendor is only likely to be willing to accept this restraint in respect of debtors that continue to be significant customers of the business after completion .
24 In addition , exclusions of particular fiduciary duties are only likely to be held to exclude certain specific elements of the duties and the fiduciary will still be held to owe duties of good faith in respect of any particular transaction .
25 Assuming that a capital gains tax liability is likely to arise , prima facie this will fall upon the husband as the conveying party or transferor ; this potential liability should be taken into account , but regard should be had to other reliefs : ( i ) " Hold-over " relief — Since the restriction of this relief by the Finance Act 1989 , s124 it is only likely to be available in business property transfer situations ( such as a guest house or nursing home ) ( see TCGA 1992 , s165 ) .
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