Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [be] likely " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , the study of a service is likely to reveal issues for attention by both local government and central government . |
| 2 | It was a habit which remained a stand-by of abolitionists in the campaigns for emancipation and against apprenticeship ; Wilberforce was convinced however that , contrary to the practice of 1790 , pressure near the end of a parliament was likely to be more effective as MPs ' minds were concentrated by the approach of an election . |
| 3 | : where the users of a system are likely to be casual or perhaps untrained in keyboard skills ( a situation that is becoming increasingly more commonplace ) , the use of speech or handwriting may be more appropriate than typed input ; |
| 4 | A Marxist interpretation of uneven development would also recognize that the development of a region is likely to set off mechanisms which eventually haIt or restrain the process . |
| 5 | In practice this is unlikely , however , because changing the state of a cell is likely to involve energy consumption irrespective of whether the change involves an increase or decrease in activity . |
| 6 | FEW PEOPLE WAITING EXPECTANTLY to board the passenger liner QE2 for the holiday of a lifetime are likely to give much thought to the part that ICI 's Chlor-chemicals business will be playing in their journey . |
| 7 | A large number of studies have been conducted with particular reference to eyewitness testimony in an attempt to decide what the effects of high levels of arousal at the time of a crime are likely to be on the testimony of a victim or witness . |
| 8 | Characteristic qualities of a step are likely to be retained because the type of music so decrees , although it will rarely be identical in its performance because it will have been refurbished . |
| 9 | Neither the economic policy of a nation nor the political programme of a party is likely to achieve a successful dynamism if it is based solely upon the assistance of lame ducks . |
| 10 | But the presence of an observer is likely to be even more intrusive than the recording equipment , and thus any transcription will fail to reveal natural language . |
| 11 | Even the average consumption of these can be harmful for us. for many of us , reducing our consumption or even stopping all of them for a while is likely to help us in a number of ways . |
| 12 | Working capital needs for a colliery are likely to be at least £5m to finance the output until you get paid . |
| 13 | Thus , the proportion of known users in the community as a whole is likely to be greater than that given in Table 5.8 . |
| 14 | Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ? |
| 15 | Something advertised as a toy is likely to be used by children . |
| 16 | But using the state pension age as a criterion is likely to result in unlawful discrimination not only on the question of retirement . |
| 17 | For that reason , straw as a fuel is likely to be most efficient and economical when used in heating close to the point of production . |
| 18 | In bottle-wrack , on the other hand , all the cells within a plant are likely to have the same genes , because only very recent mutations could divide them . |
| 19 | 5.2 The way in which PSD modules are offered in a centre is likely to influence strongly the chances of success . |
| 20 | Now only some fifteen or twenty years later we would know that both partners in a marriage are likely to have important careers , and may well have decided that neither one of the two should be the ‘ lead operation ’ . |
| 21 | Here two separate effects may be observed , firstly a distinctiveness effect where a single arousing item in a series is likely to be well remembered simply because it is different from the other items , and secondly an effect which has been described as similar to Easterbrook 's hypothesis in general task performance . |
| 22 | A bit of feedback on neat hair and clean fingernails from an employer is likely to strike home deeper than similar remarks from a teacher ! |
| 23 | Anyone living in a house without a cat is likely to be visited by a stray sooner or later . |
| 24 | Certainly anyone who has ever had a severe , immediate reaction to a food is likely to react in the same way if they are told that they have consumed some of the same food . |
| 25 | Obviously assuming that his readers will be dealing with subjects to whom they are relative strangers , Labov points out some practical disadvantages of candid recording ; first of all , long-term access to a community is likely to be hindered if people think they are being spied on , and second , the quality of such recordings is often poor . |
| 26 | Using an electromagnetic modelling method called method of moments , AEA Technology discovered that one particular antenna on a satellite was likely to be highly susceptible to interference from other antennas on the same satellite , and its design was adjusted during the initial design phase . |
| 27 | This is another reason why a well-advised employer who offers you an ex gratia payment when your job comes to an end is likely to insist that you are effectively prevented in law from making any further claim against him ( see Chapter 19 ) . |
| 28 | Repeated non-availability or failures to show up after agreeing to an engagement are likely to result in a discontinuation of offers of work , and in this sense casual working requires an acceptance of many of the same disciplines as apply to working in a regular fashion . |
| 29 | Riding at a school is likely to cost you anywhere between £5–£20 per hour . |
| 30 | Many other sites as well as Rollright have been monitored and the general conclusion so far is that there are radiation anomalies but they vary over time and that only an intensive continuous study at a site is likely to reveal the pattern . |