Example sentences of "be likely [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances , it was suggested that the auditors should have been aware that Fidelity was vulnerable to a takeover bid and that any possible bidder such as Caparo would be likely to rely on the accounts when deciding whether a bid should be made and that loss would be suffered by such a bidder if the accounts were inaccurate . |
| 2 | Even if the information is specific , the insider may deal on the basis of it if the information is generally known to those persons who are accustomed or would be likely to deal in the securities in question . |
| 3 | This would seem to require the ability to reconstruct from each other 's behaviour the probable goal that the behaviour was intended to achieve ( otherwise , the interdependent actions would not be likely to culminate in the achievement of the joint task ) . |
| 4 | Such a strategy would undermine EC initiatives for sweeping global reductions in CO2 emissions , but would be likely to appeal to the US Administration , which has thus far failed to set any formal targets for reducing carbon output . |
| 5 | The criterion of liability is : ‘ Did the defendants … bring to their land things likely to catch fire , and keep them there in such conditions that if they did ignite the fire would be likely to spread to the plaintiff 's land ? ’ |
| 6 | One might suppose , for example , that the British would be likely to emerge from the war rejoicing in a warm nostalgic glow as the gallant kid brothers of the American heroes ; that the British ( and the Americans ) would be profoundly alienated from the stay-at-home Germans ; and that the French would be left uneasily high and dry in the middle . |
| 7 | Nevertheless any such other business will be likely to interfere with the partner 's ability to devote his full time and attention to the firm : such matters should be discussed between all partners and special arrangements agreed as necessary in relation to individual partners to be either incorporated in the partnership agreement itself or contained in a separate memorandum to which all partners are signatories . |
| 8 | Where a behavioural response has , in the past , been followed by environmental events which are pleasurable or which reduce the degree of discomfort experienced , then the same behaviour will be likely to occur in the future . |
| 9 | What kind of predictions would he be likely to make about the behaviour of those he became involved with ? |
| 10 | The next stage in promotion is that the agent would normally consult on the content of the proposed order , on the likelihood of opposition to the order , and on whether the Secretary of State would be likely to accede to the powers sought . |
| 11 | ‘ Look : I ca n't say this strictly , as a scientist , but it is my feeling that a bonfire , grilling a kipper or lighting a cigarette all release greater concentrations of dioxins than you 'd be likely to find at the end of the pipe of a properly run high-temperature incinerator . ’ |