Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is likely [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked . |
| 2 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence ( i.e. immediate unlawful violence against him or another ) will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 6 | It will be argued that if a policeman is confronted by a situation in which he fears that violence will be directed towards him if he intervenes , or it is likely that there will be such violence , the offence is committed . |
| 7 | Many of them are in old , dilapidated buildings , and it is likely that some authorities would take the opportunity to reduce surplus places by closing them . |
| 8 | ‘ If any competitor goes around the course at a speed that is likely to give a faster than 1hr 50min finish time there will be real problems and it is likely that wheelchairs will be excluded from future London marathons . ’ |
| 9 | In that case we should be back in something like the unsatisfactory position we were in before the introduction of comprehensive schools , when the least successful children were relegated to schools that were openly admitted to be inferior ; and it is likely that the ‘ good ’ schools would , many of them , choose to free themselves from their Local Authorities . |
| 10 | BLAISE-LINE is now just one of a number of bibliographical databases available , and it is likely that this medium will increasingly be used for some aspects of stock revision , as librarians become more familiar with its potential . |
| 11 | The cattle that survived this vicious circle of pasture depletion were no doubt those that could make the most of small areas of rough grazing and it is likely that small , thrifty cattle were positively selected in preference to larger improved types which needed better feeding . |
| 12 | α-granule nucleoids have been demonstrated by electronmicroscopic studies in the canalicular system ( White , 1974 ) , and it is likely that normal secretion involves not only fusion of these granules with the canalicular system but also platelet contraction . |
| 13 | But they have been eroded in recent years , and it is likely that this erosion will continue although , as before , it will have varied impact according to issue and ( geographical ) place . |
| 14 | A number of papers have recently been published which present new colliding wave solutions using some of these techniques , and it is likely that many more such papers will appear . |
| 15 | He was fully aware of this limitation and it is likely that he got assistance from Lishman and Richardson with this aspect of his work . |
| 16 | In fact what is proposed by Mr Ceravolo in his report to the Parliament is the setting of a timetable for the elimination of lead from petrol and it is likely that this will be on the agenda of the Council of Ministers in June and it is to be hoped that the Council will then call on the Commission to proceed to a new directive on the matter to replace the existing one which determines the 0.15 minimum level . |
| 17 | So when you eat your F-Plan fibre-rich diet you get a greater and more filling bulk of food in the stomach , the food stays there longer , and it is likely that fewer of those potentially fat-producing calories are digested . |
| 18 | Its tally of 184,445 was its highest ever and it is likely that the personal vote for John Hume , its leader , in Foyle , and the conversion of Eddie McGrady 's marginal in South Down to a 600-plus majority , will have been boosted by some Protestant crossover . |
| 19 | And it is likely that there would have been thousands more if more people had known exactly how to raise a complaint with him . |
| 20 | However , the majority of people will still retire without any formal support , and it is likely that the counsellor will be involved with those who are experiencing problems in the post-retirement period . |
| 21 | However , the position is not as simple as this because , if the merger had taken place , rationalisation and restructuring would have happened anyway and it is likely that certain plants in any combined GM/Leyland group would have closed . |
| 22 | But as Carl Simonton , the radiation oncologist prominent in the holistic health movement , and others point out , this does not isolate diet as the sole or even the main cause and it is likely that cultural factors , for which Japan is unique among industrialised nations , may be more significant ( Simonton et al . |
| 23 | He also had a role to play in public ceremonial and it is likely that a carefully constructed ceremonial relationship existed between king and temple to ensure mutual support in the eyes of the people . |
| 24 | The priestess in question wears the knot at the back of her neck , and it is likely that she is one of the celebrants in a rite of sacred communion : other fragments of this fresco show alternate standing and sitting celebrants , mostly women , some offering , some ( the seated ones ) accepting the communion chalice . |
| 25 | And it is likely that poor countries have bigger ‘ informal ’ economies than do rich ones . |
| 26 | A number of mollusc-like shells are known from the Cambrian and it is likely that some derive from halkieriid or related scleritomes . |
| 27 | Only about 270,000 women were members of trade unions even in 1912 after the expansion of trade union membership after 1906 , and it is likely that few of these had dependent children . |
| 28 | This sanctioned the informal merging of the Percy retinue into Gloucester 's , and it is likely that these examples of men with a Percy background entering Gloucester 's service owed as much to Northumberland 's good lordship as to private enterprise . |
| 29 | The emeralds used in the ancient world were all mined in Upper Egypt and it is likely that these were first exported on a significant scale to satisfy the Roman appetite for coloured transparent stones . |
| 30 | Many fish rely on the reflection of light from their mirror-like scales to hide them , and it is likely that the squid 's eye can penetrate this disguise . |