Example sentences of "[noun sg] [am/are] likely to be " in BNC.
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1 | Speak to your vet about castrating the dog since the problems in this case are likely to be resulting from an excess of sexual libido . |
2 | The full deal on the EC 's future budget are likely to be unveiled today when the 12 EC heads of state rubber stamp the final package . |
3 | The first signs of a blocked drain are likely to be overflowing gullies or manhole covers or a blocked downstairs WC . |
4 | Local wildlife and agriculture are likely to be badly affected , environmentalists claim . |
5 | The fact that a spoken context of utterance is constructed from a written text emphasises the separation between the real and the fictional enunciations : the referents of the personal pronouns in the text are likely to be perceived as fictive personae , while author and reader are not directly present or involved in the constructed text world . |
6 | The random nature of turbulent motion gives a diffusive action ; two fluid particles that happen to be close together at some instant are likely to be much further apart at any later time . |
7 | Because there are fewer runs of keys than separate keys , the results of division are likely to be more variable than those of genuine randomization . |
8 | Those who go to war with an non-networked PC are likely to be on the wrong side of the line or at least run out of tank spares first . |
9 | For that reason , the majority are likely to be studying technical or vocational subjects that equip them with more immediately useful skills . |
10 | Not long , I think , now that internal revolution , disruption and secession , external interference , aggression and absorption are likely to be more and more the fate of these often unstable and highly artificial British ex-dominions . |
11 | The relationship between the bureau and its sponsors is such that the constraints on budget maximisation are likely to be weaker than the factors operating in its favour . |
12 | However , additional genetic or environmental factors leading to more severely impaired β cell function are likely to be necessary for the development of non-insulin dependent diabetes . |
13 | ( Macaulay 1978:134 ) Problems of this kind are likely to be particularly common in divergent dialect areas where two identifiable and radically different phonologies have in the past influenced each other , later to become an integrated part of the linguistic resources available to the speech community . |
14 | As to schools , a DES spokesperson let it be known that such concerns are left to the LEAs and that studies of this kind are likely to be part of religious education . |
15 | MEMORIES of the Flying Scotsman are likely to be evoked at Waverley Station today when one of InterCity 's most powerful locomotives , the Class 91 , is named after The Scotsman . |
16 | Because deep meditation can be likened in many ways to the altered state of hypnosis , and because those who have a profound interest in such forms of meditation are likely to be on a deliberate spiritual voyage of discovery , they may be able to pass more easily through those barriers of protection normally erected by the subconscious mind . |
17 | Conversely , it has also been shown that in the absence of another meal , the previous one may be kept in the stomach for more than twice as long as usual ( Chitty , 1938 ) , presumably with a gradual increase in stomach acidity , and the bones in this instance are likely to be strongly modified or even totally destroyed . |
18 | This raises the question of exactly what kinds of experience are likely to be most helpful to a child who is experiencing difficulties with language and communication . |
19 | But demands for compensation for damage are likely to be met by Britain under the terms of diplomatic norms . |
20 | As the effects of right sided damage are likely to be less immediately troublesome than comparable damage on the left , which frequently causes some degree of aphasia , naturally occurring left hemisphere lesions may well lead the patient to seek medical advice earlier in the disease process than would equal damage at the right side of the brain . |
21 | What main categories of stock are likely to be held by a manufacturing business ? |
22 | Windows , MS-DOS , NT , Motif and Mac on the client side and Unix and NT on the server side are likely to be encompassed . |
23 | Windows , DOS , NT , Motif and Mac on the client side and Unix and NT on the server side are likely to be encompassed . |
24 | This is why in most cases an eyewitness account is more reliable than rumour or hearsay , or why the conclusions of a scientific experiment are likely to be accepted above the claims of a spaced-out acid head . |
25 | Horses with the highest self-esteem are likely to be found at the top of their pecking order . |
26 | Trees and shrubs ( including conifers and roses ) planted in winter and spring are likely to be at risk from drought at the moment . |
27 | On-going contracts at Warren Spring are likely to be transferred to the NETC , ensuring that work currently underway will continue , including Government contracts such as those for air pollution monitoring . |
28 | Forecasts of the South 's predominant share of the future growth in employment ( Tyler and Rhodes , 1986 ; Cambridge Econometrics , 1987 ) indicate to the private sector the broad locations where the greatest returns on capital investment are likely to be won . |
29 | The policy implications of the study are likely to be in the general area of improving knowledge among and communication between parents and professionals . |
30 | The relevant factors to consider in investment appraisal are likely to be different for each product and can be determined only through a thorough understanding of the company 's and industry 's actual and specific situation . |