Example sentences of "[is] likely [that] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Since pigeons ' ears are not exceptional , it is likely that many birds can pick up infrasound . |
| 4 | It is likely that many changes will take place in the near future . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | With the increasing growth of the futures market though , it is likely that such problems will occur again . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked . |
| 11 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence ( i.e. immediate unlawful violence against him or another ) will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 15 | If counter-demonstrators determined to thwart the right of a person to speak unpopular opinions resort to force as a result of what he is saying , the speaker is not for that reason alone to be regarded as using threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour ‘ whereby it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 16 | It is likely that such shares ( and their acquisition ) will be taken into account for the purposes of the rule ( note to Rule 36 ) . |
| 17 | In addition , it is likely that all bishops were deeply involved in the politics of the day . |
| 18 | Of those seven aspects of planning it is likely that all members of staff will have been previously involved in at least three . |
| 19 | The advice ( Devon County Council 1990:12 ) was that Each school must decide for itself exactly what to include but it is likely that all schools will want to include the following documents : a statement of the school 's aims and values ; a statement of priorities chosen for development in the current year ; a list of objectives to be tackled in the next two or three years ; an outline of how the curriculum will be developed and specially of how the National Curriculum will be introduced ; staff development plans , including the in-service education and a training plan for the current financial year ; plans for the use and development of the school 's resources ; the school 's approved budget for the current financial year . |
| 20 | In fact , it is likely that all mammals have some colour vision , although it is poorly developed in nocturnal animals , such as the cat . |
| 21 | A trainee can obtain an NVQ from any Awarding Body recognised by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications though it is likely that most employers and colleges will choose to offer NVQs from only one body if only to simplify the assessment procedures and reduce costs . |
| 22 | It is likely that most behaviour patterns are controlled by many more than two genes . |
| 23 | It is likely that most members of the board of Newco will be members of the management team proposing the buy-out . |
| 24 | He belonged to a transitional phase , but it is likely that most sculptors at most times , though some certainly worked chiefly in one material , were at home in both . |
| 25 | It is likely that most Partnerships will wish to employ more comprehensive monitoring and evaluation techniques . |
| 26 | It is likely that most schools at some stage or another will fail to achieve managerial unanimity . |
| 27 | If you do n't perform then it is likely that another player will be brought in — and there will be some changes made . |
| 28 | Indeed , it is likely that both phenomena will be at work simultaneously within an industrial relations structure such as prevails in Britain where trade unions are anxious not only to protect the real wages of their members from erosion by exogenous price increases but also to preserve their position in the pecking order of wage differentials . |
| 29 | In these early days of computer-based teaching units when there is very little effective material available , it is likely that any school with a computer will try to collect such material but then it will not necessarily reach all the relevant subject teachers ; the chance of getting to H2 and browsing through the program will then depend on communications within the school . |
| 30 | Coun Hedley added : ‘ It is likely that any upturn is 18 to 24 months away and any decisions on the future of the estate should be deferred until the position is clearer . ’ |