Example sentences of "likely to [be] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the civil society and cultural values of the former CDP project area are likely to be profoundly influenced by the fact that most of the households resident in large parts of it are now dependent on state benefits rather than on wages for their reproduction . |
| 2 | The pattern of AIDS research is also likely to be profoundly shaped by the events of the past few weeks , but more importantly by the articles by Fauci and Haase and their colleagues than by the preliminary report of the Anglo-French study . |
| 3 | Protectionism ( exchange controls , import controls ) is likely to be extensively applied by developing countries , but it may still be relevant in an industrialised country which is suffering a high level of unemployment , with consequent pressure on the government to take economic measures to remedy this situation . |
| 4 | But Cale is always likely to be best remembered for his work alongside Lou Reed in the The Velvet Underground . |
| 5 | According to Thomas Cronin : As Cronin and others suggest , Ford was constantly rebuffed and disappointed by Congress ; his positive achievements in both foreign and domestic policy were few and in any history of presidential congressional relations he is likely to be best remembered for the most extensive use of the negative power of the veto in modern times . |
| 6 | This society 's accounting policy on provisions is that ‘ provisions are made to reduce the value of loans and advances to the amount which the directors consider is likely to be ultimately received ’ . |
| 7 | Which of our firms or sectors are likely to be most affected by 1992 ? |
| 8 | It is not surprising , then , that this particular set of objections to the implementation of the Delors Plan has received little attention even in the countries likely to be most affected . |
| 9 | The press-gang gave politicians an effective method of giving a very real service to the parties more directly concerned , and it was one which should have created a lasting sense of obligation , for life before the mast in one of His Majesty 's ships was not likely to be easily forgotten . |
| 10 | Since the two views belong to opposed epistemological theories , neither side is likely to be easily convinced by the other 's arguments . |
| 11 | He is likely to be easily distracted by the sights and sounds around him , and this might make him stray into the road or trip and fall . |
| 12 | Freud is not , however , likely to be generally rejected , since he is so much part of the valued cultural furniture of the West . |
| 13 | The same authors also question the assumption that it is too costly for politicians to develop effective means of financial scrutiny , pointing to evidence that instruments of control are widely used systematically and rationally , implying that the preferences of sponsors and citizens are likely to be adequately reflected in the supply of public goods ( Breton and Wintrobe , 1975 , pp. 202–4 ) . |
| 14 | This was not the most logical of arguments , it would seem , if only because the Hudson recommendations were concerned with craft courses , while TEC and BEC , the latter of which in any case was only likely to be peripherally involved , were supposed to be operating at technician level . |
| 15 | They 're likely to be medically related in the main . |
| 16 | They 're likely to be geographically dispersed , nationally or internationally . |
| 17 | Developments are likely to be firmly based on the existing network structure ; upgrading individual elements , extending the network , and improving communication facilities . |
| 18 | And this meant , unfortunately , that , apart from shops and restaurants , all businesses were likely to be firmly closed until the following Tuesday . |
| 19 | It is thus not clear that these accident estimates are particularly stable assessments of the objective danger at the junction ; they are likely to be strongly determined by risk ratings . |
| 20 | Housing , transport and locational problems were clearly of great magnitude , the greatest pressures of land shortage being felt on the periphery , where encroachments into the green belt were likely to be strongly resisted . |
| 21 | Conversely , it has also been shown that in the absence of another meal , the previous one may be kept in the stomach for more than twice as long as usual ( Chitty , 1938 ) , presumably with a gradual increase in stomach acidity , and the bones in this instance are likely to be strongly modified or even totally destroyed . |
| 22 | The vultures have been buying up other bonds likely to be similarly treated . |
| 23 | More are likely to be ill informed , to take little interest in politics , and perhaps to give rather less thought to the casting of a vote than to the marking of a pools coupon . |
| 24 | Banks and other financial institutions are already heavy users of electronic funds transfer , and it is likely to be widely adopted by businesses handling large number of cash transactions , as in the retail trade , for example . |
| 25 | Although the guidance may provoke some concerns over children 's rights , it is likely to be widely welcomed . |
| 26 | Its latest report lists two agents as likely to be widely used in the near future , Gambusio affinis , a fish that feeds on mosquito larvae , and Bacillus thuringiensis , a bacterium that kills mosquito larvae . |
| 27 | 1.55:NICKY Henderson 's Bally Clover was backed off the boards before landing a comfortable success at Cheltenham , and is likely to be well supported again this afternoon . |
| 28 | And the rewards then would be that erm from the interviewers point of view he be you know viewed as more intelligent , self-confident , industrious all this sort of thing , make him say determined , erm more understandable to the interviewer obviously , and also the there He 's more likely to be well liked by the interviewer , and that 's Because of that not only his voice but the content of what he 's actually saying is gon na be more favourably looked upon . |
| 29 | Give a great deal of thought to the position and size of opening windows , both with regard to security and , more importantly , to ensure a quick means of escape in case of fire , especially at night when doors are likely to be well secured . |
| 30 | The idea that a runner can win more by not trying too hard is not likely to be well received in the hard-bitten commercial world of sports retailing , but if the winter miles are currently very wearisome and every race is a struggle to gain a few seconds , you might try leaving your watch off at a race or two and see if the Zarei approach puts a bit of the enjoyment back into running . |