Example sentences of "it [verb] likely that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of alumni living abroad is also staggering and it looks likely that more Napier groups could be set up around the globe . |
| 2 | Arrivals have frequently been noted at the coast during this period , and it seems likely that such movements are of birds going to favoured areas to moult . |
| 3 | It seems likely that several factors account for the gender differences in morbidity and that there are different explanations for different types of illness . |
| 4 | Where oligopolistic market structures remain it seems likely that some firms will resort to informal agreements and the other collusive devices examined in Chapter 10 . |
| 5 | It seems likely that some legislators in New York State will demand a new public accountability from museums receiving public funds . |
| 6 | As inner cities in Britain continue to decay , it seems likely that this problem will be present , though perhaps in a less acute form , in a number of places . |
| 7 | It seems likely that this entailment is interfering with antagonism in 49 — both events are interpreted as happening to the ‘ global door ’ , of which the door-panel is a part . |
| 8 | Figures published for this colony between 1948 and 1966 were usually less than 10 , and it seems likely that this site and Glynde are used by the same group of birds . |
| 9 | However , it seems likely that this burden can not be lightened without forcing too much of the decision-making task onto the focusing component of a system , with consequences such as those we saw earlier . |
| 10 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |
| 11 | In view of the vast size of Siberia , the relatively small numbers of Russians operating there in the seventeenth century , and the difficulty of carrying out a census of a mobile population , it seems likely that these figures somewhat underestimate the number of indigenous Siberians before the Russian conquest . |
| 12 | We have the example of the anaerobic bacteria to show us that life can exist — indeed , may have to exist — without the presence of oxygen , but that is a slightly different concern : it seems likely that these bacteria evolved in an oxygen-rich environment and then adapted to ecologies lacking in oxygen . |
| 13 | It seems likely that these eye movements are involuntary symptoms of neurophysiological events taking place during REM sleep , with no direct relation to the images generated during dreaming . |
| 14 | It seems likely that any hearing user must understand both and certainly needs BSL in order to adequately construct visually appropriate sequences in a signed English form . |
| 15 | It seems likely that both figures are too high . |
| 16 | Each type of instrument has its particular advantages and disadvantages , and it seems likely that both types will continue to be available for the foreseeable future . |