Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said the bank 's board was likely to agree today to loans totalling nearly one billion European currency units ( about £816 million ) for about 17 different infrastructure projects in nine EC states . |
| 2 | So instead of an export binge , the industry is more likely to go straight to offshore production in America and Europe . |
| 3 | Only specialist engineers are likely to go down to the level of AND gates and NOR gates , and only physicists will go down further , to the level of how electrons behave in a semiconducting medium . |
| 4 | Unlike the national services , which are likely to go out to competitive tender , these local and community services are expected to be awarded on the basis of their planned services and financial viability . |
| 5 | And the idea of placing party enthusiasts in command of policy advice is likely to appeal only to those who are keen or extreme supporters of the party in power . |
| 6 | At the same time it should be recognized that the Library 's exhibitions in their present form are likely to appeal only to a limited audience . |
| 7 | But , realistically , the book is likely to appeal more to the converted , who wish to know more about the sub-order Serpentes . |
| 8 | ‘ If you wanted to find out how an astronaut 's body was likely to stand up to the strain of living on a very , very heavy planet , is there some way of testing it before actually visiting the planet ? ’ |
| 9 | Baculoviruses have rod-shaped virus particles containing at least 25 different polypeptides and a large ( 100–200 Kbp ) circular double-stranded DNA genome likely to contain close to 100 genes . |
| 10 | ‘ If you do not know where you are then you 're quite likely to wander on to something you can not cope with . ’ |
| 11 | Later I trained a kestrel which I found much less inquisitive and more likely to come straight to me for the food . |
| 12 | The proposition is not intended to be an advertising slogan or headline , but the clearest propositions are likely to come close to this . |
| 13 | There is again some anecdotal evidence that such degrees are less likely to lead on to postgraduate research , and some of the figures in Table 3.2 suggest this ; but such assertions need to be tested empirically . |
| 14 | Leeds were again without their six-figure signing from Hull , Lee Crooks , and the Great Britain forward 's mysterious absences are likely to lead shortly to a parting of the ways . |
| 15 | This may be a desirable policy from the egalitarian point of view , but it is not likely to lead directly to any substantial reduction of housing inequalities as the evidence from countries such as Canada , without mortgage tax relief , shows . |
| 16 | To dwell upon the problem emotions of others is frowned upon as ‘ morbid curiosity ’ , likely to lead only to highlighting and prolonging them , thereby causing unnecessary pain . |
| 17 | It has been contended accordingly that managers should be allowed to determine for themselves how thoroughly they need investigate the background to a transaction , since judicial interference in this process is likely to lead only to wasteful investigations and excessive documentation in order to provide a defence if litigation ensues . |
| 18 | Similarly organisations that find themselves in difficulty ; where the profits are not coming through , where there is pressure from shareholders for a significant improvement in profit performance ; here again , the chairman and the Board are likely to reach out to executive search consultants to find them new talent . |
| 19 | The version of WordPerfect in Borland Office has been modified to work more closely with Paradox and Quattro and similar joint developments have been planned for the future , although privately-held Wordperfect Corp is not thought likely to sell out to Borland . |
| 20 | But the lesson from the Iraqi experience is that a regime that behaves badly to its own people is likely to behave badly to its neighbours too . |
| 21 | This is likely to apply particularly to concepts , which can be understood on a number of levels , while skills are generally easier to specify as they are procedures carried out in practice and are therefore more " visible " , whereas pupils ' understanding of concepts and strategies can only be inferred from behaviour . |
| 22 | Intel is also expected to achieve strong growth , taking over poll position this year , growing slower than RISC , but still likely to win up to 29% of the market by 1997 . |
| 23 | Victoria a thirty foot steam launch was built in 1906 … she 's likely to fetch up to 18 thousand pounds in the auction of all sorts of river craft . |
| 24 | But Sun/Star readers were less interested in politics even than Mirror readers ; and they were the least likely to tune in to highbrow news programmes such as Newsnight , Channel 4 News , or Radio 4 news . |
| 25 | Such individuals are likely to react adversely to anything they perceive as criticism of either their company or themselves , and may react by penalising the auditor by directing lucrative consultancy contracts elsewhere or even changing auditors . |
| 26 | Washington is likely to react angrily to Kiev 's stance , the latest example of brinkmanship between Russia and Ukraine over military matters , which could scuttle what was hailed as the most significant arms deal reached by the superpowers . |
| 27 | The action followed an independent environmental audit by US group the Environmental Defense Fund , and is likely to filter through to UK operations . |
| 28 | Electronics industry consultant Bob Heikes reckons he 's likely to hang on to the job , but for all the wrong reasons : ‘ Bull is hopeless , ’ he told the International Herald Tribune — ‘ a new guy is n't going to make any difference . ’ |
| 29 | Tobin and Lieberman ( 1976 ) found that passivity was an indicator that a person was likely to respond badly to being in an institution . |
| 30 | The patient is then far more likely to respond favourably to the proposal than if the reasons for it are left vague . |