Example sentences of "we [am/are] likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we think that stealing is wrong , then it 's just as wrong whether we are likely to be found out or not . |
| 2 | At this stage we are only roughing-out our interview schedule , but the more attention we can give to detail now the more we are likely to be saving ourselves trouble later on . |
| 3 | We are likely to be attracted by people who have recognised a general and fundamental problem as opposed to a specific one . |
| 4 | Even if we live in the countryside , we are likely to be alienated from the land and so must create the link afresh . |
| 5 | Through events of different kinds we are likely to be put in touch with aspects of ourselves which previously have been overlooked — we are given a jolt , and have to make a bridge between how things used to be and how they threatened . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know exactly what we have up there , or what stuff we are likely to be sending up in the next few years … but I 'll take side bets on orbital weapons , either ready or in the pipe-line . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My thinking is at the moment that we are likely to be without him . |
| 8 | Today , for example , I think it means next to nothing to simply state that blacks are working class when we are likely to be unemployed and may not recognize our experience and history in those areas of political life where an appeal to class is most prominent . |
| 9 | The attitude of the county representative was positive , but financial constraints will mean that we are likely to be involved in negotiations for some time to come . |
| 10 | But in most conversational contexts , if we think of an activity as connected with crime , we are likely to be thinking of an activity which is itself criminal ; and on the other hand , in all cases , activity which is itself criminal is by definition connected with crime . |
| 11 | We are likely to be seeing even more of him on television . |
| 12 | what we 're likely to be short of it seems to me we could end up being twenty four thousand pounds short at the end of the year . |