Example sentences of "likely have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , the lower-income households are far less likely to have a telephone — and at the same time are less likely to have a car . |
| 2 | You can always defer to the " off-stage " higher authority ( which means you 're less likely to have a revolution on your hands ! ) ; you can seek assistance ; you can still play Devil 's Advocate ; you can co-ordinate ; bring information and , importantly , transfer responsibility to the children . |
| 3 | A man whose ancestry was Jewish would be likely to have a name as this … |
| 4 | Males are much more likely to have a monosyllabic first name ( Jim , Fred , John ) , and much less likely to have a name of three or more syllables ( Christopher , Nicholas ) . |
| 5 | Forecasts were reduced and by the year 2000 it was expected that 45pc of homes 9.5 million were likely to have a dish or cable TV — 800,000 fewer than first predicted . |
| 6 | Compared with controls , patients are three to four times more likely to have a parent who had been enuretic . |
| 7 | Your heart will be healthier and you will be far less likely to have a heart attack or stroke when you get older than someone who has exercised very little during their life . |
| 8 | Evidence shows that family doctors are less likely to be sued than hospital doctors , as the former are more likely to have a relationship of trust with their patients than the more anonymous hospital doctors . |
| 9 | An effective team is one that is likely to have a range of roles present in its make-up . |
| 10 | They may have a minimum order and offer only firm sales , but they are all likely to have a range of titles that will fit the profile of your shop . |
| 11 | No okay because it 's as I was saying usually between sort of round about the middle of the day there 's people knocking on the door all the time so if you can sort of get sort of earlier or later it 's we 're likely to have a y'know half an hour when I can show you to do S P S S on it . |
| 12 | Gas bubbles in any liquid tend to rise to the surface , so in any basalt lava flow , it is only the top part which is likely to have a honeycomb texture . |
| 13 | Your local pet shop is likely to have a variety of different collars available . |
| 14 | Even if there is a great deal of consultation between departments at each stage , the plan is likely to have a patchwork effect , especially if timing is crucial . |
| 15 | The Foundation 's Annual Report for 1946 outlined its policy on the aged poor : ‘ As machines replace muscles as the motive force , the possibilities of extending useful employment could bring new purpose and new hope to those who have reluctantly accustomed themselves to being a burden ’ ( p. 47 ) In that year the Foundation founded the Nuffield Research Unit into Problems of Ageing , at the University of Cambridge , with the purpose of studying ‘ those changes of human performance in middle and old age likely to have a bearing upon capacity for work in industry ’ ( Nuffield Foundation 1953b : 160 ) , a ten-year project . |
| 16 | As a prerequisite to leave allocation , events likely to have a bearing on workload and staff availability must be identified . |
| 17 | One study of women whose pregnancies had run to 41 weeks or more showed that those who were induced were less likely to have a Caesarian . |
| 18 | One advantage of being at home is that you will be less likely to have a caesarian section , which is seen as a last resort while in hospitals around 12pc of all pregnancies will end in an operation . |
| 19 | By contrast a lava flow-front is more likely to have a cross-section something like that in Figure 7.7 ( d ) . |
| 20 | If you get a poor launch or something unexpected happens , you are at a great disadvantage and are likely to have a problem . |
| 21 | When there is insufficient money in the estate of the deceased person to pay for the funeral and if the person arranging the funeral is likely to have a problem meeting the cost then sections 4 and 5 of this factsheet should be read before making any arrangements . |
| 22 | Cells close together in the cortex are likely to have a number of interconnections whereas cells farther apart may have few or none . |
| 23 | Your mortgagee is likely to have a number of requirements that you must comply with , some of which have been dealt with above . |
| 24 | They are three times more likely than older men to be living alone and only half as likely to have a spouse . |
| 25 | Secondary schools in particular were much more likely to have a health education policy if one existed at Regional level . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | A woman who drinks smaller amounts is at less risk , but is still more likely to have a miscarriage than a non-drinker . |
| 28 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |
| 29 | You are more likely to have a rug accepted by an auctioneer if you are prepared to put it up without a reserve ( a figure agreed between you and the auctioneer below which they will not sell the rug ) , but this is extremely risky as it could then be sold for far less than it is worth . |
| 30 | Because her behaviour was not reinforced with attention Jenny would be less likely to have a tantrum in the future when refused something . |