Example sentences of "[pron] is likely that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that a total of around 30 job losses are being sought from a total of 150 employees , following the company 's recent extensive review of current operations and future opportunities . |
| 2 | Reliability in supplies : It is likely that a firm has greater control over reliability of supplies if it makes a component rather than buying it in from another firm . |
| 3 | It is likely that a structure which was appropriate to an organisation at a particular stage in its development will become less so as it matures . |
| 4 | It is likely that a procedure in which search statements were split into portions which match subject heading subfields as well as into ( weak-stemmed ) words would be something of an improvement . |
| 5 | Because of the chronic nature of peptic ulcer diseases , it is likely that a person on medical treatment around 1979 and again around 1989 has used ulcer drugs for a large part of the intermediate period . |
| 6 | It is likely that a test case will be brought on this issue . |
| 7 | This shows the level of previous achievement without which it is likely that a candidate will have difficulty in successfully completing the module . |
| 8 | Another but more legally complicated way of arriving at the same result under the subsection is to say that , when the police seek to intervene , it is likely that a belief is likely to arise in the mind of the first victims , that violence towards the police is a likely outcome of the defendant 's conduct . |
| 9 | In the former case , it is likely that a Design Change will be raised to authorise work to be carried out to fix the reported problem . |
| 10 | In the former case , it is likely that a Design Change will be raised to authorise work to be carried out to fix the reported problem . |
| 11 | Sometimes this ability can be judged without interview but it is likely that a number of applicants will need to be interviewed . |
| 12 | If an information retrieval program is being used , it is likely that a printer will be needed and some knowledge of what type and quality of printer to be used will be required . |
| 13 | It is likely that a group of fewer than 100 boat people will be sent back just before the arrival in Hong Kong of the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , planned for mid-January . |
| 14 | It is likely that a turnover tax will be levied on the proceeds , but a tax on winnings , or split between the two is not ruled out . |
| 15 | So it is likely that a family in which a mother or father has to bring up children single-handed will think of itself and be treated by others , as a little cluster of deviants from the marital norm . |
| 16 | With the proven success of the Open University methods of distance learning , it is likely that a combination of sophisticated distance learning packages , linked to short residential periods on university or polytechnic campus during the vacations , will provide an efficient and cost-effective method of study . |
| 17 | It is likely that a combination of these modalities with radiotherapy might also be complimentary . |
| 18 | It is likely that an investment manager ( such as a member of IMRO ) who deals as counterparty with a firm for an unidentified client will qualify as a market counterparty ; although investment management as such is in a different paragraph in Sched 1 to the FSA ( para 14 ) from dealing as agent or , indeed , principal ( para 12 ) , the transactions by an investment manager fall in the same paragraph ( para 12 ) . |