Example sentences of "it seemed likely " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several hours later I had not heard anything of the incident , so it seemed likely that the Officer had not reported the matter , or Lovat had just shrugged it off . |
| 2 | But for a time in 1990 it seemed likely to split apart . |
| 3 | It seemed likely last night that the various opposition groups had used up all their ammunition . |
| 4 | In 771 it seemed likely that Desiderius would join forces with Carloman against Charles , but in December of that year , the younger Frankish king died . |
| 5 | It seemed likely that the Avars would be subjected to Frankish rule , but revolt in Saxony called Charles away . |
| 6 | When it seemed likely that cars would be prohibited , they decided to return to the Lakes . |
| 7 | It seemed likely that Stanley 's stroke was connected with his lifestyle . |
| 8 | Furthermore , he made real attempts to come to terms with the Emperor , and it seemed likely that the papal imperial conflict would now be resolved . |
| 9 | When he tried his hand at another murder and the proposed victim turned out to be a young Anglo-Prussian only just arrived in Vienna , it seemed likely you were the man . |
| 10 | But they were withdrawn immediately after the election , when it seemed likely that interest rates would fall , and succeeded by bonds offering a lower return . |
| 11 | It seemed likely that his desire to get into space was a personal one , rather than a blind urge to serve his motherland . |
| 12 | It seemed likely that a second ‘ hundred flowers ’ movement was in the offing , thirty years after the original one had ended in disaster for thousands of Chinese intellectuals . |
| 13 | Gil Robles had a ‘ tactic ’ of his own , involving a gradual advance towards ‘ full power ’ and a transformation of the Republic into what , it seemed likely , would be a ‘ corporate state ’ inspired by Catholic principles but also bearing some resemblance to Italian fascism . |
| 14 | But it seemed likely that a scandal of some sort would eventually break . |
| 15 | That 's where the fuel tanks are located and though it seemed likely that the partial tearing away of the wing had also ruptured the fuel lines and spilled the fuel , there was no way of being sure and no one , again as far as I know , has ever come up against the problem of what happens when an oxyacetylene jet meets a fuel tank under water . |
| 16 | The Bishop told clergy late last month and before Tony 's death , that it seemed likely that permission given by the Law Lords to stop feeding Tony would soon be acted upon : |
| 17 | As the vote approached , it seemed likely that the favoured version would not actually stop spending if it went over a cap , but merely require a special vote to approve or disapprove it . |
| 18 | He no longer had men like Harold Nicolson who had accompanied him to Rome , but it seemed likely that the new deputation to Germany might include William Joyce . |
| 19 | Since they were flourishing during the period when the land was invaded and since they certainly possessed limb-like fins , it seemed likely that they were the creatures from which the first land vertebrates were descended . |
| 20 | A ham came next ; after some frenzied bidding at the lower prices it climbed to thirteen guineas , then to fourteen where it seemed likely to stay until at the very last moment , a cautious male voice offered fifteen guineas . |
| 21 | The UWC was a far more serious threat than the UBC had been : it was entirely outside the control of the party leaders and backed by over a hundred MPs ; it was aimed at a government that included Unionists as well as Liberals ; and it seemed likely to be a vehicle for the overthrow of Bonar Law by Carson . |
| 22 | Instructions to the boundary commissioners were revoked and amended so that they would be able to consider economic interest as well as population and community in the drawing up of the new constituencies ; this was regarded as vital by the Unionists , for it seemed likely that the merging of the small boroughs into the county constituencies would take away the last of the agricultural seats . |
| 23 | Despite their differences it seemed likely that if no result was reported by 31 January the AFPFL and Communists would both revolt . |
| 24 | Hence , it seemed likely that information on similarities and differences between the five Belfast communities on the one hand and Lurgan on the other could be used for a variety of theoretical purposes . |
| 25 | It seemed likely . |
| 26 | Seaward there was nothing but a pearly opalescence which , though it seemed likely to vanish at any moment , effectively blocked out sea and sky . |
| 27 | ‘ It seemed likely — ’ |
| 28 | ‘ 'Er ’ was apparently Rose 's ma , and it seemed likely from Rose 's hints and sniffs that all the children had different dads , which , looking at Ma Bailey , fat , defeated and unlovely , Sally-Anne found difficult to believe . |
| 29 | It seemed likely that the capital would be granted statehood , a promise made by both Janata Dal and the BJP during the November election campaign . |
| 30 | Consequently it seemed likely in early May that Japan would avoid the mandatory trade sanctions which would follow if it were named as an unfair trader under the so-called " Super 301 " clause of the 1988 Trade Act [ see pp. 36925-26 ] . |