Example sentences of "is likely [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is likely to save 700 lives and more than 30,000 casualties over the next 30 years . |
| 2 | Furthermore , it is likely to take many years of research and practical work on intervention before we will be clear about the implications of this approach for children with language impairments . |
| 3 | He adds that the case is likely to take three years to sort out . |
| 4 | The reorganisation , which is likely to take seven weeks , will result in the food and drink section taking up 45pc of the floor space at the expense of the textiles section . |
| 5 | Many older people have never had a satisfactory sexual relationship , for a variety of reasons , and if this is so there is no reason to believe that the period of old age is likely to see new beginnings in this respect . |
| 6 | It also means that a care assistant is likely to see frailer residents than used to be the case . |
| 7 | Even if we are being too pessimistic , the loss of policy credibility implied by the pound 's departure from the ERM is likely to see longer rates raised in line with increased currency and inflation risk premia . |
| 8 | THE latest statistics show that a man retiring in Edinburgh is likely to live four years longer than his counterpart in Glasgow , it was stated yesterday . |
| 9 | However , none of them is likely to affect those workers who fall outside of collective agreements ; the contract workers and the many women who work for small manufacturing or service sector employers . |
| 10 | The new climate in Xianjiang Province in northwest China is likely to turn large areas of steppe into desert . |
| 11 | So a week in which the former partner misses his child support payment is likely to cause substantial problems ; likewise the period while benefits are being assessed or re-assessed . |
| 12 | The scientists say that the presence of warships in the region is likely to cause more deaths among whales and dolphins than the oil slick . |
| 13 | The " pick-a-landlord " scheme is likely to pose considerable problems for dementia sufferers and those advising them . |
| 14 | For example , the modelling of the corporate sector , particularly allowing for imperfect competition , is likely to pose formidable problems . |
| 15 | Each of these three relationships is likely to generate competitive mailings for credit products . |
| 16 | The head who goes about the job with tremendous enthusiasm and courtesy is likely to generate these attributes in other members of staff . |
| 17 | Work is likely to last four weeks . |
| 18 | Unless stopped at once it is likely to upset friendly relations existing between Australia and England . |
| 19 | The requirement to pay £75 an hour is likely to deter some patients from seeking expert opinion about the justification for their detention and the advisability of seeking discharge . |
| 20 | Sequential attention to goals allows organizations to resolve conflicts : ‘ Just as a political organization is likely to resolve conflicting pressures to ‘ go left ’ and ‘ go right ’ by first doing one and then the other , the business firm is likely to resolve conflicting pressures to ‘ smooth production ’ and ‘ satisfy consumers ’ by first doing one and then the other' ( Cyert and March , 1963 , p. 118 ) . |
| 21 | Sequential attention to goals allows organizations to resolve conflicts : ‘ Just as a political organization is likely to resolve conflicting pressures to ‘ go left ’ and ‘ go right ’ by first doing one and then the other , the business firm is likely to resolve conflicting pressures to ‘ smooth production ’ and ‘ satisfy consumers ’ by first doing one and then the other' ( Cyert and March , 1963 , p. 118 ) . |
| 22 | The circular states : ‘ A change of this significance is likely to encounter some difficulties during the early stages of implementation ’ . |
| 23 | The observation that despite increased stool frequency , stool weight was not greater in the patients is likely to reflect dietary changes , which inevitably occur in patients with a long history of diarrhoea . |
| 24 | He is likely to serve six years in prison |
| 25 | No purely qualitative study is likely to answer all questions about a flow . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | USL is currently looking at the commercial requirements for productising ANDF in a future iteration of Unix SVR4 , which is likely to include bundled installers . |
| 28 | This leads directly to a further difference : an orthodox practitioner is likely to treat all cases of influenza with the same drug , an antibiotic perhaps ; whereas the homoeopathic practitioner may use different remedies , depending on the patient 's reaction to the influenza , as we saw in the cases illustrated above . |
| 29 | If it appears slowly with a few days warning of something being not quite right and the patient gradually sinks into the illness , then the cause is likely to lie several days or even a week earlier . |
| 30 | Thus , at least until adolescence , the black child is likely to share these values . |