Example sentences of "is [adv] likely to achieve " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are fairly narrow limits to how much the Institute 's lobbying is ever likely to achieve . |
| 2 | To put all the above into context , and that 's something that no published review is ever likely to achieve , require a detailed understanding of what methods are currently being used to produce documents . |
| 3 | A sudden request is doomed to failure but if the mother has gained the child 's attention first she is more likely to achieve compliance . |
| 4 | However heartless and unfair this may seem to human eyes , the end result is more likely to achieve the parent owl 's purpose of successfully launching a new generation . |
| 5 | It may be in these circumstances that moderation rather than liberation is more likely to achieve results , but it is a matter of interpretation whether the results achieved by good behaviour are worth the energy required . |
| 6 | Sexton quoted in Ranson ( 1990:115 ) argued that " it supposes that the wisdom of parents , separately and individually exercised , is more likely to achieve higher standards more quickly and more acceptably to the public than the collective wisdom of present bureaucrats , no matter how well-meaning those bureaucrats may be " . |
| 7 | Like " freedom " , " equality " , " justice " , " human rights ' , and so forth , " democracy " is a term which , whatever its precise meaning , will always signify for many a cherished political principle or Ideal , and for that reason alone it is never likely to achieve a single agreed meaning . |