Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are shooting video in a zoo where animals are kept behind bars , you are likely to come up against situations which prove that auto-focus systems are not quite as clever as you are . |
| 2 | If you are planning to build your own conservatory , you are likely to come up against the new Pat N of the Building Regulations . |
| 3 | In Britain we are likely to come up against similar , if not identical , perverse incentives as the NHS reforms alter the way in which services are funded . |
| 4 | Somewhere in there fire fighters learn to tackle some of the most dangerous situations they 'd ever be likely to come up against . |
| 5 | The alternative is to lift the ban on supplying weapons to Bosnia 's Muslims , the main victims of the war and the ones most likely to fight back against the Serbs effectively . |