Example sentences of "[is] likely that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the present government 's policies continue , it is likely that private companies will run these operations . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | However , it is likely that fixed costs would increase , but we have no available information to assess this possible option . |
| 4 | It is likely that outside consultants will be employed by the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Given the archbishop 's motives , it is likely that II Cnut often presents a somewhat optimistic view of events . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | With students who are inexperienced in investigating , it is likely that frequent discussion may be necessary . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | And it is likely that poor countries have bigger ‘ informal ’ economies than do rich ones . |
| 16 | Indeed , it is likely that cross-domain recognition is constrained by the coverage of a particular dictionary . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Although a group of children or adults may read the same text , it is likely that each person will gain a different ‘ reading ’ and will respond to the shared text in different ways . |
| 19 | Schools can organise their budgets in any form to suit this purpose , but it is likely that each LEA has already suggested a format which follows traditional conventions . |
| 20 | However , without the lucky discovery of the Rosetta Stone , it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery to us . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is likely that general SVQs will be developed in a number of these areas for implementation in 1993 . |
| 23 | Since pigeons ' ears are not exceptional , it is likely that many birds can pick up infrasound . |
| 24 | It is likely that many changes will take place in the near future . |
| 25 | It is likely that such evidence would show up ethnic and cultural variations ; for example , Anwar reports that it is common for migrants from Pakistan to borrow money from kin for major purchases such as a house or a business , but there is a strong obligation to return this loan fully and quickly ( Anwar , 1985 , p. 72 ) . |
| 26 | Now although in evolutionary terms , given the amounts of genetic variability usually at hand , it is likely that such behaviour has been arbitrary in the required sense ( witness Apis mellifera v. |
| 27 | Dietary and postural therapies are aimed principally at correcting environmentally induced imbalances , and as such should be considered in any treatment programme where it is likely that such imbalances play a part . |
| 28 | With the increasing growth of the futures market though , it is likely that such problems will occur again . |
| 29 | In view of the conclusions of the last chapter , it is likely that such patterns will be archaic and also confused by local fluctuations in dispersal agents and this may be exacerbated in regions of geological instability , e.g. New Guinea with confusing variation patterns as in the tree Chisocheton lasiocarpus ( Meliaceae ) and the herbaceous Impatiens hawkeri ( Balsaminaceae ) . |
| 30 | whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked . |