Example sentences of "[be] likely [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It contains everything you 're likely to need for the minor emergency . |
| 2 | If the offeror wishes to make a recommended bid , then the negotiations over price are likely to proceed in the same way as for any other business acquisition . |
| 3 | In this area , market forces are likely to decide between the various competing standards before official bodies make up their minds . |
| 4 | Such passages to us seem prophetic of industry tactics we are likely to see in the 1990s . |
| 5 | Now commuting is a consequence of human nature to a large extent , people choose to live away from their place of work and if they do choose to live away from their place of work then we 'll need a much more authoritarian government than we are likely to see in the next ten or twenty years to stop people from living away from their place of work . |
| 6 | About 10 per cent of the new jobs are likely to go to the self-employed , most of them coming from the ranks of those already in employment . |
| 7 | Despite the bizarre method being used , dozens of foreign companies are likely to bid for the rare chance to invade a new broadcasting market . |
| 8 | Every effort should be made to discover whether the family have the ability to put themselves in hypothetical situations and conceptualise and deal with the difficulties that are likely to arise with the black child , particularly during adolescence . |
| 9 | The main programming problems are likely to arise in the correct timing of the phase excitation changes ; the program segment responsible for the time delay between Steps must be carefully written if it is to provide accurate timing , as well as perform a useful secondary function . |
| 10 | Images captured from TV , sent back from space , or more prosaically produced by a document scanner , are likely to fall into the same category . |
| 11 | Unless you specialize in this form of road transport , you are likely to fall outside the strict confines of statutory regulations . |
| 12 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 13 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 14 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 15 | Games rooms and reading rooms are fixtures in most hostels , and noticeboards , fellow hostellers and friendly wardens supply all the information you are likely to need about the local area . |
| 16 | Banks may vary their prudential ratio , depending on how much cash they anticipate customers are likely to need in the near future . |
| 17 | First , that non-climatic influences ( including the distribution of natural resources ) are likely to dominate at the regional level , as evidenced by the 10–200 fold variation in national per capital GNP values within 10° latitude bands . |
| 18 | The express terms contained in a booking contract are likely to relate to the following points : |
| 19 | These goals are likely to relate to the following areas : — improvement of academic achievement , — improvement of the staying-on rates , — improvement in attendance and punctuality , — development of record of achievement , — commitment to Work Experience for all , — commitment to teacher secondment to industry , — involvement of adults other than teachers in curriculum development , — service to the community . |
| 20 | The winners are expected to be announced in October and the trials are likely to start in the new year . |
| 21 | In bilingual communities undergoing a process of language shift , the sexes are likely to focus on the new monolingual norm at different rates ( Gal 1979 ) . |
| 22 | As Zinyama and Whitlow ( 1986 ) have pointed out , erosion problems are likely to increase in the Communal Lands , where a population growth of 3.6 per cent per year means that the population will double in less than 20 years . |
| 23 | Two lawyers are likely to differ about the best interpretation of the practices of legislation or precedent in a particular case because their general political and moral convictions differ . |
| 24 | So if you do n't know the difference between a fork and a desperado , we hope our brief guide below will help you understand some of terms you are likely to hear in the coming weeks . |
| 25 | These trends are likely to persist within the next five years , and necessitate a continuous review of the IT market-place , and mechanisms to ensure that Garden staff are using the most cost-effective IT in pursuit of Garden priorities . |
| 26 | I doubt it actually , I think they , it ought to be but I do n't think erm the people appointing are likely to look outside the immediate environs , and |
| 27 | Such positions are taken by a bank on the basis of its view on how exchange rates are likely to fluctuate in the near future . |
| 28 | Worse still , of course , is the prospect of recording progress within ‘ the Record of Achievement ’ which all schools , at least at the secondary level , are likely to have by the early 1990s as a result of government policy and local initiative . |
| 29 | Held at Chilworth Manor , near Southampton , and organise by Hampshire Training and Enterprise Council , the one-day event examined the key issues which the industry are likely to face during the next three years . |
| 30 | Nottingham Forest are likely to stick with the same team that beats Notts County for tonight 's match against Millwall at the City ground the London club are currently eleventh in the First Division Forest will go above them if the Reds win . |