Example sentences of "[pers pn] be likely [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 α-granule nucleoids have been demonstrated by electronmicroscopic studies in the canalicular system ( White , 1974 ) , and it is likely that normal secretion involves not only fusion of these granules with the canalicular system but also platelet contraction .
2 This is first because of the individual differences in stylistic competence already noted ; secondly because our sense of style is essentially vague and indeterminate , not reducible to quantities ; and thirdly because it is likely that certain deviances ( below a certain level of significance ) do not reach the threshold of response , even for the most experienced , alert , and sensitive reader .
3 It is likely that certain crimes have increased not because people have become more dishonest but because it has become easier to commit such crimes .
4 However , the position is not as simple as this because , if the merger had taken place , rationalisation and restructuring would have happened anyway and it is likely that certain plants in any combined GM/Leyland group would have closed .
5 With students who are inexperienced in investigating , it is likely that frequent discussion may be necessary .
6 However , without the lucky discovery of the Rosetta Stone , it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery to us .
7 It is likely that small areas of birch-hazel scrub were once more widespread in sheltered areas in Lewis prior to 4000 B.P. , and that woodland of birch , oak , hazel , elm , and alder formerly occurred in S. Uist .
8 ‘ Although it is likely that future gains will be more modest , profitability will be robust , ’ it said , adding that the industry can also expect to benefit from growing demand , especially from canny corporate customers , and from balanced regulation — public service commissions are increasingly approving alternative regulatory plans which permit the companies to boost earnings above a targeted level , provided they improve efficiency and share earnings gains with their subscribers .
9 If the present government 's policies continue , it is likely that private companies will run these operations .
10 Your article is indeed timely as it is likely that financial support by the Irish government for research will be significantly reduced from its already low level .
11 Since the Soviet Union had no forces in the region , or only token forces in the 1950s and 1960s it is likely that Soviet leaders did not expect the Western allies to take these early proposals altogether seriously .
12 It is likely that Soviet leaders regarded the EEC plan as a frustrating obstacle to negotiations on their own terms .
13 It is likely that chronic insulin treatment is necessary to allow endothelial cell loss or damage to be repaired ( Harrison et al , 1980 ) .
14 Indeed , it is likely that cross-domain recognition is constrained by the coverage of a particular dictionary .
15 It is likely that other forms of conversation can be analysed in the same way , though this is considerably more difficult .
16 These are stray survivals , but it is likely that other forfeitures were authorized in the same way .
17 These are stray survivals , but it is likely that other forfeitures were authorized in the same way .
18 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 .
19 It is likely that Central Branch will have the responsibility for organising overnight accommodation for NCT members wishing to stay over .
20 It is likely that innocent partners have the implied right to be indemnified by the tortfeasor in respect of any liability which attaches to them under this section , though this would be subject to any express agreement to the contrary .
21 It is likely that computerized storage and retrieval facilities will take on an increasing importance in literary studies ; so it is worth exploring them whenever you can .
22 And it is likely that poor countries have bigger ‘ informal ’ economies than do rich ones .
23 Moreover , with improved internal-management accounting practices , it is likely that external disclosure practices will also improve , to help combat concerns about the short-term biases of current accounting practices and stock-market pressures .
24 It is likely that general SVQs will be developed in a number of these areas for implementation in 1993 .
25 When it came to structuring the District Health Authorities in the form which existed until 1990 , the Department of Health stipulated that ‘ it is important to make appointments only where it is likely that prospective members will have the health and vigour to make an effective contribution throughout their term of office .
26 Otherwise it is likely that strategic analysis will rest on very shaky foundations .
27 Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes .
28 If some special mechanism such as that implicated in the ‘ Now Print ! ’ theory ( Brown and Kulik , 1977 ; Livingston , 1967a 1967b ) were operating in cases of flashbulb memories it is likely that similar findings would have been observed in the eyewitness testimony literature .
29 In view of the similarity of atherogenesis in the diabetic and non-diabetic ( Strandness et al , 1964 ; Robertson & Strong , 1968 ) it is likely that similar relationships apply in diabetic subjects , although the evidence that this is true is not so strong .
30 However , it is likely that fixed costs would increase , but we have no available information to assess this possible option .
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