Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you wanted to find out how an astronaut 's body was likely to stand up to the strain of living on a very , very heavy planet , is there some way of testing it before actually visiting the planet ? ’ |
| 2 | Now unit six is very likely to come up in the exam so when you do this test for Monday you are in effect preparing for the exam . |
| 3 | Much of this consensus , at least nominally , cut across party lines : Beveridge , who formalised the project of ‘ welfare ’ expansion , was a Liberal ; the 1944 White Paper on employment policy was produced under the war-time coalition ; Butler 's educational reforms were also decided in 1944 , but many people thought that the Labour Party was more likely to live up to the promise of reform . |
| 4 | A little unsporting maybe but then none are likely to end up on the dinnerplate or as a fisherman 's trophy . |
| 5 | The men who lived at the graphite pits in 1898 — 9 were the same persons who would be likely to get up in the middle of the night to help take stolen cattle five kilometres to the next relay team , thereby earning a little money and easing the tedium of village life . |
| 6 | The person in the centre who is most likely to link up with the systems verifier is the SCOTVEC co-ordinator . |