Example sentences of "likely [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any review of the structures is not likely to stand for any number of years , it 's not likely to get absolutely right , erm , and so be flexible about your approach . |
| 2 | The speaker is less likely to gulp for more air in mid-sentence . |
| 3 | Even when my application was on its way I still could n't convince myself that what I was doing was likely to qualify for any kind of grant . |
| 4 | Mr Duff has looked at four possible open air venues but is likely to settle for one end of the Headlingley rugby pitch with 2,000 seats around the ring and the use of the stand . |
| 5 | Clearly , in a family dining room with several small children to cater for you are not likely to plump for any sort of exotica , or even the favourite splendours of velvet and mahogany . |
| 6 | Instead , those against whaling a likely to push for further discussion of the proposal . |