Example sentences of "likely [verb] to be " in BNC.
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1 | In those countries where there is no political backlash against them , such entrepreneurs are likely to continue to be key players in the domestic economy . |
2 | The rehabilitation of the troubled fine china and crystal maker is likely to continue to be slow and painful . |
3 | In the field of housing there has been and is likely to continue to be a major growth in housing associations , particularly after provisions are implemented which will allow council tenants to opt out of council control and into housing associations or tenancy with private landlords . |
4 | External courses are likely to continue to be the only viable way of meeting some needs in some circumstances and in the interests of promoting maximum effectiveness , further attention could very usefully be given to two areas in particular . |
5 | While mail order , trading checks and weekly credit callers or tallymen continue to be the forms of credit which most obviously meet the needs of those used to weekly budgeting , and to being paid weekly in cash , they are likely to continue to be the obvious choice for many such people — regardless of truth-in-lending regulations . |
6 | Companies are likely to continue to be laying off surplus staff well into the recovery , as was the case during the last recession in the early '80s . |
7 | For 1993 , LVMH 's objective is to continue to improve its operational efficiency in conditions which are likely to continue to be difficult , and to pursue investment opportunities which will underpin its long-term development strategy . |
8 | However , an attractively designed computer is less likely to fall within the scope of registered designs because a person buying a computer is more interested in the performance of the computer ; its appearance is not important to a material extent , although it must be acknowledged that the Design Registry and the courts took a fairly liberal attitude prior to the changes to the 1949 Act and are likely to continue to be generous in this respect . |
9 | It is easier for the purchaser to deal with the creditors and debtors as they are likely to continue to be customers and suppliers of the business after completion . |
10 | More important , people interested in temporary working are more likely to choose to be as agency workers rather than direct employees . |
11 | And it might say do not dry clean and the customer has it dry cleaned and of course the garment is very likely going to be ruined . |
12 | The horse may suffer anxiety in relation to one specific part of its life : shoeing , trailering , saddling , mounting , and so oh , but if it has been hurt in a number of situations , it is likely to learn to be anxious in relation to anything to do with people . |
13 | ‘ Girls ’ , he called us , ‘ girls ’ , enjoying his situation : it was as near as he was likely to get to being a pasha in a harem . |
14 | However , Robert Brusca , chief economist at Nikko Securities , said February 's figures were inflated by seasonal factors and are likely to prove to be temporary . |
15 | To pursue the question of whether that is so , would go beyond the limits of the present discussion , but it is worth bearing in mind , when the relations are discussed of biology to the social sciences , that an essential social science is likely to prove to be history . |
16 | These partial insights are likely to prove to be provisional insights , understandings in the process of revision . |
17 | Where time is short , and choices have to be made , philosophical and sociological perspectives are likely to prove to be the most valuable in developing the critical approach to knowledge . |
18 | It is the scale of the damp and condensation problem , however , that is likely to prove to be the most controversial finding . |
19 | S3 This is a critical year where decisions about which pupils are likely to prove to be good Higher Candidates and which need more consolidation and a slower pace are taken . |
20 | For obvious reasons , few people were likely to admit to being Jacobites . |