Example sentences of "is [adv] likely [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than simply sampling at random , it is helpful to make some preliminary enquiries among the child 's parents or teachers regarding the kinds of situations in which she is most likely to talk . |
| 2 | It is the uncircumcised male who is most likely to acquire an actual infection with C. albicans , but , like the female , he does not have to develop symptoms . |
| 3 | It follows that the directors will best serve the interests of the shareholders where they adopt the policy , which may include undertaking investment projects that will produce a delayed return , that is most likely to maximise the firm 's present value . |
| 4 | Who is most likely to vote in local elections ? |
| 5 | He is very good , because he is most likely to drive . |
| 6 | However , as a reasonable guide , most club golfers would achieve best results in initiating the release with the club shaft at 10 o'clock , as shown in Diagram C. This is most likely to return the clubface squarely on impact ( Diagram D ) . |
| 7 | In short , enhancing pupil achievement is seen to spring from a more coherent approach to curriculum , assessment and teaching method , seen as an integral whole , and that this is most likely to arise when a school has developed more sophisticated self-monitoring that leads to holistic forward planning , of which INSET is an inherent feature . |
| 8 | Doubt about the effectiveness of the terms is most likely to arise from doubts about their reasonableness . |
| 9 | The most recent Scandinavian and American research suggests that however long you live , serious ill-health is most likely to lie compressed into the last three or four years before death . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that stage migration is most likely to take place in countries where there is a significant network of small towns and villages , such as Chile , Brazil and Colombia . |
| 11 | What are the different conditions under which learning is most likely to take place ? |
| 12 | They , exclusive of all other species , are free to choose , and in the final analysis , that instinct which has its origins in the mammalian family life is most likely to take precedence , and humans will choose to live with the relatively small family group as the ultimate refuge . |
| 13 | While it is comparatively easy to accept that in the primary years children have particular and specific qualities and that effective learning is most likely to take place in an environment which meets their intellectual , physical , social and emotional needs , it is much more difficult to define the components which make the learning environment effective . |
| 14 | The study also draws on existing published data about current practices and predictions about where growth in jobs is most likely to take place , as a basis for projections on likely trade union growth . |
| 15 | Informal spoken discourse is something in which the modern foreign language learner , with opportunities for travel and social contact , is most likely to wish to succeed , but also the discourse type he or she is likely to find hardest , precisely because it is so informal and unpredictable . |
| 16 | The dangers of leaving this solely to the market and enthusiast interests are obvious and potentially serious , to the extent that availability is most likely to guide research effort and energy . |
| 17 | Expulsion is most likely to happen soon after insertion . |
| 18 | This is most likely to happen where the wife has not worked outside the home . |
| 19 | This is most likely to happen where the host is a hole nester , like a robin , and where the eggs or chicks are difficult to eject . |
| 20 | It also has a strong instrumental element , in the sense that it is most likely to happen when it is economically advantageous . |
| 21 | What is most likely to happen ? |
| 22 | terms of what is most likely to happen on the basis of the information available . |
| 23 | The type of practice which the ordinary citizen is most likely to encounter is the partnership of between two and four solicitors , who will employ one assistant solicitor , one articled clerk ( trainee solicitor ) , two legal executives and seven clerical staff . |
| 24 | The decision depends partly on the previous state of knowledge of the topic under investigation — one is most likely to opt for flow visualization in a preliminary exploration — and partly on the efficacy of available transducers in the particular situation . |
| 25 | The question of which type of cell is most likely to give the desired result remains unanswered , but work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter . |
| 26 | If trust does not occur , however , that is when it is most likely to do so . |
| 27 | The person in the centre who is most likely to link up with the systems verifier is the SCOTVEC co-ordinator . |
| 28 | Conversely , information about local consumer preferences can be used by manufacturers ' sales forces in selling to a retail outlet those lines which its local customer profile is most likely to purchase . |
| 29 | Whatever motivates you is most likely to motivate your people too . |
| 30 | Work out the times of day when the desire for a cigarette is most likely to undermine your good intentions , and be prepared . |