Example sentences of "likely [verb] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the cases of which every newspaper reader in the country is likely to see some mention . |
| 2 | Further damage and paint loss , caused by changes in humidity and temperature during the paintings ' absence , are likely to appear some time in the future , as is usual with sensitive panels . |
| 3 | The latter is likely to provide some scope for active involvement in the worshipping and musical life of the parish . |
| 4 | Now the indications are that they are likely to provide some funding though we have n't had that formally in writing yet . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it would seem sensible to say that , given a set of firms in a perfectly competitive market , some of which ( perhaps because of a more concentrated distribution of shares ) face quite tight constraints on their efficiency , these relatively efficient firms are likely to provide some form of policing function over the others . |
| 6 | The history of the royal succession shows time and again that a prince had to prove himself in order to be sure of inheriting a kingdom , and the process of building up a following and prestige was likely to cause some conflict . |
| 7 | Harbourmaster Bill Broadbent said : ‘ In the short term , construction is likely to cause some inconvenience in the Albert Dock . |
| 8 | Anyway , if such a well-bred person was unlucky enough to be afflicted with one of these ailments , he was more likely to consult some understanding physician privately ; and so it was largely the dirty and damned who attended the special clinics . |
| 9 | Supporters of a more means-tested approach are also much more likely to favour some type of negative income tax scheme and argue that within each contingent class there are some who need help and some who do not , so that the rich in ‘ needy-contingent ’ categories gain at the expense of the poor in less needy-contingent categories , e.g. the low-paid workers . |
| 10 | Even after the release of the original data , our datasets are likely to retain some value , since it would require considerable effort to reproduce them . |
| 11 | In fact , any attempt by the press to act as a free oppositional/ adversarial press was itself likely to generate some form of criticism since it confronted governments with powerful adversaries , a situation which governments ( and Parliaments ) did not , and still do not , appear willing to tolerate . |
| 12 | Japan and Europe are now likely to adopt some form of the American system , which will employ digital signals similar to those used by computers . |
| 13 | Whilst the experiment was limited to trainee engineers and by the type of microcomputer used , the results of this investigation indicated that : 1 ) the mode of man-machine interaction which was most popular and has the fewest dissenters , was one in which the user directed the course of action , as in the modular program ; 2 ) a fast design time was most likely to be achieved by the use of an optimization technique ; 3 ) an optimum design was most likely to be achieved by a preprogrammed optimization technique , but only where the problem , design parameters and constraints were understood ; 4 ) the technique thought most likely to allow some gaining of insight was one in which the user has control of the program , as in the modular program . |
| 14 | Now it appears that the four main front runners will continue to dominate the scene though we are likely to witness some elbowing in the scrum . |
| 15 | The bank knew that Mr. O'Brien was likely to have some influence on her and that she was likely to place some reliance on him and his business judgment . |
| 16 | You may need to ask yourself questions like ‘ When am I likely to have some space to myself ? ’ , |
| 17 | Those likely to have some relevance , either directly or indirectly , for nature conservation are examined below . |
| 18 | Although this varies a great deal from patient to patient , all post-operative patients are likely to have some degree of anxiety and/or pain . |
| 19 | And it has to be said that most of us are likely to have some kind of experience when our ego is deflated ; and that can often have a beneficial not a negative effect . |
| 20 | Would I abort if my child was likely to have some kind of deformity ? |
| 21 | Thus a fully anticipated change in fiscal policy is quite likely to have some effect on real output in that it affects the willingness of the population to work to produce output . |
| 22 | In more normal times , an expansion of money supply would be likely to have some effect on interest rates . |
| 23 | The bank knew that Mr. O'Brien was likely to have some influence on her and that she was likely to place some reliance on him and his business judgment . |
| 24 | The cricket chairman Brian Close is away on holiday but he is likely to face some testing questions on the 10th . |
| 25 | First , although it may not take very long for a trained and experienced therapist to analyse a transcript using LARSP , the procedure itself is relatively technical and is likely to take some time to learn from scratch ( Connolly 1979 ) . |
| 26 | It is also likely to take some time because of delays of up to eight weeks in obtaining replies to local authority searches . |
| 27 | Taxi drivers in any East European city are likely to speak some German and , having grasped the problem , he suggested I follow along behind him . |