Example sentences of "likely [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the deal looks likely to go through at a whopping $7.5 billion , about $110 a share . |
| 2 | Is the , is the projected grant likely to go up at the same rate as in , as in nine ninety four , ninety five ? |
| 3 | The Wilhelmshaven dockyard had been , in its day , the largest naval yard in Europe , and is likely to go down as the largest purely naval yard in history . |
| 4 | At the same time it should be recognized that the Library 's exhibitions in their present form are likely to appeal only to a limited audience . |
| 5 | But , realistically , the book is likely to appeal more to the converted , who wish to know more about the sub-order Serpentes . |
| 6 | Transborder data flow is a somewhat outdated term ; but TBDF increased rapidly in the 1980S and is likely to increase dramatically through the 1990S . |
| 7 | So , although it is not possible to state any overall figures , the prevalence of ageing with a disability among minority ethnic communities is also likely to increase significantly over the next decade and beyond . |
| 8 | It is also clear that these concerns and impacts are likely to increase significantly over the twenty year period covered by the guidance note , and beyond . |
| 9 | It is also clear that these concerns and impacts are likely to increase significantly over the twenty year period covered by the guidance note , and beyond . |
| 10 | Maid Of Money , 12-1 , will also go for the Gold Cup but they are likely to meet again in the Black and White Gold Cup at Leopardstown . |
| 11 | Mr Taylor and Rick Parry , the Premier League chief executive , who spent much of the weekend trying to thrash out an agreement on the telephone , are likely to meet again in the next 48 hours . |
| 12 | But take away the healthy assurance which grows from personal conviction and every pressure is likely to bear down on the weakened commitment and raise tremors of uncertainty which grow into doubt . |
| 13 | If you are planning to build your own conservatory , you are likely to come up against the new Pat N of the Building Regulations . |
| 14 | The report adds that the question of " burden sharing " is crucial , as past accumulations of greenhouse gases have come largely from the industrialised world while future growth is likely to come increasingly from the developing nations . |
| 15 | People are more likely to come home after a few drinks , light a cigarette and then fall asleep , often with tragic consequences . |
| 16 | Exports are likely to rank only as a third objective . |
| 17 | ICL itself admits to be investigating a parallel processor architecture that will use HyperSparc , sources say this is likely to grow out of a 256 CPU parallel system that the company is now building under the auspices of the European Community 's Esprit project . |
| 18 | On present form , future generations are likely to look back on the 1992 election — with its emphasis on marginal tax rates — as at best rather quaint , or at worst a tragic irrelevance . |
| 19 | Moreover , the UK and the USA have not ratified the protocol , mainly because of objections on other matters , and they are not likely to do so in the near future . |
| 20 | On the other hand they indicated that former President Giscard d'Estaing ( UDF ) was likely to do better on the second ballot by taking centrist votes , with the result that , in late 1990 , the UDF seemed less concerned to reach an agreement . |
| 21 | Allow an ‘ activity space ’ around each piece , which can overlap with the next if you are not likely to use both at the same time . |
| 22 | So far , the discussion of this turning-point and the debate over the direction of change has been conducted mainly in terms of what kind of manufacturing sector is likely to emerge out of the economic downturn . |
| 23 | Book-oriented homes lead to book-oriented children : a child brought up in a home where reading is encouraged as a major activity is more likely to read voraciously from an early age . |
| 24 | ‘ Women are less likely to react violently in a stressful situation . |
| 25 | We do have a choice as to whether to make the connection or not , but , as I have said , unless one is aware of it forming at the time , the bond is likely to build up at the instinctive level . |
| 26 | Even on the premier franchises , the marginal operator is likely to compete only at the best times while the franchisee is left to operate the full seven day service . |
| 27 | The first details we have of the latter , in the Host 's invitation to him to follow the Monk , initially suggest , if we still believe appearances and associations can be a sign of character , that he is as likely to turn out as the threadbare and serious Clerk on his horse " " as leene as is a rake " " does ( I : 284 ) as to prove to be what the Monk has proved not to be : |
| 28 | Obviously the snake arrangements required intervention by domestic monetary authorities when currencies looked likely to break out of the 2¼ per cent band . |
| 29 | Nigel Duerdoth of the National Federation of Housing Associations thinks that the new payment system for hostels is ‘ most likely to break down in the inner cities — the areas where stress is greatest and hostels are most concentrated and needed ’ . |
| 30 | This category , in contrast with the business salariat , owes its existence to the social democratic expansion of state services under the sign of an ideology of state-sponsored social improvement , and is therefore less likely to subscribe wholeheartedly to the traditional middle class values of personal independence and responsibility , or to go along so readily with the middle class complaints against ‘ wasteful state spending ’ and ‘ excessive taxation ’ . |