Example sentences of "[noun] likely [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither are subsequent hearings of this album likely to cause the listener to shout ‘ Christ almighty ! |
| 2 | These involve predicting the outcomes of different tactics and choosing those tactics likely to produce the desired results . |
| 3 | On one occasion , ‘ action likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ was invoked by Kent police successfully to turn miners back at the Dartford tunnel , over 100 miles from their intended destination . |
| 4 | The use of stewards was banned at open air meetings , and insulting words likely to cause a breach of the peace were declared unlawful in public speeches . |
| 5 | There are thus two possible lines of inquiry ; the first , the argument from descent , is to look to relationships likely to connect the human species with ape-like ancestors ; the second is to compare man with less closely related primates that have followed a similar evolutionary path in invading the savannah lands , an argument therefore by analogy . |
| 6 | Neither is an overexcited horse likely to win a showjumping contest , because at every jump he is likely to get more and more excited and to concentrate less and less on what he is meant to be doing . |
| 7 | This raises the more general question of the overall policy and practice likely to influence the nature and scope of residential social work in years to come . |
| 8 | In the view of the WEA , and unlike the position elsewhere , the Cambridge Board appeared to be in an anomalous position which would create new and reprehensible precedents likely to threaten the traditional and unique role of the WEA as a recognised providing body for liberal adult education . |
| 9 | It has been estimated that around 70 consortia in all are arranging finance to participate in the auction for major independent television franchises , with the most attractive regions such as Thames , LWT , Granada , Central , TVS and Anglia likely to draw the toughest competition . |
| 10 | If that impression were unfortunately given — I am sure that it will not be — investment from both British and international investors , would be deflected from this country and it would go to the continent to other areas likely to adopt the single currency . |
| 11 | I suppose your generalisation of ‘ poor ’ golfers likely to hit the ball anywhere does include me . |
| 12 | Political strategies likely to affect the positions of the bureaucrats themselves are , therefore , systematically obfuscated and dismantled . |
| 13 | And Hong Kong is not the sort of story likely to have the traditional happy ending . |
| 14 | The hole should be scoured for any sharp objects likely to puncture the liner , for it should be remembered that , once water is added , the pressure of the liner against the walls and floors of the pool , and consequently against any sharp stone or twig , is such that it can be ultimately forced through the liner . |
| 15 | IS CZECHOSLOVAKIA likely to gain a president in Vaclav Havel and lose a dramatist ? |
| 16 | The entire programme of work is to be capped by a report addressed to the government summing up what we now know about unemployment and reviewing the feasible policy proposals likely to solve the unemployment problem in Britain . |
| 17 | We will , therefore , be interested in any local catastrophe which causes damage likely to exceed the branch handling limit in total . |
| 18 | She must brave the only place likely to have the information she wanted . |
| 19 | To solve their problem , they had to locate and use an 0.5. map in the library ; decide what form of transport they would use ; locate and use a B.R. map to find the nearest station ; and find the name of the nearest town likely to have a bus station . |
| 20 | In recognising that fact , as well as the reality that this package can not be amended or the entire community ratification process goes back into the melting pot , it was the pressure point likely to offer the greatest temptation to the Tory anti-Maastricht brigade . |
| 21 | In a move likely to anger the independent-minded leaders of the three Baltic republics , the Kremlin told Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania that several laws ‘ strengthening their economic and political independence ’ would have to go . |
| 22 | In a move likely to anger the independent-minded leaders of the three Baltic republics , the Kremlin told Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania that several laws ‘ strengthening their economic and political independence ’ would have to go . |
| 23 | However , incidence ‘ peaks ’ when heroin use has ‘ saturated ’ most of the population likely to try the drug , and then begins to fall as it approaches saturation point . |
| 24 | There is also confirmation that Northern Ireland will be sending an 18-strong team to the West Athletic Games in Sittard , Holland on June 5 and 6 , with the selection likely to feature the main contenders for next year 's Commonwealth Games . |
| 25 | To make one 's homosexuality public is to risk accusations of ‘ flaunting ’ , of ‘ behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ , of intent to corrupt , ‘ persistent importuning ’ or of ‘ gross indecency ’ . |
| 26 | However , neither of us had expected to be arrested for behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ if we attempted to get on the water above the falls ; we 'd blown it ! |
| 27 | Mahele Liyeko , cautioned politicians against " behaviour likely to oblige the forces to intervene " . |
| 28 | It makes assumptions about known and unknown future conditions likely to determine the success of these plans . |
| 29 | An input unit attached to this will draw water into the pump , often through a filter or strainer which will catch any debris and filamentous algae likely to block the pump . |
| 30 | Unclear marking of the pool edge , unprotected access at the deep end , narrow surrounds and safety notices obscured by plants were all identified as common problems likely to increase the risk of accidents . |