Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] [conj] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | German chancellor Helmut Kohl wants 18 more members to represent the former East Germany and the 12 heads of states are likely to agree if they get more representation too . |
| 2 | But I am sure that if someone found they liked doing chemistry at school they 're likely to find that they like continuing to do it at university , and vice versa . |
| 3 | Current product prices convey information to producers about the likely rewards of manufacturing a particular product and current factor prices ( wages , rents , interest ) the likely cost of producing the product as well as the returns which labour and capital are likely to receive if they provide their services . |
| 4 | A variant of this method is the ‘ cool canvass ’ , where only certain groups of people are canvassed , i.e. those who are more likely to buy since they possess some qualifying feature ; for example , only companies over a certain size may be judged viable prospects . |
| 5 | The less skilled are more likely to assume that they understand the other person 's point of view and that the other person has the same basic information . |
| 6 | Probably their teachers will speak to them in this style , though what the learners are likely to encounter when they join in conversations with native speakers is what we have referred to previously as a ‘ rapid , casual ’ style . |
| 7 | The transition from ward to home is usually difficult , and patients are likely to relapse if they do not receive adequate support and supervision . |
| 8 | At least half of these are likely to die before they reach a year old . |
| 9 | For , if pressed , many are likely to say that they feel more in common with others in the same discipline in other institutions — even on the other side of the world — than with academics in the same institution but in different subjects . |
| 10 | But even allowing for this , current users of credit cards were much more likely than non-users to say they are easy to understand and use , convenient and make shopping simple ; and more likely to say that they encourage people to spend too much . |
| 11 | Students who work with Reading Skills for the Social Sciences , are most likely to notice that they read with greater confidence and that they have a better command of academic/specialised vocabulary as a result of using the book . |
| 12 | Problems with the naturally dominant breeds , such as the Dobermann , are most likely to arise because they try to challenge your dominant position . |
| 13 | Dilemmas can always arise since , while people are more likely to improve if they get feedback about their skills , " unless they have a sensitive or trained manager they are likely to get feedback on less relevant topic " ( Stewart and Stewart 1982:169 ) . |
| 14 | We know , moreover , that the more affluent among the old in Britain are more likely to feel that they enjoy good health and less likely to suffer from conditions which restrict their mobility and capacity to participate in a wide range of social and cultural activities than the least well-off ( GHS 1986 ; 126 ) . |
| 15 | In his classic manual , Working Lads ' Clubs , Russell argued that the principal aim of clubs was ‘ to provide youths of the poorer classes with an opportunity of becoming happier , healthier , and better citizens than they are likely to become if they spend their leisure in loafing about the streets ’ . |