Example sentences of "it [adv] likely [that] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK claims it is making its contribution to reducing emissions by imposing value added tax ( VAT ) on domestic fuel ; the government says the VAT measures make it less likely that a carbon tax will be needed to meet the target of stabilising CO2 emissions at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 2 | At the time the experts believed that a previous transfusion sensitised the patient and made it more likely that a transplant would be rejected . |
| 3 | Anything that makes it more likely that a child will behave in a particular way . |
| 4 | Each additional child makes it more likely that a couple who are not already local authority tenants will become so . |
| 5 | These same factors might also make it more likely that a person will experience the sorts of events to which they will be vulnerable . |
| 6 | A willingness to accept greater liability under a contract in return for payment of a higher price may make it more likely that an exclusion or limitation of liability will satisfy the test of reasonableness ( Woodman v Photo Trade Processing Ltd ( 1981 ) , unreported ; see Lawson , Exclusion Clauses p174 ) ; however , the fact that the client has a second set of terms of business , containing less restrictive terms , may be taken as recognition that the more stringent terms are unreasonable . |