Example sentences of "which [is] likely [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document proposes the stabilisation of carbon dioxide emissions by 2000 — a target which is likely to disappoint some . |
| 2 | Change in the 1990s must also be envisaged within the wider context of an integrated and more open European Market , which is likely to cause all manner of stresses and strains to British society and economy . |
| 3 | You may also be eligible for a range of services if your child is considered to be ‘ in need ’ ; a technical phrase which is likely to include many children with HIV , or children living in a household where an adult has HIV . |
| 4 | ( b ) The unlawful act need not be a violent act but it must be " a dangerous act , that is , an act which is likely to injure another person " : Larkin [ 1943 ] 1 All ER 217 . |
| 5 | In doing so , they underlined a fact which is likely to attract more and more attention as tankers continue to shift toxins from town to town , country to country : the waste chain is long . |
| 6 | A proposal that public money should be spent on a measure which is likely to aggravate this position ( the low birth rate ) by making contraception universally available on request and thereby to affect adversely the continuity of the state , is one which we feel we can not endorse . |
| 7 | Costs in this area are not clear at the moment , except for the telephone system , which is likely to cost some £25,000 . |
| 8 | Amis is still soft on her , a sentiment which is likely to strike most of his readers as natural too . |