Example sentences of "[adv] likely that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , especially in a time of unsettled orthography , it is extremely likely that current sound-changes will be admitted into writing , whatever the historical origins of the writing conventions may be . |
| 2 | Although it is impossible in a doorstep survey to estimate network strengths for individuals , it is extremely likely that varying network strengths are also implicated in the simplification pattern . |
| 3 | They are collectively responsible for appointments , making it less likely that one person will be unreasonably held to blame if anything goes wrong . |
| 4 | All four of the properties described above make it less likely that central banks would ever have to defend parities that the markets had come to regard as indefensible . |
| 5 | The therapist will otherwise receive a one-sided and often unavoidably distorted view of the relationship , and it is less likely that worthwhile change will be achieved . |
| 6 | A united management means it is less likely that disaffected family members will seek to realise the value of their shareholdings ; their financial and political clout should improve as each of the families ceases attempts to undermine the other 's access to finance for expansion , and ; two separate distribution networks working together should mean the companies can gain additional contracts from non-competitive brand names . |
| 7 | The availability of land and the cost of transport make it less likely that intensive livestock units will be within reach of suitable mink habitat . |
| 8 | The firm that produces both models need not keep twice as many gearboxes in store to have the same availability as would two firms each producing one model because , unless the uncertainties are perfectly correlated , it is less likely that high production of both models will be required on any particular day than that high production of either one will . |
| 9 | Research has shown that good oxygenation makes it less likely that any rogue cells will survive to form a life-endangering tumour . |
| 10 | Is it so likely that that man , however much he may have been struck by your beauty and gaiety , Miss Jonathan , would have at once decided to assassinate your future husband ? ’ |
| 11 | It is highly likely that one corner , edge or the centre of the object you have just drawn will need to be lined up with a corner , edge or centre of one or more of the objects already on the screen . |
| 12 | A survey will be carried out of sewage disposal systems and it is highly likely that major expenditure will be necessary . |
| 13 | It is highly likely that interglacial sea levels are represented by marine terraces or raised beaches , but the levels associated with each interglacial are to some extent in dispute . |
| 14 | It is highly likely that this agglutinin is fibrinogen ( Gartner et al , 1980 ; Berndt & Phillips , 1981 ) . |
| 15 | Whilst there is no conclusive proof , it seems highly likely that this piece of information would have reached Castro 's ears soon after . |
| 16 | Near Roman towns , it is highly likely that original churches were founded as mausolea or temples in graveyards outside the Roman settlement proper . |
| 17 | Indeed , it seems highly likely that working-class families would have controlled family size through the old , rather than new , techniques . |
| 18 | Even if we restrict the process to include only lagged values of s and f , it is highly likely that longer lags in s and f will have an effect on their current values . |
| 19 | It is highly likely that special forces — 22nd SAS Regt. , and Special Boat Squadron RM — have been present in the Gulf since an early stage of Operation ‘ Granby ’ . |
| 20 | It is much likelier that Albanian gunmen killed them . |
| 21 | Although there are other possible sources , it is most likely that these lines are an echo of Pope 's comments on Martha Blount 's celibacy : |
| 22 | You may not think that you have a problem , but in a company of even modest size it is statistically likely that some employees will have a drink problem . |
| 23 | It seems hardly likely that these changes alone fuelled the growth in health insurance from 5 per cent of the population covered in 1979 to 10 per cent in 1987 . |
| 24 | They was made that two men had to lift 'em , so there was hardly likely that any thief was gon na get in there and run off with one of these boxes cos you 'd never lift it . |
| 25 | The knights were never more than one arm of any fighting force ; and it is hardly likely that any force of knights was ever recruited entirely by ‘ feudal ’ means . |
| 26 | We consider it more likely that increased numbers of non-γ-interferon producing lymphocytes infiltrate the mucosa in coeliac disease . |
| 27 | In addition , increasing staffing levels is said to make it more likely that successful coalitions can be developed at local level to push for higher levels of spending , so that the process of expenditure growth becomes self-perpetuating ( for example , Tullock , 1977 , p. 285 ) . |
| 28 | Alan Holmer , head of the United States delegation , said that the adoption of these principles made it " more likely that current trends towards market economies and political pluralism will continue " , and was a signal to the West that Eastern Europe was now " open for business " . |
| 29 | It is more likely that other factors , as yet unrecognised , are important . |
| 30 | It is more likely that such hoards will be found today simply because of their size , so we may be dealing with a higher rate of recovery for these hoards than is normal for hoards of other periods . |