Example sentences of "[be] likely [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOARDS : There are a number of different boards you 're likely to come across while foraging around inside a PC . |
| 2 | Market forms of supply are likely to increase rather than reduce the maldistribution of wealth . |
| 3 | In the General Staff 's view , instabilities in Britain 's overseas territories were likely to grow rather than decline as Sandys hoped . |
| 4 | Children soon take advantage of this inconsistency and the ensuing reward not only negates any potential influence of the punishment ( misbehaviour is likely to increase rather than decrease ) but debases the currency of the parent 's words and deeds . |
| 5 | Therefore , the sort of person attracted to work in the bureaucracy on the implementation of such programmes was likely to be sympathetic to them and their commitment to the programmes was likely to grow rather than diminish with time . |