Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [be] likely to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , for example , two people watch young tearaways behaving in an abusive manner towards them from a safe distance across the street , a conviction would be proper only if they were really likely to fear that violence would be likely to be used against them ( or another ) . |
| 2 | Such reasons might include a governing body disregarding LEA advice that dismissal would be likely to be found unfair before an industrial tribunal : or a governing body determining payments to departing members of staff which were in excess of the LEA 's own practice . |
| 3 | No , but what I have done is to give you my expert opinion that any developments within the conservation area er within the D thirty nine part of the conservation area would be likely to be destructive of the character of the ancient part of the village . |
| 4 | Discovery can be ordered before the commencement of such proceedings against a person likely to be a party to the proceedings , and after the commencement of such proceedings against third parties , but not where compliance would be likely to be injurious to the public interest . |
| 5 | Previous difficulty in maintaining a pregnancy through to a live birth will be likely to be associated with a greater risk of a third or fourth miscarriage than if the woman 's previous pregnancies had been trouble-free . |
| 6 | There is , however , some American authority which suggests that if this case were being heard in the American courts the answer would be likely to be in favour of granting a declaration in these circumstances : see In re A.C. ( 1990 ) 573 A.2d 1235 , 1240 , 1246–1248 , 1252 . |
| 7 | ‘ If a person presenting or directing the performance is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred , it is a defence for him to prove — ( a ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour , or ( b ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the offending words or behaviour were threatening , abusive or insulting , or ( c ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the circumstances in which the performance would be given would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . ’ |
| 8 | So far as the performer is concerned , he has the defence that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that a programme involving the use of the offending material would be included in a cable broadcast , or that the circumstances in which such material was included would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . |