Example sentences of "most likely [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore , if outside agencies — such as courts or social workers decide that socialization has in some way been inadequate , it is to the family that they are most likely to turn in the allocation of blame or responsibility .
2 The adverse circumstances appeared to be part of a chain of events : girls experiencing early disrupted parenting before being admitted into care were most likely to return from the institution to a discordant home .
3 terms of what is most likely to happen on the basis of the information available .
4 But it may yield an agreement to establish a constitutional framework most likely to lead to the pursuit of well-founded ideals , given the information available at any given time .
5 The amateur collector is most likely to come across the cycad foliage , with its characteristic narrow central rib and flat leaflets .
6 If this is the case , the ones most likely to buckle under the heat of the pressure will be those Christians who lack personal conviction .
7 Although modern haymaking involves expensive , sophisticated machinery , it is still possible for a smallholder to make and store excellent hay with very modest tackle , and it is hay on which he is most likely to depend for the bulk of his winter keep .
8 Fife College has been seen as one of the further education colleges most likely to break through the barrier which separates the sector from higher education , and there have been suggestions that it could become Fife 's second university , after St Andrews .
9 Moreover , credit cost as a factor in buying choice — dwarfed as it is by convenience — is in practice most likely to focus on the amount of each instalment payment .
10 Kansas , North Dakota , Minnesota and Montana were the states most likely to benefit from the legislation .
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