Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [pers pn] likely [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic question is : do the activities of the employee interfere with the employer 's legitimate interests or are they likely to do so ? |
| 2 | Will those organisations operating the new technology continue to operate in the standard bureaucratic form or are we likely to see a continued increase in the use of more flexible , less hierarchical forms of organisation . |
| 3 | Do you think your present situation will remain static or are you likely to have children and more children ( their friends ) , guests and more guests to feed in the ensuing years ? |
| 4 | Nor are we likely to know beforehand the sociolinguistic functions of all the linguistic variants identified — whether they mark age , sex or contextual style differences , for example . |
| 5 | We do not have the predictive tools to identify correctly all actual and potential cases of abuse — nor are we likely to have them . |
| 6 | Nor are we likely to find it in our cost-conscious supermarkets . |
| 7 | In conclusion , it could be that the problems have been exaggerated , and indeed one study of second homes in the southwest of England , the second most important area after Wales , concluded ( South West Economic Planning Council , 1975 , vii ) that : ‘ second homes do not pose a problem that is widespread in the region nor are they likely to do so ’ . |
| 8 | So when Wulfstan 's texts mention secular affairs it should be remembered that they may not fully reflect the decisions of the meeting which heard them preached , nor are they likely to reveal aspects of royal administration of which churchmen disapproved . |
| 9 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 10 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 11 | Nor is he likely to wind up the debate as I understand that the Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Darlington ( Mr. Fallon ) , or some other English Minister will do so . |
| 12 | Team teaching is not imposed on them from above , nor is it likely to succeed if this happens . |
| 13 | Medical hygienism was quite obviously a necessity , nor is it likely to become completely unfashionable ; the consequence of this interest to the student of child care was that the enthusiasm justifiably generated by its successes led to an assumption that mental hygiene , applied on the same principles , would be equally beneficial . |
| 14 | Nor was it likely to have done . |
| 15 | Unlike , say , Lyndon Johnson , there was no chance of Reagan overwhelming or brow-beating legislators into submission ; nor was he likely to intimidate them as Jimmy Carter often did by dazzling but discomfiting displays of his mastery of the detail of policy-making . |
| 16 | Nor was he likely to win in North Down , despite a substantial district council base , because of the popularity of the maverick unionist incumbent , James Kilfedder . |
| 17 | First : why have there been such strong fluctuations in fertility in the last half-century , and are they likely to continue ? |
| 18 | How long do they live , and are they likely to breed ? |
| 19 | Is this a *true* reflection of the quality of football we 've played over the first couple of months … and are we likely to break Cov 's unbeaten run ? |
| 20 | Do you work all day , and are you likely to go on doing so ? |
| 21 | And are you likely to have to move jobs or areas for any reason ? |