Example sentences of "[det] is [adv] likely [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly likely to arise when the original purchaser is taking an inordinate length of time to proceed . |
| 2 | This is particularly likely to occur if you are introducing a second dog alongside an existing pet . |
| 3 | This is particularly likely to occur for larger cities with very limited amounts of vacant land and in rural areas where environmental and other considerations have led to the imposition of strict controls on new building . |
| 4 | This is particularly likely to provoke hostility when it is believed that there is an element of wilfulness in the old person 's responses . |
| 5 | This is particularly likely to apply to multilateral contracts ; ie , where one party exercises powers over a number of others . |
| 6 | This is not likely to take longer than 100 ms and average times are much lower , e.g. 30 ms average head movement for the IBM 3330 , 25 ms for the 3350 and 16 ms for the 3380 , followed by a search of the index . |
| 7 | If you have an entertainer , this is not likely to happen , unless you explain that you do not mind if he or she just lets the party run on its own for a while . |
| 8 | Then he adds hastily , ‘ This is not likely to happen , though . ’ |
| 9 | Generally records of small traders have been lost to history and even with the transition to electronic media this is not likely to change . |
| 10 | But this is not likely to occur . |
| 11 | So I expanded to thirty percent on the , they had a Metroset in those days , and I said , you know , this is not likely to work so I 'm sending it out getting handset phototype , so I did . |
| 12 | In short , enhancing pupil achievement is seen to spring from a more coherent approach to curriculum , assessment and teaching method , seen as an integral whole , and that this is most likely to arise when a school has developed more sophisticated self-monitoring that leads to holistic forward planning , of which INSET is an inherent feature . |
| 13 | This is most likely to happen where the wife has not worked outside the home . |
| 14 | This is most likely to happen where the host is a hole nester , like a robin , and where the eggs or chicks are difficult to eject . |
| 15 | However , as a reasonable guide , most club golfers would achieve best results in initiating the release with the club shaft at 10 o'clock , as shown in Diagram C. This is most likely to return the clubface squarely on impact ( Diagram D ) . |
| 16 | If a man is to infect a women with Trichomonas vaginalis , this is most likely to occur if he has intercourse with her fairly soon after he himself has acquired the infection . |
| 17 | That this intuition can be trained and sharpened I have not the slightest doubt , and I further believe that this is most likely to occur when one looks upon natural phenomena with reverence and humility . |
| 18 | This is most likely to occur if the patient develops a supportive relationship with a partner , close friend , or voluntary worker . |
| 19 | This is most likely to occur in weak sappy growth that has grown fairly recently , like a flower stem , and where leaves on that stem have not yet had time to make the carbohydrates and store the energy in the storage cells of the node . |
| 20 | This is most likely to occur at night . |
| 21 | This is most likely to occur where he agrees with his seller that property shall not pass to him until he has paid for them . |
| 22 | THE DINNER OR LUNCHEON PARTY Whatever time of day it is , this is most likely to mean inviting a group of people over for a ‘ sit-down ’ meal . |
| 23 | As most notebook users transfer data to and from their desktop machines using a serial cable and a file transfer package such as LapLink , this is n't likely to cause much inconvenience . |
| 24 | However , this is n't likely to occur within the National Parks and although , as Table 8.2 shows , they have a higher percentage of woodland than the rest of the uplands , voluntary agreements to limit any further afforestation will reduce their relative share . |
| 25 | If , as seems likely , the trend continues for the curricular domination of individual subjects to be supplemented or indeed replaced by a more fluid organization of learning in terms of either modular units or work-related competencies , this is also likely to strengthen the support for records of achievement with or without a component of external examination . |
| 26 | This is therefore likely to encourage clinicians to search for more cost-effective procedures . |
| 27 | Abimelech , the Philistine king ( 26:1 ) : the name is probably a family or throne-name , this is therefore likely to have been a later king than the one Abraham encountered ( 20–21 ) . |
| 28 | This is less likely to happen when we are older — not only have the hormones settled down , but we have moved beyond youthful ambitions and have time to cultivate a relationship , and actively seek love and companionship as a number one priority . |
| 29 | This is very likely to signify an alliance with her family , and nothing illustrates better how discontent among the English provided political opportunities for the Scandinavians . |
| 30 | There is little tactical advantage in commissioning and serving reports late in the case , as this is only likely to delay the outcome . |