Example sentences of "likely [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared to whites , blacks are less likely to acquire educational qualifications , their marriages are more likely to end in separation or divorce and they are more likely to have a criminal record . |
| 2 | Apart from the ban on the export of antiques and other goods , these are likely to include increased customs controls and measures to stop other ‘ illegal transactions . ’ |
| 3 | USL is currently looking at the commercial requirements for productising ANDF in a future iteration of Unix SVR4 , which is likely to include bundled installers . |
| 4 | Following this logic , only those depressive conditions where a stressor is apparently absent should be considered as ‘ real ’ depression , which is also sometimes assumed to be more likely to include psychotic symptoms and biological dysfunction . |
| 5 | The narrower range of discretion of each bureau in selecting production processes should mean that review committees are less likely to include strong representations by those with an interest in any given bureau 's output . |
| 6 | Brotherston 's data for Scotland showed that working-class mothers were not only less likely to attend ante-natal clinics than middle-class mothers , but that when they did they were also less likely to make early bookings — a fact which he considers relevant to infant mortality . |
| 7 | If one is of course a member of a minority , let us say , one is a Jew or erm a socialist or erm a South German , erm then one is much more likely to cherish democratic values and federal values , and much less likely to accept authoritarian rule from above . |
| 8 | Finally , it would be more likely to promote positive changes in the quality of life of patients and their families . |
| 9 | This was especially so with people who were likely to borrow large sums of money , if they borrowed at all . |
| 10 | The fact that a practitioner has a copy of the Blue Book ( which contains the Institute 's regulations and guidance notes on investment business ) on his shelf does not necessarily mean that he has read and understood it , and in some firms the Institute 's Investment Business Gazettes ( which announce changes to regulations and other requirements , and provide a general round-up of developments likely to affect authorised firms ) are filed away unread if they are kept at all . |
| 11 | These developments are most likely to affect urban dwellers and those displaced people and migrants in the urban areas who can not afford even small charges for their children 's education . |
| 12 | Given both these features , written policies are still likely to remain pious statements of intent unless supported by financial mechanisms . |
| 13 | It is these people who are most difficult to place and who are most likely to be returned to institutions ( Sutter et al. , 1980 ; Intagliata and Willer , 1982 ; Vitello et al. , 1983 ) , where they are likely to remain unpopular patients who are avoided by staff ( Grant and Moores , 1977 ; Raynes , 1980 ) . |
| 14 | Many older people have never had a satisfactory sexual relationship , for a variety of reasons , and if this is so there is no reason to believe that the period of old age is likely to see new beginnings in this respect . |
| 15 | In prose fiction , a more dialogic genre , various shifts of deictic centre occur ( that is , from character to character ) and we are more likely to see deictic terms verified intra-textually — for example , pronominal reference given a full cataphoric form . |
| 16 | The data do not prove that the operation precedes the bowel dysfunction , and it is possible that women who are troubled by the symptoms of constipation are more likely to report gynaecological symptoms to their general practitioners . |
| 17 | Furthermore , people are more likely to report suspicious circumstances surrounding an individual who appears to be of lower-class origin . |
| 18 | The evidence that exists , however , suggests that subjects who are weak images in the waking state are just as likely to report hypnagogic images as those who are strong images . |
| 19 | As will those likely to enjoy stunning routes like Colin Downer 's clutch of E3s on Engineers Slabs . |
| 20 | As soon as the Conservatives came into office , there had been some signals to the nationalised industries that financial disciplines were likely to displace physical controls on investment . |
| 21 | It is often partners who have been most able to express their feelings , who are more likely to find new partners after a bereavement by investing feeling in a new relationship . |
| 22 | First-time buyers and those starting a fresh finance agreement can still normally get this type of insurance , but they are likely to find tough terms and conditions attached to it such as higher premiums and delayed first payments . |
| 23 | Without these anchors , perhaps people are less likely to take good care of themselves , are more likely to suffer psychosomatic problems , and to succumb , and succumb deeply , to infections and environmental threats to health . |
| 24 | Those people whose first job on leaving unemployment was a " temporary " one were more likely to suffer multiple spells of unemployment , to hold many jobs , to experience a longer time in unemployment and a shorter time in employment over the 20 months following their initial registration than those whose first job was a " permanent " one [ see Tables 4.3.5 ] . |
| 25 | Tests conducted at Lyme Regis and Paignton in August 1991 found that bathers were twice as likely to suffer pollution-related ailments including vomiting , diarrhoea , nausea and fever , than people who stayed on the beach . |
| 26 | Moreover , it was those that were most likely to suffer long periods of unemployment and non-employment and for whom early retirement was a realistic option , i.e. those aged 60–64 , who were most likely to say that it would be very effective in dealing with unemployment : 46 per cent , compared with 34 per cent of the 55–59 age-group and 30 per cent of those under 30 . |
| 27 | But it makes sense to limit your activity — if you exercise outdoors when air quality is poor , you 're more likely to suffer adverse effects . |
| 28 | The Animals ( Scientific Procedures ) Act requires only that a ‘ protected animal ’ must be killed if , at the conclusion of a series of ‘ regulated procedures ’ it ‘ is suffering or likely to suffer adverse effects ’ ( section 15 ) , although it may be killed nonetheless . ) |
| 29 | Individual authorities overspending their allocations are likely to suffer consequent reductions in subsequent years ; indeed , those deliberately overspending supplemented allocations can be prevented from letting new contracts by ministerial order . |
| 30 | There is very little evidence , either , that young children with emotional disorders ( anxiety , fear , depression ) are more likely to suffer psychiatric disorders in adulthood than their more well-adjusted peers . |