Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] [pron] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flu is most likely to affect you in the autumn and winter , e.g. from October to March . |
| 2 | Flu is most likely to affect you in the autumn and winter , e.g. from October to March . |
| 3 | While the underclass is composed of both black and white workers , black workers , in Elizabeth Burney 's phrase , act as a barium meal in an X-ray — highlighting the weak points — or , for our purposes , the fate of the most disadvantaged , those most likely to find themselves in the ranks of the underclass . |
| 4 | Norris may well be right that Derrida deserves such attention , but he is not often likely to receive it in the conditions of actual pedagogy , or in the random public exchanges of higher cultural life , which put a premium on the simplifying and the reductive . |
| 5 | However , if your child does something , and as a result of his action something unpleasant happens to him , he is less likely to do it in the future ( the undesired behaviour may be reduced or eliminated ) . |
| 6 | They also get the largest amount of pocket money in a week — £5.20 , compared with a UK average of £3.62 — and are most likely to put it in the bank . |
| 7 | Bush , who had repeatedly stated his opposition to abortion under all but the most extreme circumstances , was known to oppose the bill , and was thought likely to veto it in the event of its enactment . |
| 8 | The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end . |