Example sentences of "likely to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If the goals of public health medicine are health promotion and the prevention of ill health , warn Whitty and Jones , then the specialty is in danger of veering off course in pursuit of the purchasing function , which ‘ is likely to be ineffective in improving the population 's health and may even be in direct conflict with this role . ’
2 The critic 's standing is thereby reduced , and the description or evaluation of the prize works is less than likely to be uninfluenced by their new position .
3 Enjoying bondage is related to the early , or joyless , loss of virginity , while it is the men earning over £25,000 a year who are most likely to be partial to using whips .
4 In the case of working-class families who have bought shares — and this group in no way overlaps with the underclass — such purchases are likely to be small in value .
5 It follows that the design requirements for the system should lean towards ‘ over-kill ’ rather ‘ under-kill ’ since any increase in cost of the system is likely to be small in comparison with the benefit to be obtained by rapid detection and control of the fire .
6 However , in a country where the air is as likely to be alive with mosquitoes or tsetse flies as flamingos , Mr Sandy discovered that whisky had additional uses : ‘ It appeared that consumption of one 's own product was an excellent anaesthetic for all the bugs in the tummy and I was never ill once . ’
7 It is intended to identify specific issues for attention within a comprehensive national agenda of issues of science and technology policy thought likely to be prominent over the next 10-15 years .
8 Secret eaters were more likely to be dissatisfied with their bodies , have severe eating disorders and be more concerned about their addiction .
9 I suspect that is merely because I have always been able to anticipate when a fox is likely to be present as the result of scent , footprints and tell-tale evidence around the burrow mouth .
10 Only an H , O or A horizon is likely to be present above rock .
11 To what extent are these factors likely to be present in modern analytical laboratories ?
12 Some fungi , bacteria and viruses are likely to be present in most ponds and aquaria , but that these do not cause problems until fish are injured or weakened in some way .
13 This policing function is less likely to be present in the case of a monopolist , which does not face direct product market pressure .
14 Thus , the potential for this kind of reversal is always likely to be present in vernaculars .
15 Shorter terms are more likely to be present in the same form in both the indexer 's and the searcher 's normal vocabulary for the subject .
16 theories are interdisciplinary , and the specific quality of a painting or a sculpture may not be spotlighted by the theoretician , whose writing is likely to be long on interpretation but short on description .
17 Moreover , no rooms were locked in the houses , whereas in hospital environments , and in particular special units , between 15–35 per cent of the living unit was likely to be unavailable to clients .
18 If the housing visit is carried out too early , say six months before the transfer date , landlords are unlikely to be able to say with any certainty whether property is likely to be available for rent .
19 It also ties in well with the availability of seismic vessels which are normally based in the North Sea — because of bad weather there during winter the boats are more likely to be available for other assignments .
20 It is often helpful to approach a potential source of finance at this stage for informal discussions on the terms and conditions of finance likely to be available for the project .
21 Very few flats — even for two persons — are likely to be available for less than £300 per month .
22 Very few flats — even for two persons — are likely to be available for less than £300 per month .
23 That operation as I understand it is certainly either available on the National Health or er likely to be available on the national health I have not understood that it is the sort of operation which will for any reason suddenly need to be done and I bear in mind that the plaintiff has had already an operation on his hip done on the National Health , it seems to me on the probabilities that there is a very strong probability that that operation will be done on the National Health and not done privately and for that reason it does not seem to me right to include any sum in relation to that in the damages .
24 Yesterday , however , Peter Price , deputy chairman of the council and a member of the board , said that they would not now be likely to be available before Easter .
25 All the plants mentioned are likely to be available from good garden centres , but cannas are not often sold as growing plants , and Perilla frutescens may be difficult to find as plants ( seed is widely available ) .
26 The Naval shift of emphasis to limited war capabilities was strongly supported by the General Staff , who doubted whether the degree of strategic mobility , upon which Sandys was banking to reduce overseas garrisons , would be practicable with the transport aircraft likely to be available in the foreseeable future .
27 The last of these must be the overriding consideration ; it would be of little use to develop a unit on an unusual system not readily available to the target population in schools , and not likely to be available in the near future .
28 Therefore , at present , it is wise to design to work with systems which are likely to be available in schools in the near future , though options requiring extra facilities may sometimes be explored .
29 Assuming that a capital gains tax liability is likely to arise , prima facie this will fall upon the husband as the conveying party or transferor ; this potential liability should be taken into account , but regard should be had to other reliefs : ( i ) " Hold-over " relief — Since the restriction of this relief by the Finance Act 1989 , s124 it is only likely to be available in business property transfer situations ( such as a guest house or nursing home ) ( see TCGA 1992 , s165 ) .
30 In the context of sociological research into child abuse , it is important to consider what is likely to be distinctive about a sociologist 's ethnographic account .
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