Example sentences of "it [is] likely that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | This is first because of the individual differences in stylistic competence already noted ; secondly because our sense of style is essentially vague and indeterminate , not reducible to quantities ; and thirdly because it is likely that certain deviances ( below a certain level of significance ) do not reach the threshold of response , even for the most experienced , alert , and sensitive reader . |
2 | It is likely that certain crimes have increased not because people have become more dishonest but because it has become easier to commit such crimes . |
3 | However , the position is not as simple as this because , if the merger had taken place , rationalisation and restructuring would have happened anyway and it is likely that certain plants in any combined GM/Leyland group would have closed . |
4 | However , without the lucky discovery of the Rosetta Stone , it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery to us . |
5 | It is likely that small areas of birch-hazel scrub were once more widespread in sheltered areas in Lewis prior to 4000 B.P. , and that woodland of birch , oak , hazel , elm , and alder formerly occurred in S. Uist . |
6 | Of those seven aspects of planning it is likely that all members of staff will have been previously involved in at least three . |
7 | In addition , it is likely that all bishops were deeply involved in the politics of the day . |
8 | The advice ( Devon County Council 1990:12 ) was that Each school must decide for itself exactly what to include but it is likely that all schools will want to include the following documents : a statement of the school 's aims and values ; a statement of priorities chosen for development in the current year ; a list of objectives to be tackled in the next two or three years ; an outline of how the curriculum will be developed and specially of how the National Curriculum will be introduced ; staff development plans , including the in-service education and a training plan for the current financial year ; plans for the use and development of the school 's resources ; the school 's approved budget for the current financial year . |
9 | In fact , it is likely that all mammals have some colour vision , although it is poorly developed in nocturnal animals , such as the cat . |
10 | ‘ Although it is likely that future gains will be more modest , profitability will be robust , ’ it said , adding that the industry can also expect to benefit from growing demand , especially from canny corporate customers , and from balanced regulation — public service commissions are increasingly approving alternative regulatory plans which permit the companies to boost earnings above a targeted level , provided they improve efficiency and share earnings gains with their subscribers . |
11 | If the present government 's policies continue , it is likely that private companies will run these operations . |
12 | Since the Soviet Union had no forces in the region , or only token forces in the 1950s and 1960s it is likely that Soviet leaders did not expect the Western allies to take these early proposals altogether seriously . |
13 | It is likely that Soviet leaders regarded the EEC plan as a frustrating obstacle to negotiations on their own terms . |
14 | It is likely that other forms of conversation can be analysed in the same way , though this is considerably more difficult . |
15 | These are stray survivals , but it is likely that other forfeitures were authorized in the same way . |
16 | These are stray survivals , but it is likely that other forfeitures were authorized in the same way . |
17 | It is likely that innocent partners have the implied right to be indemnified by the tortfeasor in respect of any liability which attaches to them under this section , though this would be subject to any express agreement to the contrary . |
18 | And it is likely that poor countries have bigger ‘ informal ’ economies than do rich ones . |
19 | It is likely that general SVQs will be developed in a number of these areas for implementation in 1993 . |
20 | It is likely that many changes will take place in the near future . |
21 | Since pigeons ' ears are not exceptional , it is likely that many birds can pick up infrasound . |
22 | Dietary and postural therapies are aimed principally at correcting environmentally induced imbalances , and as such should be considered in any treatment programme where it is likely that such imbalances play a part . |
23 | In view of the conclusions of the last chapter , it is likely that such patterns will be archaic and also confused by local fluctuations in dispersal agents and this may be exacerbated in regions of geological instability , e.g. New Guinea with confusing variation patterns as in the tree Chisocheton lasiocarpus ( Meliaceae ) and the herbaceous Impatiens hawkeri ( Balsaminaceae ) . |
24 | With the increasing growth of the futures market though , it is likely that such problems will occur again . |
25 | It is likely that such shares ( and their acquisition ) will be taken into account for the purposes of the rule ( note to Rule 36 ) . |
26 | When it came to structuring the District Health Authorities in the form which existed until 1990 , the Department of Health stipulated that ‘ it is important to make appointments only where it is likely that prospective members will have the health and vigour to make an effective contribution throughout their term of office . |
27 | Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes . |
28 | If some special mechanism such as that implicated in the ‘ Now Print ! ’ theory ( Brown and Kulik , 1977 ; Livingston , 1967a 1967b ) were operating in cases of flashbulb memories it is likely that similar findings would have been observed in the eyewitness testimony literature . |
29 | In view of the similarity of atherogenesis in the diabetic and non-diabetic ( Strandness et al , 1964 ; Robertson & Strong , 1968 ) it is likely that similar relationships apply in diabetic subjects , although the evidence that this is true is not so strong . |
30 | However , it is likely that fixed costs would increase , but we have no available information to assess this possible option . |