Example sentences of "[be] likely [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cocom regulations apply to all former East Bloc countries except Hungary , and are likely to prove a major thorn in DEC 's side . |
| 2 | Announcing a £63 million , five-year court-building plan yesterday , Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Ian Peacock admitted that no current players are likely to make a major impact on world rankings . |
| 3 | ‘ and that 's when I 'm likely to make a major mistake . |
| 4 | It has large ( several million tonnes ) resources of high-grade baryte and is likely to become a major producer . |
| 5 | Britain is likely to suffer a major loss of land along the east coast especially around the Wash and Thames estuaries and the Norfolk Broads , while coastal protection works such as the ♯500 million River Thames barrier protecting London would have to be raised . |
| 6 | In the end , the overriding motivation for studying synaptic plasticity in the brain is the hope of gaining an understanding of the physical basis of memory in health and disease , and it is the nature of the link between LTP and memory that is likely to provide a major focus for research in the future . |
| 7 | You are about to set out on an interesting and formative experience , something that is likely to have a major impact on your life . |
| 8 | In the areas of social policy , a separate protocol to which all the member states except the United Kingdom are signatories , is likely to have a major impact on companies operating in the Community , including a probable ‘ trickle-on ’ effect to companies based in the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | I also said that was when I was likely to make a major mistake . |