Example sentences of "likely to be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | About half the 6,000 white collar workers are likely to be made redundant in response to the shrinking market for coal . |
| 2 | Practical guidelines are likely to be made available to health managers , but there will be no helpline number . |
| 3 | Reports about performance will be produced regularly so that results can be compared to the targets set , and the facilities of the database are also likely to be made available to managers with the help of a query language . |
| 4 | Furthermore , the military 's data banks , which contain information on ocean temperatures and currents , weather patterns and changes in vegetation in many regions of the world , are likely to be made available to environmental researchers . |
| 5 | I mean i what what we 're looking for is is the overall figure of this revised assessment of land availability for I five uses in the plan period , and your residue figure would be the one which would not likely to be made available before the year two thousand and six . |
| 6 | It 's still a hot air story , and we give most hot air stories — some dignitary with no power to do anything to change the situation has ‘ called for ’ , ‘ demanded ’ , ‘ warned ’ or whatever — but the issue is so serious that it deserves notice : we have frequently highlighted the manner in which US — and European — anti-dumping measures that supposedly benefit a tiny minority are to the detriment of the vast majority , and there is now a groundswell of opinion at the US Department of Commerce that the International Trade Commission 's brief in considering charges of dumping should extend to a review of the impact of duties on consumers ; the current issue is the anti-dumping duties likely to be made permanent today on memory chip imports from South Korea , which are sought by Micron Technology Inc but opposed by both all memory chip users and by the US chip capital equipment manufacturers that sell to the South Koreans . |
| 7 | It is important to bear in mind that there may be a significant amount of delinquency and crime amongst the middle classes , but we are less likely to be made aware of it . |
| 8 | The dressing staff was taken on " as required " and a good worker , lad or lass , was more likely to be given regular work . |
| 9 | Following the completion of the audit [ specify ] , we will carry out a review of the company , giving particular attention to those areas which are likely to be given close scrutiny during any due diligence procedure . |
| 10 | Women earn less than men , have lower hourly rates of pay even in the same occupation , are more likely to be employed part-time or in homeworking , and are more vulnerable to unemployment . |
| 11 | But one of the cost factors , particularly the amount of each instalment , is as likely to be rated important by people deciding to use hire purchase . |
| 12 | When the kite is removed from its bag , it is most likely to be folded short . |
| 13 | The unison of flutes , oboes , clarinets , and violas is powerful and striking , but is more likely to be found appropriate in the full orchestra than in the small orchestra . |
| 14 | Michael Liley , the Association Director , has pointed out that important changes were in the offing , and it was important to know what was to happen as the change were likely to be found unpleasant in the trade . |
| 15 | Such reasons might include a governing body disregarding LEA advice that dismissal would be likely to be found unfair before an industrial tribunal : or a governing body determining payments to departing members of staff which were in excess of the LEA 's own practice . |
| 16 | Long words are less likely to be identified given current performance , but parts of these words will be , and they will correspond to homophones in the second set of valid words . |
| 17 | This ascribed passivity means that women from subordinated social groups are particularly likely to be thought unskilled in expressing themselves actively . |
| 18 | These individuals die or are sterile , and before long the whole local population is likely to be driven extinct . |
| 19 | A slightly better idea may be to prepare a separate set of terms for use in consumer transactions , since the supplier 's freedom to restrict liability is more restricted in such cases , and exclusions are less likely to be held reasonable . |
| 20 | Under Sched 2 , para ( c ) , a clause is more likely to be held reasonable if the party knew or should have known of it when he entered into the contract . |
| 21 | Time and history , and above all the revelation in ( and not merely through ) Jesus Christ , were all too likely to be sold short by this . |
| 22 | Cargo carried by oil and gas tankers or in bulk vessels is much more likely to be sold afloat than is cargo carried by general cargo vessels . |
| 23 | Yet another way in which not having a bank account makes people more likely to fall into the non-chooser group , the automatic users of one or other type of credit , is that people without bank accounts are likely to be paid weekly , in cash . |
| 24 | If not dismissive in this way it is likely to be considered unimportant and never thought about again . |
| 25 | Nonetheless , a standard form drafted by both parties or by bodies representing both parties is more likely to be considered reasonable . |
| 26 | Aggro is likely to be considered appropriate in situations where opposing fans attempt a territorial invasion of their rivals ' ‘ end ’ ; where one hooligan fan stares at , or adopts a threatening posture towards an opponent , or calls him a demasculatory name , such as ‘ cunt ’ , ‘ wanker ’ , or ‘ poofta ’ . |
| 27 | The first news of his condition was that he was winded , bruised and in shock , but likely to be passed fit to race today . |
| 28 | The history of previous attempts to reduce the prison population by introducing alternative punishments suggest that NAPO is likely to be proved right . |
| 29 | Even if the analysis is correct , the prediction is likely to be proved wrong . |
| 30 | But those barristers retained to represent the Government — called Treasury Counsel — are very likely to be offered High Court judgeships in due course . |