Example sentences of "is likely that [adj] [noun pl] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the present government 's policies continue , it is likely that private companies will run these operations . |
| 2 | However , it is likely that fixed costs would increase , but we have no available information to assess this possible option . |
| 3 | It is likely that outside consultants will be employed by the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , without the lucky discovery of the Rosetta Stone , it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery to us . |
| 6 | It is likely that general SVQs will be developed in a number of these areas for implementation in 1993 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Although the obligation to provide instruction about maintenance is to be limited only to the first occupier , it is likely that subsequent purchasers will require the information to be passed on every time the property is sold . |
| 11 | It is likely that overseas institutions will simultaneously be increasing the proportion of UK equities in their portfolios . |
| 12 | It is likely that large companies will reserve a proportion of the jobs they fill annually , for Compact students . |
| 13 | As resources are limited , priorities for reviews must be established , and in fixing these there is inevitably , and correctly , an element of going for ‘ soft ’ targets — those where it is likely that significant benefits can most easily be achieved . |