Example sentences of "likely to [be] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Many non-insulin-dependent subjects are overweight and are therefore likely to be hyperinsulinaemic as a result of insulin resistance . |
| 3 | In many respects any issue that a department regards as requiring a ministerial decision is likely to be describable as a ‘ policy issue ’ . |
| 4 | For example , lower working-class people are more likely to be mesomorphic as a result of their diet and continual manual labour , and this class grouping is more likely to be found represented in the criminal statistics . |
| 5 | It 's more likely to be valuable as a check on identity , if we ever find anyone whose teeth they might have been . |
| 6 | Where a defamatory remark is made baldly , without reference to any fact from which the remark could be inferred , it is not likely to be defensible as comment , especially if it imputes dishonesty or dishonourable conduct . |