Example sentences of "[is] likely [to-vb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have abstracted away from particular contexts , across communicative contexts in general , to arrive at a set of features , some of which seem relevant to the identification of a speech event as being of a particular kind , to the ability of the hearer to predict what sort of thing the speaker is likely to say in a given type of context , and to the constraining of interpretation in context . |
| 2 | It has been found that well-informed patients are less anxious and the nurse can help by explaining what is likely to happen in the pre- , peri- and post-Operative periods . |
| 3 | I have n't argued morality , I 've tried to argue what is likely to happen in the Middle East as a result of the war . |
| 4 | Now of that hundred and twenty five thousand revenue spending which would be coming out of County Council to match what is likely to happen in the five B programme , most of that , most of that is on economic development activities , now the kind of way we can find that money without going to the authorities and asking for growth funding , because this Committee has not asked for any and that is not common in all the committees in the Council , is actually by finding it out of things like our monies , and other projects , actually funding it yourself as a Committee , funding the ability to draw in European money into Shropshire . |
| 5 | If something goes wrong , they do n't know what they are going to have to pay because if I 'm a pension fund manager now , I do n't know what is likely to happen in the next year which is going call on me for compensation . |
| 6 | This is likely to commence in the third week of September . |
| 7 | Wellord ( 1979 ) suggests that work on the shop-floor is likely to peak in the thirties — those in their twenties lack experience and social skills , those in their forties are beginning to notice the effect of sensory changes and are less tolerant of fast or very heavy physical work . |
| 8 | After all , salesforce personnel are in close contact with the people who actually make up the market , and ought to have the most detailed knowledge about how it is likely to behave in the near future . |
| 9 | A bit late : the bank 's growth in lending , and therefore its leverage , except in a few countries like China , Vietnam and Argentina , is likely to slow in the coming years . |
| 10 | This proportion is likely to fall in the current year as builders move from buying to renting plant . |
| 11 | Conversely , if people believe that the exchange rate is likely to fall in the near future , they will economize on their holdings of sterling , preferring to hold their liquid assets in some other currency — the one most likely to appreciate against other currencies . |
| 12 | Well , th , the definition of a terminal illness as regards that is , according to the underwriters , is that the client 's life is likely to die in the next twelve months . |
| 13 | With out-of-sorts Tony Jones his first-round opponent over 19 frames on Monday , Wattana 's moment of truth is likely to come in the second round when he will almost certainly face favourite Stephen Hendry , the world No 1 , over 25 frames . |
| 14 | However , this being said , the trend towards concentration of capital is very rapid in the industry and this is likely to increase in the near future . |
| 15 | The community is characteristic of peaty soils on steep sheltered slopes at low to moderate altitudes in north-west Britain , and so is likely to occur in the Outer Hebrides . |
| 16 | Hillier has recovered from a virus and is likely to play in an unchanged side at Highbury . |
| 17 | Certainly anyone who has ever had a severe , immediate reaction to a food is likely to react in the same way if they are told that they have consumed some of the same food . |
| 18 | Hence any increase in the provision for those in poverty is likely to result in a perceived increase in the problem . |
| 19 | Dr Jan Pentreath , NRA chief scientist , said that the introduction of hand-held monitors for inspectors to carry with them is likely to result in a higher rate of prosecution . |
| 20 | A university education is likely to result in a better-paying job than is a nonuniversity education . |