Example sentences of "is likely [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Glenn Hoddle 's team is likely to show several changes . |
| 32 | Glenn Hoddle 's team is likely to show several changes . |
| 33 | The decision to look outside the bank for a chief executive is likely to assuage some critics of Barclays in the City . |
| 34 | Harvard has a reputation as the premier medical school in North America , and the fact that it has chosen to introduce sweeping changes in its course is likely to make other schools take stock of what it is doing . |
| 35 | What does emerge from it is that Norris 's way of reading Derrida is likely to make considerable demands on the reader . |
| 36 | Any Graphical User Interface is likely to make heavy demands on a PC , and Windows is probably the heaviest of them all . |
| 37 | As his comments show , failure to specify with reasonable accuracy the input to any proposed variable is likely to obscure existing patterns of variation between speakers ; |
| 38 | I understand that he is likely to bring forward proposals in a ten-minute Bill in the not-too-distant future and I will listen to that debate with great interest . |
| 39 | The period around the 12th is likely to bring negative responses or sour grapes , culminating with the Full Moon on the 16th when an argument or heart-to-heart will take place . |
| 40 | However strong and loving the bond between carer and dependant may be , constant long-term caring is likely to bring some frustrations and difficulties . |
| 41 | The small , bouncing stretch routine is likely to introduce minute tears in muscle fibres and so should be avoided . |
| 42 | In either case , the cost of individual negotiation may be justified in light of the value of the anticipated trading between the business and the particular customer ; moreover , individual negotiation is likely to offer commercial advantages by promoting a harmonious relationship between business and customer and , in the event of any dispute arising , the terms of the contract are more likley to withstand judicial scrutiny , both at common law and under the UCTA 1977 . |
| 43 | Ultimately , of course , whether a cause is held to be direct or indirect is a statement about the state of scientific knowledge at the time ; while one variable may provide an illuminating explanation for a puzzle at one point in time , it is likely to provoke further questions about how it operates at a later date . |
| 44 | Several publicly-controlled groups have already signalled a desire to unwind some state shareholdings , and the new prime minister is likely to raise fewer objections than the interventionist Cresson . |
| 45 | Some might admit that they use the best vins de taille in their demi-sec Champagnes where the extra sugar content is likely to mask any defects which may appear , but every house naturally declares that all inferior vins de taille are sold . |
| 46 | In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems . |
| 47 | In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems . |
| 48 | Since , in reality , a phonemic string that is the output of phonetic processing of the acoustic waveform is likely to contain many errors , it is necessary to allow phonemic competitors to guarantee the inclusion of the correct phoneme . |
| 49 | In the case of statements made in Parliament , as at present advised I can not foresee that any statement other than the statement of the minister or other promoter of the Bill is likely to meet these criteria . |
| 50 | The limited category of members of Parliament whose statements are to be admissible under the rule derives from Lord Browne-Wilkinson 's belief that ‘ in the case of statements made in Parliament , as at present advised I can not foresee that any statement other than the statement of the minister or other promoter of the Bill is likely to meet these criteria ’ . |
| 51 | But nobody should be under the illusion that it is likely to solve any problems . |
| 52 | No method for the precise manipulation of the embryo in utero has been devised and so most experiments are carried out either in vitro or in an ectopic site in vivo , neither of which is likely to provide optimal conditions for normal differentiation and morphogenesis . |
| 53 | These studies are important not only for recurrent stone disease but also because a knowledge of gall stone recurrence is likely to provide valuable clues about the pathogenesis and treatment of primary gall stone disease . |
| 54 | Secondly , there needs to be a reasonably close relationship between taxation and accountability : if some voters can gain markedly greater benefits than others without making any substantial financial contribution , then the electoral system is likely to encourage higher levels of spending than would be justified on grounds of efficiency . |
| 55 | In emphasising the significance of the ‘ socio-political context ’ , Grant and Wallace point out that the existence of a pro-labour climate is likely to encourage high levels of violence . |
| 56 | As a whole , this grand spectacle was a rare hit with what seemed to be as varied an audience as any opera company is likely to find these days . |
| 57 | In addition , since it is probable that alcohol produces liver damage by a number of different mechanisms , any explanation for a genetic predisposition to cirrhosis is likely to involve several genes , rather than variation at a single locus . |
| 58 | Others think that the only test of fairness in politics is the test of result , that no procedure is fair unless it is likely to produce political decisions that meet some independent test of justice . |
| 59 | It would seem that the growing tendency towards stabling horses all day inside barns or sheds , where their visual stimulation is dramatically reduced , is likely to produce increasing numbers of overanxious or fearful horses , who behave inappropriately in the outside world . |
| 60 | Given that the expectations of professionals about what disabled people can actually achieve has always been pathetically low , almost any intervention system which raises expectations is likely to produce similar results . |