Example sentences of "it is [adv] likely [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is equally likely that the activities associated with meals ( chewing , digesting and absorbing food ) could all send information to the SCN via nerves from the gut . |
| 2 | The implications of these findings are doubly serious because it is equally likely that the spindle-disrupting action of alcohol could occur during the first meiotic division . |
| 3 | Of course , it is feasible that the Greeks were more sharp-sighted than we are , and certainly their skies were clearer ; but it is equally likely that Merope has dimmed a fair deal over the past few thousand years — in other words , that it is a variable star with a period of at least several thousand years . |
| 4 | It is equally likely that Russia will need ECGD or comparative support in the months and years ahead , not just from this country but from others . |
| 5 | The latter two sources are of uncertain reliability , while the Encomiast 's suppression of Emma 's previous marriage to Æthelred makes one suspicious of his entire treatment of the affair , but it is inherently likely that negotiations did take place , for Cnut was shrewd enough to appreciate that gaining Emma 's assistance against her sons without Richard 's goodwill would have been to leave the job half done . |
| 6 | It is thus likely that we can develop practical infinitary proof techniques which are applicable to many pairs of programs involving WHILE . |
| 7 | It is thus likely that many ( perhaps most ) villages are relative latecomers to the English landscape . |
| 8 | It is nevertheless likely that more middle class women accepted than resisted the experts ' view of their physiology and psychology , though they may also have passed those views through their own filter . |
| 9 | If you are not prepared to project it properly , it is most likely that people will only see the wrong parts ! |
| 10 | Although there are other possible sources , it is most likely that these lines are an echo of Pope 's comments on Martha Blount 's celibacy : |
| 11 | Now that the Institution 's policy for the provision of part-time education has been made clear for , say , the next ten years , it is most likely that all new entrants to the profession will be studying for surveying degrees or diplomas and the profession will have finally become a graduate one . |
| 12 | It is most likely that it had to do with the extra fasts practised by the Pharisees and in this case the disciples of John the Baptist , who may have been mourning the death of their leader . |
| 13 | Though there is an element of ambiguity about the whereabouts of Wilfrid 's see , it is most likely that Ealhfrith intended him to be bishop of York , the significance of which is unlikely to have been lost on Wilfrid and his royal patron if Pope Gregory 's original plan to establish York as an archbishopric was known to them . |
| 14 | d ) The Decision Maker : where decisions take the form of modified re-buys or new task purchasing , it is most likely that senior functional , divisional or general management will take the actual decision to purchase , and choose the supplier , specification and product . |
| 15 | As the tensile strength of rocks is lower than the compression and shear strengths it is most likely that rock will be shattered during cooling and contraction . |
| 16 | After a contrasting period ( the third , or the third and fourth sentences ) it is most likely that we will return to the original theme . |
| 17 | These two buildings were , therefore , clearly under military control , and it is most likely that they represented a collection centre for the annona militaris , a tax thought to have been introduced by Severus . |
| 18 | Unless the gutter has split or cracked , it is most likely that either the gutter ( or downpipe ) is blocked and needs clearing ( page 78 ) or that a bracket has given way and the gutter is sagging . |
| 19 | I think it is most likely that the Course will be completed by then but because they have to have their final papers in , the week or two before , it may be that they will be staying on to around that time . |
| 20 | However , it is most likely that many expert tasks are also soon to be taken over by machines . |
| 21 | It is increasingly likely that anyone who takes an active role in any organisation will at some point find themselves involved in setting up a ‘ special event ’ . |
| 22 | It is increasingly likely that many of the lessons learnt at Wharram Percy apply to settlements elsewhere in the country . |
| 23 | It is also likely that the percentages will be on the sliding scale that seemed so attractive to the PFA a fortnight ago when peace was at hand . |
| 24 | It is also likely that because of past changes a growing number of women will retire with some entitlement to a state pension . |
| 25 | It is reasonable to assume that the carer 's preference provides some part of the causal explanation ; but it is also likely that the carers ’ preferences were influenced by the severity of the sufferer 's condition , and by whether long-term institutional care was expected , already planned , or already known to be unlikely . |
| 26 | The situation may therefore be one of predominantly increased production of VLDL ; however , it is also likely that a clearance defect is operative , as the rate of disappearance of intravenous Intralipid was reduced in a study of Type 2 diabetics , possibly due to low fatty acid incorporation into adipose tissue ( Lewis et al , 1972 ) . |
| 27 | As well as corporate crime undermining the public 's faith in the business world , it is also likely that crimes of bribery and corruption by large corporations affect the poorer , less powerful sections of society more than other sections . |
| 28 | It is also likely that this view is a departure from earlier law , in which it is not attested . |
| 29 | However it is also likely that many ‘ wifely ’ tasks such as teamaking and the bosses ' shopping disappear , and that typists gain some protection from sexual harassment as they increasingly become machine operators , tied to work stations . |
| 30 | It is also likely that the composition of the lacquer is affected by the age of the tree and when and where the material was collected . |