Example sentences of "likely [prep] [be] true " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both these opinions were repeated to me by many people and both seemed likely to be true . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , despite the necessity to protect children from being misled by the stories of ‘ heaven ’ and miracles , it should be made quite clear to them that most of the stories of good works attributed to the people involved are most likely to be true , and as these people are believed to have done much more good than most , they have been given a place in the windows of the churches and in paintings and elsewhere . |
| 3 | Where a statement does cause the relevant belief or attitude in a hearer , it is because he has some reason to think the speaker 's beliefs on that topic are likely to be true , or his attitudes ones he is likely to find , on enquiry , reason to share , rather than because the mere words have any great hold over him . |
| 4 | The same is likely to be true of phenylalanine uptake across the placenta . |
| 5 | Meeting anybody in Baghdad these days involves listening to a hard-luck story , most of which is likely to be true . |
| 6 | These will be much less expensive on postage charges , and are more likely to be true to name . |
| 7 | The same is likely to be true for South Eastern secretarial/office staff , and throws into question the chances of success of campaigns to recruit them such as recently initiated by the major Transport and General Workers Union ( TGWU ) ( see Financial Times , 5 and 6/12/86 ) . |
| 8 | The number of deaths for which this is likely to be true is so small that it ought not to affect the analysis presented here . |
| 9 | But if you did genuinely make that statement it 's more likely to be true if it 's against your interest , rather than for your interest . |