Example sentences of "likely [conj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's likely that an inquest on Susan Hill will be opened by the Gloucester coroner . |
| 2 | It is not likely that an organisation would embrace two plans that were pulling against each other . |
| 3 | If it is thought likely that an approach will be made from radio or TV , organise factual material and brief the Director/Chairman . |
| 4 | It is nonetheless likely that an export licence will be denied , to give a British institution the chance of raising the necessary matching funds to purchase the picture , as the Cook panel has been in England since 1863 ( in the Cook family since 1868 ) and as Messrs MacGregor and Rosenberg ( Director of the National Gallery and Curator of Paintings at the Louvre , respectively ) would agree , one can not have too many Antonellos . |
| 5 | A willingness to accept greater liability under a contract in return for payment of a higher price may make it more likely that an exclusion or limitation of liability will satisfy the test of reasonableness ( Woodman v Photo Trade Processing Ltd ( 1981 ) , unreported ; see Lawson , Exclusion Clauses p174 ) ; however , the fact that the client has a second set of terms of business , containing less restrictive terms , may be taken as recognition that the more stringent terms are unreasonable . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that now that unions ( and not merely officials ) may in certain circumstances be liable in damages for unlawful industrial action it is more likely that an employer will pursue his claim to a full trial and there is less reason to refuse an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases ; but it has also been said that the ‘ right to strike ’ is a valuable ( indeed essential ) element in the system of collective bargaining and that it ‘ should not be rendered less valuable than Parliament intended by too fanciful or ingenious a view of what might develop into a serious issue to be tried . ’ |
| 7 | It is likely that an investment manager ( such as a member of IMRO ) who deals as counterparty with a firm for an unidentified client will qualify as a market counterparty ; although investment management as such is in a different paragraph in Sched 1 to the FSA ( para 14 ) from dealing as agent or , indeed , principal ( para 12 ) , the transactions by an investment manager fall in the same paragraph ( para 12 ) . |