Example sentences of "[pers pn] seems likely that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arrivals have frequently been noted at the coast during this period , and it seems likely that such movements are of birds going to favoured areas to moult . |
| 2 | It seems likely that several factors account for the gender differences in morbidity and that there are different explanations for different types of illness . |
| 3 | Where oligopolistic market structures remain it seems likely that some firms will resort to informal agreements and the other collusive devices examined in Chapter 10 . |
| 4 | It seems likely that some legislators in New York State will demand a new public accountability from museums receiving public funds . |
| 5 | In view of the vast size of Siberia , the relatively small numbers of Russians operating there in the seventeenth century , and the difficulty of carrying out a census of a mobile population , it seems likely that these figures somewhat underestimate the number of indigenous Siberians before the Russian conquest . |
| 6 | We have the example of the anaerobic bacteria to show us that life can exist — indeed , may have to exist — without the presence of oxygen , but that is a slightly different concern : it seems likely that these bacteria evolved in an oxygen-rich environment and then adapted to ecologies lacking in oxygen . |
| 7 | It seems likely that both figures are too high . |
| 8 | Each type of instrument has its particular advantages and disadvantages , and it seems likely that both types will continue to be available for the foreseeable future . |