Example sentences of "seem likely that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seemed likely that a scandal of some sort would eventually break . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It seemed likely that the Avars would be subjected to Frankish rule , but revolt in Saxony called Charles away . |
| 6 | It did n't , thank heavens , seem likely that a situation would ever arise in which there was no hope for Richard , whereas , on the other hand , Willis considered that for himself there was scarcely any hope at all if he could not sell Dreadnought . |
| 7 | With Palmerston in the key position and intimate with the defects of the old Foreign Office , it must have seemed likely that the rebuilding programme would be pursued with vigour . |
| 8 | In a country where infant mortality is low , it is expected that children will live into adulthood and outlive their parents , so that there will not be a time when it seems likely that a child will die before their parents . |
| 9 | It now seems likely that a committee of inquiry into the hours and working practices of the Commons , staffed by senior MPs from all sides , could be announced shortly by the government . |
| 10 | Since the first office known to sell these safe-conducts was at La Rochelle , the port that dominated the wine trade , it seems likely that a lobby of La Rochelle merchants played an influential role in shaping these developments . |
| 11 | Quote : ‘ It seems likely that a diet in which sugars and starches are taken in natural fibre-rich form would contribute to the control of obesity by encouraging satiety at a lower level of energy intake , and to a lesser extent by increasing the amount of potential energy lost in the faeces . ’ |
| 12 | It seems likely that a redefinition of the principal crimes of physical violation would cover most of these cases anyway , and the Criminal Law Revision Committee saw the need to supplement the general offences with only one special offence — administering to another , without his consent , any substance which D knows to be capable of interfering substantially with the other 's bodily functions . |
| 13 | There are small helically-coiled shells present even in Cambrian rocks , and it seems likely that the gastropods diverged from the other molluscs late in the Precambrian . |
| 14 | The immense size of the problem is obvious and the cost of maintaining information for the future is large , but it seems likely that the benefits will outweigh the costs . |
| 15 | It seems likely that the water was lifted as high as Cobblers and led to there along wooden launders , to run out through the level . |
| 16 | In light of the discussion in 6.2.3 , it seems likely that the tendency of higher-status speakers to converge on a narrower range is rather general . |
| 17 | When the noises were recorded , it was found that much of the call was at frequencies too low for us to hear , and it seems likely that the females were responding to this infrasound . |
| 18 | In ewes it seems likely that the parasites are present largely as hypobiotic larvae in the lungs during each winter and mature in the spring . |
| 19 | It seems likely that the stigma can improve the aerodynamic efficiency of the wing by acting as a passive , inertial regulator of its pitch angle , thus raising the speed limits operative both in active flight and in gliding ( Norberg , 1972 ) . |
| 20 | None the less , it seems likely that the course of studies was so arranged that the students would pass through the same grades of medreses as those in which they would later teach : such would in any case seem to have been the practice in later times . |
| 21 | And , finally , it seems likely that the government accepted that mixed schools for adolescents created opportunities for improper romantic and sexual activity . |
| 22 | It hardly seems likely that the Government was jolted into action by the Northamptonshire Society 's letter , but nevertheless three days later the House of Commons ordered that a Select Committee ‘ be appointed to consider and report upon the Re-construction of the Foreign Office in relation to the future Rebuilding of other Offices on a uniform Plan , due regard being had to Public Convenience and Economy ’ . |
| 23 | It seems likely that the Vatican was much better informed than the official collection of documents , Actes et Documents du Saint Siége , would have the world believe . |
| 24 | It seems likely that the Reformation may have contributed to this dramatic rise in prosecutions — which some historians have labelled a ‘ witch-craze ’ — both because the new climate of religious strife led to a general heightening of fears and suspicions , and because without the protective magic of Catholicism , many individuals felt themselves more vulnerable in the face of malevolent forces , and thus more impelled to take action against them . |
| 25 | Thus it seems likely that the winter population and a substantial passage in February and March are largely composed of stellata ; passage of this species continues through April and May , and is then joined by a large movement of arctica ; immer is always a scarce species . |
| 26 | It certainly seems likely that the interior of the Earth has been hot enough for most of any deeply buried volatiles to have found their way to the surface , particularly if convection extends throughout the mantle . |
| 27 | It seems likely that the spread of owner-occupation may undermine the ‘ working class ’ identification of some ‘ manual ’ groups . |
| 28 | Overall it seems likely that the existence , speed and intensity-correlated behaviour of QPOs in AGNs will provide severe constraints on models . |
| 29 | It seems likely that the institutions , their local authorities and the RACs will be asked to draw up development plans for advanced further education to assist NAB in its eventual formulation of a national plan . |
| 30 | It seems likely that the availability of the HsdR subunit may govern the final assembly of the endonuclease . |