Example sentences of "[adv] likely [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I propose , as I believe Judge Diamond intended , to consider the preliminary issue on the premise that the effect of the relevant allegations in the statement of claim is as follows : ( 1 ) The health authority 's treatment of the delivery of the plaintiff and the confinement of his mother lacked proper skill and care in respects which were foreseeably likely to result in the plaintiff being born with disabilities . |
| 2 | They therefore have much more freedom and scope for accommodation , and are much less likely to conform to the same fixed pattern . |
| 3 | Knowing you have a structured interview to progress through will make you less likely to fall into the trap of making an intuitive decision at the opening stages of the interview . |
| 4 | However , an attractively designed computer is less likely to fall within the scope of registered designs because a person buying a computer is more interested in the performance of the computer ; its appearance is not important to a material extent , although it must be acknowledged that the Design Registry and the courts took a fairly liberal attitude prior to the changes to the 1949 Act and are likely to continue to be generous in this respect . |
| 5 | Children who are alienated by parental rejection , disaffected by continuous and severe punishment , do not identify with their parents ' point of view when they are being disciplined , and are therefore less likely to agree with the criticism being made and less liable to ‘ internalize ’ the judgement . |
| 6 | The results are less likely to seep into the sand . ’ |
| 7 | Here it will be less likely to pull across the pavement into the road . |
| 8 | In most of the southern States , therefore , the level of AFDC payments is much less likely to contribute to the generation of a ‘ culture of dependency ’ on the state than is the case in many further north — especially in the Upper Great Lakes region — and west . ) |
| 9 | When a firm is mature , with a long track-record , investors are less likely to pay over the odds for it . |
| 10 | In addition , it would make us far less likely to eat for the wrong reasons . |
| 11 | So , there is an overall decline but technology may be selectively affecting those who are partially-hearing and they are less likely to appear in the statistics for special education ( DES , 1981 ) . |
| 12 | Women writers are less likely to identify with the existential plight of the lone male , but even so , a willingness to conform to the narrative conventions of realism is evident in the fiction of a number of writers who are now viewed as innovative . |
| 13 | IT SEEMS that even in its own time the thirteenth-century motet was considered by many to be a sophisticated , subtle genre , only likely to appeal to the literati . |
| 14 | Given that the amount of space devoted to retailing is at historical highs and still not showing convincing signs of contracting , competition is highly likely to intensify in the coming year . |
| 15 | A ‘ token ’ cut in interest rates of half a point to 10 p.c. was nevertheless likely to happen before the end of the month . |
| 16 | Political forces and corporate bodies may be more or less able to calculate the likely effects , ceteris paribus , of the implementation of their policies and demands , and the conservation/transformation effect is anyway likely to appear as the ‘ resultant vector ’ of non-coherent activities on the part of a whole range of such forces and bodies ( although , for instance , dominant positions within a government may give one political force more leverage than others ) . |
| 17 | Furthermore , if outside agencies — such as courts or social workers decide that socialization has in some way been inadequate , it is to the family that they are most likely to turn in the allocation of blame or responsibility . |
| 18 | The aid that we are most likely to use for the same reasons as video is the audio tape or cassette recorder . |
| 19 | Kestrels are popular with audiences at lectures , because they 're elegant little birds and also because , of all the British birds of prey , they 're the ones people are most likely to spot in the wild : they hover over motorways and are even seen in towns these days . |
| 20 | The adverse circumstances appeared to be part of a chain of events : girls experiencing early disrupted parenting before being admitted into care were most likely to return from the institution to a discordant home . |
| 21 | The report states that those who have lived on state pensions , income support or low pay , are most likely to live in the most energy-inefficient homes which are incapable of being heated to a minimum comfort standard . |
| 22 | Bakunin was perhaps not entirely wrong in supposing that in such a time the spirit of at least potential insurrection was most likely to smoulder among the marginal and sub-proletariat , though he was quite mistaken in believing that they would be the base of revolutionary movements . |
| 23 | terms of what is most likely to happen on the basis of the information available . |
| 24 | These activities are most likely to appeal to the more methodical student wishing to follow a clear procedure . |
| 25 | But it may yield an agreement to establish a constitutional framework most likely to lead to the pursuit of well-founded ideals , given the information available at any given time . |
| 26 | This approach is most likely to apply to the more complex issues of quality control , and to the improvement of processes , where machine functioning and location , materials used and other factors need to be seen in context , if changes are to be made in the process . |
| 27 | The amateur collector is most likely to come across the cycad foliage , with its characteristic narrow central rib and flat leaflets . |
| 28 | They were most likely to come from the 35–44 or 55–64 age group . |
| 29 | If this is the case , the ones most likely to buckle under the heat of the pressure will be those Christians who lack personal conviction . |
| 30 | Although modern haymaking involves expensive , sophisticated machinery , it is still possible for a smallholder to make and store excellent hay with very modest tackle , and it is hay on which he is most likely to depend for the bulk of his winter keep . |