Example sentences of "likely [prep] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bracknell Bees look set to stay in the Heineken Premier Division and Fife Flyers are likely to be relegated . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So what difference will the fact that it 's likely to be phased out , make to farmers in Britain . |
| 4 | Not least , they serve as a warning to firms that are building dominant positions in markets that their conduct is likely to be scrutinized if their market share crosses a given threshold . |
| 5 | A person who could do only that , and did so without any other considerations , would be , as the sociolinguist Dell Hymes ( 1971 [ 1972:277 ] ) has said , ‘ likely to be institutionalised ’ for saying all kinds of inappropriate , irrelevant , and uninteresting things . |
| 6 | The expression emphasises that the offence is not a ‘ victimless ’ one , but requires the actual presence of persons who are or are likely to be threatened , abused or insulted . |
| 7 | This is hardly likely to be repeated in the developing countries . |
| 8 | If the behaviour brings about pleasant or rewarding consequences , it is more likely to be repeated . |
| 9 | These results seem likely to be repeated elsewhere . |
| 10 | It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place . |
| 11 | She positively reinforced this new behaviour making it more likely to be repeated to the point where it became a problem . |
| 12 | The scenes of hooliganism that ended the football season are all too likely to be repeated as England 's most notorious export reaches the shores of Italy . |
| 13 | A similar situation is very likely to be repeated in years to come . |
| 14 | In other words , the range of prizes is bigger in entrepreneurial activity but they are less likely to be repeated across generations . |
| 15 | Short-term gains by cheating are likely to be offset by long-term losses that may affect one 's offspring and those of relatives . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The extract from the file on Tweed you sent with the courier made the point he often stays at top places because he thinks he 's less likely to be noticed . ’ |
| 18 | However , check that there are no sounds which are likely to be noticed each time they come round on the repeats . |
| 19 | Obscenity in word , gesture , reference , song , joke or by suggestion ( even when likely to be understood only by part of the audience ) is forbidden . |
| 20 | ‘ In the past century bishops were more likely to be consulted by the government . |
| 21 | The full deal on the EC 's future budget are likely to be unveiled today when the 12 EC heads of state rubber stamp the final package . |
| 22 | ‘ The questions on therapy are likely to be rephrased and divided into specialised and non-specialised assistance , ’ she says . |
| 23 | Although marriage is likely to be prescribed at some stage of life as a remedy for all kinds of life problems , the images people have of marriage will be different . |
| 24 | Once separated from the jaws they appear equally likely to be digested , so that there is approximate equivalence between the samples . |
| 25 | That could fall next time because Huntingdon — with 93,000 voters way over the 69,281 limit — is likely to be split in two . |
| 26 | The four-party Swedish coalition is likely to be split on the issue , with Environment Minister and Centre Party leader Olof Johansson under strong pressure to drop the project . |
| 27 | For example , the concentration of crime in the lower social class , which was the starting point for all the main sociological theories , could be explained simply by the fact that members of the lower social class were more likely to be selected for labelling . |
| 28 | English applicants were twice as likely to be selected , and this difference would probably have been greater had we carried out the full study and been able to include posts in teaching hospitals . |
| 29 | The two new figureheads , one man and one woman , are likely to be selected from the six speakers chosen by the party during the conference . |
| 30 | Mann is likely to be selected by the Kiwis for their three-Test tour of England next season , which would leave an overseas berth , alongside Kelly Shelford and Greg Mackey , open . |