Example sentences of "[be] likely [to-vb] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears that severity of illness or disability is likely to have been a critical variable , and in cases of severe disability , health would have been an overriding consideration . |
| 2 | Indeed in the circumstances in which he found the community there is likely to have been a good deal of disorder . |
| 3 | Akrotiri was built in about 1550 BC ( Late Minoan IA ) and is likely to have been a Minoan foundation . |
| 4 | When she returned to Jedburgh that evening she was in great pain from what is likely to have been a haemorrhage , of which she had suffered several since her son 's birth . |
| 5 | Deprived after Nechtansmere of the land and tribute from the Picts and Irish which probably underlay such power , Northumbria is likely to have been a poorer as well as a less dominant kingdom . |