Example sentences of "[verb] likely [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This now looks likely to change with the emergence of the European Commission 's CCITT px64 videoconferencing standard ( see 3.13 ) . |
| 2 | New pay recommendations are due in the new year and , although Mr Clarke has told the review body that there must be pay restraint , ministers appear likely to press for the award to be met . |
| 3 | Therefore the EC central banks made arrangements to sell the stronger currencies when they threatened to break through the snake ceiling and to buy the weaker currencies when they seemed likely to fall through the snake floor . |
| 4 | One cello player , at least , swept his bow with so much passion that he seemed likely to roll off the platform . |
| 5 | Two processes seem likely to lead to the formation of black holes . |
| 6 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
| 7 | Though both Cable & Wireless and the Hong Kong Government sold shares when the company was floated on the stock market , the government is not thought likely to join in the sale of the stake to CITIC , though it is aware of the negotiations . |
| 8 | This is thought likely to result in the collapse of the country 's wood-processing industry , already under intense competitive pressure from Japanese companies . |
| 9 | ( b ) to refrain from exercising any right or pursuing any remedy in respect of the premises or part thereof ; does acts likely to interfere with the peace or comfort of the residential occupier or members of his household , or persistently withdraws or withholds services reasonably required for the occupation of the premises as a residence , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 10 | ( 3A ) Subject to subsection 3B ( below ) the landlord of a residential occupier or an agent of the landlord shall be guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he does acts likely to interfere with the peace or comfort of the residential occupier or members of his household , or |
| 11 | ( 2 ) This section also applies if , at any time after 9th June 1988 , a landlord ( in this section referred to as " the landlord in default " ) or any person acting on behalf of the landlord in default — ( a ) attempts unlawfully to deprive the residential occupier of any premises of his occupation of the whole or part of the premises , or ( b ) knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the conduct is likely to cause the residential occupier of any premises — ( i ) to give up his occupation of the premises or any part thereof , or ( ii ) to refrain from exercising any right or pursuing any remedy in respect of the premises or any part thereof , does acts likely to interfere with the peace or comfort of the residential occupier or members of his household , or persistently withdraws or withholds services reasonably required for the occupation of the premises as a residence , and , as a result , the residential occupier gives up his occupation of the premises as a residence . |
| 12 | Chadwick 's important ‘ Three winged figures ’ of 1960–61 was a disappointing failure at £28,000 , but seems likely to sell after the sale ( it was underbid by a Spanish telephone bidder ) . |
| 13 | If the person seems likely to overreact to the abuse or insults , and to use more force than he is entitled to employ , then it is likely that unlawful violence will be used , and the offence is committed . |
| 14 | Gullit seems likely to stay on the sidelines . |
| 15 | Moreover , he was a natural conservative who felt out of sympathy with Irish nationalism , a cause which he thought likely to triumph in the end . |
| 16 | A long arm , seeming likely to snap at the wrist from the excessive weight of a diamond bracelet , was raised in what she thought might be a greeting , but ended in a gesture to brush a wisp of free-flowing grey hair from in front of the Baronessa 's eyes . |