Example sentences of "be likely [to-vb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in the field of assessment that the new arrangements are likely to pose the most difficulties for teachers and distract them from their first task of finding their way into ‘ the very queer and tortuous passages of children 's minds ’ . |
| 2 | With their experienced hooker David Watkinson still struggling for fitness , Dewsbury are likely to retain the same side as Sunday . |
| 3 | In bottle-wrack , on the other hand , all the cells within a plant are likely to have the same genes , because only very recent mutations could divide them . |
| 4 | His preferences can be illustrated by means of a set of indifference curves which are likely to have the same shape as those depicted in Chapter 4 for the case of an individual choosing between two goods . |
| 5 | All non-productive wood must be cut out , and the skill lies in deciding which of the many buds are wood buds and which are fruit buds , and then in deciding which of the wood buds are likely to produce the most fruit buds . |
| 6 | He would hardly be likely to say the same thing about Kylie . |
| 7 | Keegan is likely to name the same starting eleven which beat Portsmouth at home last week , although he wo n't confirm his team until lunchtime today . |
| 8 | First , on average , a better-educated person is likely to do the same job better than one who is less educated . |
| 9 | He has also shown that a child is likely to share the same birth months as other relatives . |
| 10 | The government review is likely to follow the same path . |
| 11 | But lack of evidence , including close scrutiny of a video , is likely to bring the same ‘ not proven ’ verdict that followed the Wimbledon game . |
| 12 | Industry sources say the company is likely to adopt the same marketing strategy as in the US , where its range of domestic batteries are targeted predominantly at women . |
| 13 | It is worth reiterating that this yearning to return is a potent mirror image of Zionist belief and aspiration earlier in the century , and is likely to have the same tenacity . |
| 14 | If someone has suffered severe hearing loss for many years and suddenly is able to hear well through an aid , he is likely to have the same experience of surprise . |
| 15 | Thame is certainly a planned town , founded by the Bishops of Lincoln in 1219–21 , and Marlborough is likely to have the same origin . |
| 16 | Brian Horton 's likely to name the same side that beat Portsmouth last week . |