Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining colleges of higher education , approximately thirty in number , have their courses validated by the CNAA and , although the movement in this direction away from university validation has slowed down considerably , it is likely to continue for some time to come . |
| 2 | The United Kingdom holiday industry was in a period of rapid change and flux in late 1985 and this is likely to continue for some years to come . |
| 3 | The research to find a European version of taxol is likely to continue for some years . |
| 4 | With some 15,500 outlets for their business , solicitors are likely to remain for some time the principal providers of legal services even if there is considerable expansion of alternatives to the use of solicitors for some legal work ( The Law Society , 1990 ) . |
| 5 | Under a fixed exchange rate a currency flow surplus is likely to persist for some time . |
| 6 | Any review of the structures is not likely to stand for any number of years , it 's not likely to get absolutely right , erm , and so be flexible about your approach . |
| 7 | However , the amended agreement is not likely to appear for some time because , in September , the Publishers Association again appealed against the interstate decision . |
| 8 | It predicts that , despite tougher standards for new cars , the problem is likely to increase for some years to come , largely as a result of a lack of any controls over the emissions of vehicles already on the road . |
| 9 | Yet , at the same time , these are the sectors that are most likely to provide for those workers ( the lower paid and the unemployed ) at whom the government 's migration policies , operating through the Employment Transfer and Job Search Schemes , are aimed . |
| 10 | The speaker is less likely to gulp for more air in mid-sentence . |
| 11 | Even when my application was on its way I still could n't convince myself that what I was doing was likely to qualify for any kind of grant . |
| 12 | Clearly , in a family dining room with several small children to cater for you are not likely to plump for any sort of exotica , or even the favourite splendours of velvet and mahogany . |