Example sentences of "likely to [be] [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I would be most likely to be extravagant on the following : |
| 4 | Heterogeneous conversion of ClONO 2 and HCl to HNO 3 is likely to be unimportant on background aerosols , whereas conversion of N 2 O 5 to HNO 3 by reaction ( 4 ) is likely to be important . |
| 5 | Certainly if the school can come to terms with the planning of time , it is likely to be well on the way to implementing the programme . |
| 6 | At one level , then , leading abolitionists in parliament came to the conclusion that the language of practicality , of plausible calculations about population increase in the future in the West Indies if importations from Africa were stopped , were more likely to be effective on their colleagues . |
| 7 | To our knowledge , these findings provide the first direct evidence that mesenchymal as well as epithelial cells are involved in T-cell development , and suggest that their involvement is stage-specific and likely to be dependent on short-range or contact-mediated interactions . |
| 8 | While it is in these that we are primarily interested in for the development of teaching material , they are likely to be dependent on the climate of attitudes that prevails in the lesson . |
| 9 | However , neither the fact that lone mothers have a very high risk of poverty nor the fact that they are very likely to be dependent on state income support are particularly new . |
| 10 | In particular , lone mothers are likely to be dependent on the state for two very basic needs : housing and income . |
| 11 | Three quarters of developing countries ' earnings come from just 33 commodities , and an individual country is likely to be dependent on just two or three of these.4 |
| 12 | I 'm likely to be sick on the floor before the victim is . |
| 13 | ‘ You think , then , ’ she said , ‘ that this disappearance is more likely to be voluntary on his part . |
| 14 | The splitting on the shaft of the tibia again follows the collagen fibre orientations , but that on the head of the femur seems more likely to be structural on a larger scale due to the rounded shape of the femur head . |
| 15 | If your application is made because you are ill or are likely to be ill on polling day you can have your application attested by a doctor , a suitably qualified nurse ( first level nurse trained in general nursing ) or a Christian Science practitioner . |
| 16 | As they were about to go inside — for although it was a pleasant summer day , it was always likely to be windy on top , and their hats might blow away — Florrie exclaimed in sudden panic : ‘ Oh , good gracious ! |
| 17 | Gone are the days when you were likely to be alone on the rim path , but if the five miles escarpment is included as part of a longer circuit of the vast moorland , walkers seeking solitude will find their fair share — and a good test of their navigation skills . |
| 18 | If even Pogodin had become an advocate of reform , friends of the status quo were likely to be thin on the ground . |