Example sentences of "[is] likely [to-vb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research into crime is likely to take comparatively longer than into other areas of social behaviour . |
| 2 | An apple tree is likely to live considerably longer than the person who plants it , so it is worth careful siting with good soil . |
| 3 | Retail demand is quite heavy and is likely to remain so even after the novelty value of the new car has worn off . |
| 4 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 5 | Looking further ahead , coal use is likely to rise significantly only when its use is necessitated by demand for synthetic natural gas or chemical feedstocks currently acquired from oil . |
| 6 | If the purpose of teaching is to expedite learning , then a person who is taught is likely to learn more effectively than one who is not . |