Example sentences of "is likely that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 If the present government 's policies continue , it is likely that private companies will run these operations .
2 However , it is likely that fixed costs would increase , but we have no available information to assess this possible option .
3 It is likely that outside consultants will be employed by the Health and Safety Executive .
4 It is likely that innocent partners have the implied right to be indemnified by the tortfeasor in respect of any liability which attaches to them under this section , though this would be subject to any express agreement to the contrary .
5 This is first because of the individual differences in stylistic competence already noted ; secondly because our sense of style is essentially vague and indeterminate , not reducible to quantities ; and thirdly because it is likely that certain deviances ( below a certain level of significance ) do not reach the threshold of response , even for the most experienced , alert , and sensitive reader .
6 It is likely that certain crimes have increased not because people have become more dishonest but because it has become easier to commit such crimes .
7 However , the position is not as simple as this because , if the merger had taken place , rationalisation and restructuring would have happened anyway and it is likely that certain plants in any combined GM/Leyland group would have closed .
8 And it is likely that poor countries have bigger ‘ informal ’ economies than do rich ones .
9 When it came to structuring the District Health Authorities in the form which existed until 1990 , the Department of Health stipulated that ‘ it is important to make appointments only where it is likely that prospective members will have the health and vigour to make an effective contribution throughout their term of office .
10 However , without the lucky discovery of the Rosetta Stone , it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery to us .
11 It is likely that small areas of birch-hazel scrub were once more widespread in sheltered areas in Lewis prior to 4000 B.P. , and that woodland of birch , oak , hazel , elm , and alder formerly occurred in S. Uist .
12 It is likely that general SVQs will be developed in a number of these areas for implementation in 1993 .
13 It is likely that other forms of conversation can be analysed in the same way , though this is considerably more difficult .
14 These are stray survivals , but it is likely that other forfeitures were authorized in the same way .
15 These are stray survivals , but it is likely that other forfeitures were authorized in the same way .
16 ‘ Although it is likely that future gains will be more modest , profitability will be robust , ’ it said , adding that the industry can also expect to benefit from growing demand , especially from canny corporate customers , and from balanced regulation — public service commissions are increasingly approving alternative regulatory plans which permit the companies to boost earnings above a targeted level , provided they improve efficiency and share earnings gains with their subscribers .
17 If some special mechanism such as that implicated in the ‘ Now Print ! ’ theory ( Brown and Kulik , 1977 ; Livingston , 1967a 1967b ) were operating in cases of flashbulb memories it is likely that similar findings would have been observed in the eyewitness testimony literature .
18 In view of the similarity of atherogenesis in the diabetic and non-diabetic ( Strandness et al , 1964 ; Robertson & Strong , 1968 ) it is likely that similar relationships apply in diabetic subjects , although the evidence that this is true is not so strong .
19 Since the Soviet Union had no forces in the region , or only token forces in the 1950s and 1960s it is likely that Soviet leaders did not expect the Western allies to take these early proposals altogether seriously .
20 It is likely that Soviet leaders regarded the EEC plan as a frustrating obstacle to negotiations on their own terms .
21 Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes .
22 Although the obligation to provide instruction about maintenance is to be limited only to the first occupier , it is likely that subsequent purchasers will require the information to be passed on every time the property is sold .
23 It is likely that overseas institutions will simultaneously be increasing the proportion of UK equities in their portfolios .
24 It is likely that large companies will reserve a proportion of the jobs they fill annually , for Compact students .
25 It is likely that Compact activities within the school will be co-ordinated by a member of the senior management team , probably a Deputy Head .
26 But as Carl Simonton , the radiation oncologist prominent in the holistic health movement , and others point out , this does not isolate diet as the sole or even the main cause and it is likely that cultural factors , for which Japan is unique among industrialised nations , may be more significant ( Simonton et al .
27 As resources are limited , priorities for reviews must be established , and in fixing these there is inevitably , and correctly , an element of going for ‘ soft ’ targets — those where it is likely that significant benefits can most easily be achieved .
28 It is likely that social formulations have , over the ages , reflected innate differences .
29 Clearly paper will not be abandoned altogether and it is likely that trivial notes of the type cited at the beginning of this article will invariably be recorded as manuscripts .
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