Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adv] likely that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In very serious cases , where it is highly likely that a series of medical reports will be necessary , the first report can be obtained from the treating surgeon . |
| 2 | If an employee has produced a computer program outside the normal course of his duties , but has used his employer 's equipment or done it during the hours of his employment , the ownership of copyright is more difficult to predict , although it is more likely that the employer will be treated as owner . |
| 3 | However , although it is very likely that the British industrial revolution would have occurred without these funds , it is difficult to imagine that Britain would have achieved the kind of scale and pace of industrial development that it did without access to these funds and to the markets provided by the colonies . |
| 4 | The scope of this judgment is such that it is also likely that member states are liable in damages where they act in breach of Community law which results in an individual or company suffering loss . |
| 5 | Product description must make clear the function of the product , using the appropriate British Standard term , so that it is less likely that the product will be used as a straightforward cleaning agent without the necessary controls . |
| 6 | The power of the microcomputer , with its television screen , in affecting the classroom situation is such that it is less likely that a teacher can bend a unit away from its designer 's intentions towards his own style and purpose than is the case with printed material . |
| 7 | The authors conclude that it is more likely that many other factors should also be included in the analysis such as motivation , nicotine dependence , personality type , self-efficacy , therapeutic support , etc , which act together in a complex way and would substantially increase the explained variance of smoking cessation . |
| 8 | However the evidence suggests ( see pages 75–6 ) that it is more likely that this decision was reached at a later date , when the force of events made it seem imperative . |
| 9 | In another 10 or 12 years , history will show that it is more likely that nation states will look after themselves to a greater extent than hitherto . |
| 10 | Almost a quarter ( 22 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 and 23 per cent aged 75 + ) consider that it is very likely that someone of their age will develop a serious illness over the next ten years . |
| 11 | The author of the book from which this passage is taken ( White 1966 ) situates the beginning of the " great alteration " in dress in 1793 , only four years before Walpole 's death , so that it is hardly likely that anyone could directly perceive such a major change in this short stretch of time . |
| 12 | These two buildings were , therefore , clearly under military control , and it is most likely that they represented a collection centre for the annona militaris , a tax thought to have been introduced by Severus . |
| 13 | Moreover , it seems very likely that Anselm was referring to the search for relics conducted in secret by Osbern and Eadmer ; and it is also likely that Anselm had heard of the search from Eadmer himself . |
| 14 | Hawksmoor , who had already had a great deal of experience as an architect , was brought in as clerk of works and it is quite likely that the design was by both men . |
| 15 | Even less is known about the usefulness of books which are located and borrowed , and it is quite likely that many of the titles thought to have answered a subject enquiry are not in fact found by the reader to be very useful at all . |
| 16 | Add to all this the price of a well deserved holiday from it all at the end of your final term , and it is quite likely that you could be stretching your finances to the limit . |
| 17 | Certainly , speakers are free to select from a wide range of surface forms in order to achieve a particular communicative purpose , and it is quite likely that they will do so to attain appropriate levels of politeness , solidarity or social distance . |
| 18 | Constructing a stable representation of the environment from this ever-changing view is the function of spatial learning and it is therefore likely that the inclusion of objects into an animal 's representation of allocentric space will depend on their geometric stability . |
| 19 | Many codecs already developed are designed to be upgradeable when such standards become widely accepted and it is therefore likely that within a few years dial-up videoconferencing will be possible between a wide range of different proprietary systems . |
| 20 | In the healthy and intact gastrointestinal tract , it is unlikely that substantial amounts of unabsorbed nutrients ever reach the colon in humans , and it is therefore likely that some other mechanism exists for the release of hormonal peptides from this region . |
| 21 | The therapist will otherwise receive a one-sided and often unavoidably distorted view of the relationship , and it is less likely that worthwhile change will be achieved . |
| 22 | Working-class children in general were less likely to first learn about sex from parents , and it is less likely that they have positive relationships with their teachers . |
| 23 | The knights were never more than one arm of any fighting force ; and it is hardly likely that any force of knights was ever recruited entirely by ‘ feudal ’ means . |
| 24 | Over recent years imports and exports have been vested with great political and cultural-ideological significance , and it is very likely that increasing numbers of consumers now register the country of origin of what they are buying , and producers now register the destination of what they are producing , and this knowledge may affect their actions . |
| 25 | Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces . |
| 26 | Go on any Earth Mysteries trip to an ancient site and it is highly likely that you will see at least one person walking holding wire rods or holding a weight on the end of a piece of string . |
| 27 | A survey will be carried out of sewage disposal systems and it is highly likely that major expenditure will be necessary . |
| 28 | They are the people who can refer clients on to solicitors and it is highly likely that the ‘ Advisory Liaison Service ’ and the proposed liaison officers could have played a significant part in making and fostering those contacts . |
| 29 | The latter two sources are of uncertain reliability , while the Encomiast 's suppression of Emma 's previous marriage to Æthelred makes one suspicious of his entire treatment of the affair , but it is inherently likely that negotiations did take place , for Cnut was shrewd enough to appreciate that gaining Emma 's assistance against her sons without Richard 's goodwill would have been to leave the job half done . |
| 30 | It is reasonable to assume that the carer 's preference provides some part of the causal explanation ; but it is also likely that the carers ’ preferences were influenced by the severity of the sufferer 's condition , and by whether long-term institutional care was expected , already planned , or already known to be unlikely . |