Example sentences of "[is] likely [to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No government is likely to say at this juncture that it regards cars as an environmental menace and intends to reduce their numbers by so many per cent a year . |
| 2 | The rise in sea level caused by global warming , for instance , is likely to lead to many deaths and to large changes in population , as a result of flooding . |
| 3 | However , any diet high in foods that contain few vitamins and minerals is likely to lead to some degree of illness . |
| 4 | The first constraint is likely to lead to more takeovers within the fragmented sector , while customer power and the environmental imperative together will require companies to innovate . |
| 5 | A move towards supporting business activities is likely to lead to more investment in favourable rather than more depressed economies , as the SDA attempts to assist ‘ winners ’ . |
| 6 | One sort of policing which , almost by definition , is likely to remain beyond any form of democratic control is that concerned with the survival of the state itself . |
| 7 | The patient should be aware of this , otherwise he is likely to turn to several members of staff to discuss his difficulties . |
| 8 | The Government is likely to snatch at this vagueness in an attempt to discredit the new image of moderation Labour is keen to promote . |
| 9 | For the foreseeable future , occupational pension provision is likely to exist in some form . |
| 10 | The impact of recession is likely to feature at this month 's annual meeting of Business in the Community , a charitable body that promotes links between the private sector , government and the community . |
| 11 | All in all , the AEG model can be recommended as an easy to use product of good quality , which is likely to cope with any routing tasks the d-i-yer may encounter . |
| 12 | Coal demand is likely to fall by some 10% from loss of heating and industrial sales , balanced by some increase in supplies to the electricity industry . |
| 13 | The United Kingdom holiday industry was in a period of rapid change and flux in late 1985 and this is likely to continue for some years to come . |
| 14 | The research to find a European version of taxol is likely to continue for some years . |
| 15 | The remaining colleges of higher education , approximately thirty in number , have their courses validated by the CNAA and , although the movement in this direction away from university validation has slowed down considerably , it is likely to continue for some time to come . |
| 16 | No decision is likely to come from that avenue until New Zealand have had their regular meeting with the Australian officials in the near future . |
| 17 | Your articles on women and workers make fascinating reading but provide us with little hope that a movement for change is likely to come from these quarters . |
| 18 | It predicts that , despite tougher standards for new cars , the problem is likely to increase for some years to come , largely as a result of a lack of any controls over the emissions of vehicles already on the road . |
| 19 | Energy demand is likely to increase by some 90% in the Middle East over the rest of the century as industrialisation continues in the major oil exporters . |
| 20 | So you may want to modify such formulations along the lines , " a reader is likely to feel at this point " or " many readers may respond by … " , or — possibly better — by tackling the issue of heterogeneous reader-responses more directly . |
| 21 | Banks may also try to evade the controls , and disintermediation is likely to occur towards those institutions that are not controlled . |
| 22 | Clearly although this sample studied 137 patients who had repeated screening , later onset of polyps is likely to occur in some individuals . |
| 23 | In such a case , do n't merge : a merger would create a " flying freehold " , which is anathema to a mortgagee and would prejudice your client and probably any future sale when no building society , bank or other mortgagee is likely to advance on such security . |
| 24 | In any case , not all Christians would accept that God 's mind is likely to work in this kind of way . |
| 25 | Moving from left to right this establishes the proportion of each student registered on a field which is likely to contribute to each subject area 's FTE in each stage ( b , c ) , sets this against current FTEs ( agreed in the 1 November census — after some major ‘ servicing ’ arrangements are allowed for ; for example a high proportion of Stage I accounting is taught by staff from the catering fields ) ( a ) , and adds the likely effect of recruitment targets and combinations for September 1988 ( ij ) , to produce an FTE prediction for the next year ( m ) . |
| 26 | Despite the relative dereliction of some parts of Kent , the image of the garden of England remains a powerful influence and is likely to figure in many planning battles to come . |
| 27 | The Lothian Region ( Placing in Schools ) Appeal Committee is likely to meet on several occasions during late May and throughout June 1993 , to deal with appeals against refused placing requests for admission to primary and secondary schools for the session 1993/94 . |
| 28 | If your household is likely to expand in any way it might be cheaper in the long run to buy a larger model than the more modest affair you had thought of first . |
| 29 | The interviewer is likely to start with some ideas to stimulate the informant to talk but beyond this he or she simply listens . |
| 30 | And a spokeswoman for trainer Toby Balding confirmed : ‘ Morley Street is likely to run at this stage . ’ |