Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays she is more likely to drive to a favourite beach on the south coast so that she can enjoy the wind in her hair and the tang of the sea breeze on her face . |
| 2 | Erm which of these outfits are you most likely to wear on a trip to the , the local shops ? |
| 3 | Experiments have shown that males which perform the zigzag display at a higher rate ( more swims back and forth per minute ) are more likely to be successful at courtship : a female is more likely to mate with a male whose zigzagging is more energetic . |
| 4 | First , pregnancy is always likely to trip up the unwary anaesthetist . |
| 5 | Erm all that sort of leads me back to where I started from , our perception of this survey is that it 's encouraging in the sense that it suggests that the recovery in the economy is erm widening and deepening if you like , it 's widening in the sense that it 's spreading to all the mainland regions of the U K and it 's deepening in the sense that erm firstly , although there are regional variations within this , it 's clearly not purely an export story and it 's not purely a domestic story , it 's a mixture of the two which gives us some reassurance erm it 's also deepening in the sense that there 's no evidence from the survey of anything which is likely to trip up the recovery in the short term , and remember that most of these er questions relate to the next four months , not all of them , but mo most of them relate to the next four months so one does n't want to extrapolate too far forward but nevertheless if you look at erm er most obviously sort of the the crisis and the inflation questions , if you look at er |
| 6 | political and economic conditions abroad which has declined the constraint on exports in six out of , out of er the eleven regions , you see no evidence of any impending constraints likely to trip up the recovery . |
| 7 | If the absence continues to a fourth day , at that time , you or some other person acting on your behalf , must notify the Divisional/Section Head of the continuing absence and whether the period of absence is likely to continue beyond the seventh day . |
| 8 | The US 's foreign trade deficit was likely to continue for the forseeable future , he said . |
| 9 | Since this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , professional social workers and social work educators need to modify their profession-centred view of service provision in order to make the best use of available personnel . |
| 10 | Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future . |
| 11 | In this environment , which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , our objective is to build a business which is profitable even at low oil prices and which will show a rate of growth commensurate with the forecast rise in our production and cash flow . |
| 12 | Reporting a rape remains a strenuous and harrowing experience , however , and it is likely to continue as an underreported offence . |
| 13 | A school with a long tradition of extra curricular activities is likely to continue with an extensive provision even if the activities alter to reflect the expertise of the adults involved . |
| 14 | TALKS between British Airways and Virgin Atlantic aimed at settling the so-called dirty tricks affair last night looked likely to continue into a fourth day . |
| 15 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 16 | That rich mixture is likely to continue into the next election , because already it has been announced that the prospective parliamentary candidates for the Thanet , South seat in the next election will include a Mr. William Pitt and the leader of the Corrective party , Miss Whiplash . |
| 17 | This process has only just begun and is likely to continue until the middle of this decade . |
| 18 | A number of different synfuel projects are likely to continue in the US including shale , coal , gas , coal liquids , alcohol and very heavy oil . |
| 19 | Then in the third section , I will look forward to the activities which are likely to continue in the future . |
| 20 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 21 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 22 | It also seems that applications to the tribunal selected for a pre-hearing assessment are more likely to proceed to a hearing than other cases , while at the same time the success rate for those who proceed in the face of an ‘ unlikely to succeed ’ warning is not very different from other cases ( DoE , 1988 ) . |
| 23 | If the offeror wishes to make a recommended bid , then the negotiations over price are likely to proceed in the same way as for any other business acquisition . |
| 24 | As I noted above , mortgage affordability is likely to fall to a 20-year low this year and while entry costs into the housing market have risen since the boom , they remain low in historical terms . |
| 25 | But it was only one of those sleeps into which he was ever more likely to fall during the day and she knew he would waken , roaring , in an hour or so . |
| 26 | Images captured from TV , sent back from space , or more prosaically produced by a document scanner , are likely to fall into the same category . |
| 27 | Knowing you have a structured interview to progress through will make you less likely to fall into the trap of making an intuitive decision at the opening stages of the interview . |
| 28 | The great majority of these are likely to fall into the ‘ over five years ’ category , which will produce , prima facie , a stark mismatch when compared with retail liabilities repayable on demand . |
| 29 | Yet another way in which not having a bank account makes people more likely to fall into the non-chooser group , the automatic users of one or other type of credit , is that people without bank accounts are likely to be paid weekly , in cash . |
| 30 | Looking ahead , over the next decade gas demand is likely to fall as a result of supply shortfall , despite the current supply surplus . |