Example sentences of "it [verb] likely " in BNC.
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| 1 | Called ‘ Robben Ford & Blue Line ’ ( GRS 11022 ) , it looks likely to gain him the even higher profile as a soloist he so richly deserves . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , it looks likely that most of the official aid to the repatriation process will be channelled through Guatemalan government agencies , given to the very people responsible for the refugee crisis in the first place . |
| 3 | But ICL is determined to break into this market , and with the introduction of its Zeno range , it looks likely to succeed . |
| 4 | The number of alumni living abroad is also staggering and it looks likely that more Napier groups could be set up around the globe . |
| 5 | It is reasonable to assume that , in view of the doubt about the ambit of the section , a party wishing to escape from a contract will challenge the effectiveness of any clause which appears to be within its ambit unless it looks likely to pass the reasonableness test . |
| 6 | If the Chancellor is to balance his budget this autumn it looks likely that VAT will be added in several areas which have been zero rated until now , and public transport may be one of them . |
| 7 | However , it looks likely that Liverpool will start the new campaign with a new central defender on their staff , which could prompt Sheffield Wednesday to renew their interest in Mark Wright . |
| 8 | ‘ Andy and myself like to think we have our fingers on the pulse of what is happening in Scotland and England , though , and on this occasion it looks likely that there will be one or two surprise selections , ’ said Brown . |
| 9 | The mainstream right already controls the Senate , almost all the regional councils ( 19 out of 21 ) , three-quarters of the departmental councils and a majority of the municipal councils — and now it looks likely to win at least 75 per cent and possibly as much as 85 per cent of the seats in the National Assembly . |
| 10 | But it looks likely that we will get a new statutory regime relating to public order offences . |
| 11 | It says likely decline of its proprietary systems leads management to ‘ project revenue of $1,000m in fiscal year 1994 . ’ |
| 12 | Several hours later I had not heard anything of the incident , so it seemed likely that the Officer had not reported the matter , or Lovat had just shrugged it off . |
| 13 | But for a time in 1990 it seemed likely to split apart . |
| 14 | It seemed likely last night that the various opposition groups had used up all their ammunition . |
| 15 | In 771 it seemed likely that Desiderius would join forces with Carloman against Charles , but in December of that year , the younger Frankish king died . |
| 16 | It seemed likely that the Avars would be subjected to Frankish rule , but revolt in Saxony called Charles away . |
| 17 | When it seemed likely that cars would be prohibited , they decided to return to the Lakes . |
| 18 | It seemed likely that Stanley 's stroke was connected with his lifestyle . |
| 19 | Furthermore , he made real attempts to come to terms with the Emperor , and it seemed likely that the papal imperial conflict would now be resolved . |
| 20 | When he tried his hand at another murder and the proposed victim turned out to be a young Anglo-Prussian only just arrived in Vienna , it seemed likely you were the man . |
| 21 | But they were withdrawn immediately after the election , when it seemed likely that interest rates would fall , and succeeded by bonds offering a lower return . |
| 22 | It seemed likely that his desire to get into space was a personal one , rather than a blind urge to serve his motherland . |
| 23 | It seemed likely that a second ‘ hundred flowers ’ movement was in the offing , thirty years after the original one had ended in disaster for thousands of Chinese intellectuals . |
| 24 | Gil Robles had a ‘ tactic ’ of his own , involving a gradual advance towards ‘ full power ’ and a transformation of the Republic into what , it seemed likely , would be a ‘ corporate state ’ inspired by Catholic principles but also bearing some resemblance to Italian fascism . |
| 25 | But it seemed likely that a scandal of some sort would eventually break . |
| 26 | That 's where the fuel tanks are located and though it seemed likely that the partial tearing away of the wing had also ruptured the fuel lines and spilled the fuel , there was no way of being sure and no one , again as far as I know , has ever come up against the problem of what happens when an oxyacetylene jet meets a fuel tank under water . |
| 27 | The Bishop told clergy late last month and before Tony 's death , that it seemed likely that permission given by the Law Lords to stop feeding Tony would soon be acted upon : |
| 28 | As the vote approached , it seemed likely that the favoured version would not actually stop spending if it went over a cap , but merely require a special vote to approve or disapprove it . |
| 29 | He no longer had men like Harold Nicolson who had accompanied him to Rome , but it seemed likely that the new deputation to Germany might include William Joyce . |
| 30 | Since they were flourishing during the period when the land was invaded and since they certainly possessed limb-like fins , it seemed likely that they were the creatures from which the first land vertebrates were descended . |