Example sentences of "quite likely [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is a clear pause ( silence ) between ‘ John ’ and ‘ is it you ’ , then according to the definition of an utterance given in the last chapter , there are two utterances ; however , it is quite likely that a speaker would say ‘ John is it you ’ with no pause , so that the four syllables would make up a single utterance . |
| 2 | He did not expect Osman openly to agree but he thought it quite likely that the Sheikh might indicate his willingness to accept Owen 's proposition . |
| 3 | Were perception conceived of differently , it is quite likely that the decision tree would have had a different structure and led to different conclusions . |
| 4 | Hawksmoor , who had already had a great deal of experience as an architect , was brought in as clerk of works and it is quite likely that the design was by both men . |
| 5 | It is quite likely that the source lay with the antiquarian , Smart Lethieullier of Aldersbrook , ‘ a gentleman of polite literature and elegant taste ’ . |
| 6 | His Lordship said that it was quite likely that the Revenue would seek to argue that all or some of the award was liable to tax . |
| 7 | Barclays de Zoete Wedd brewing analyst Colin Davis says : ‘ It is quite likely that the nablab ale market might die out altogether . ’ |
| 8 | It 's quite likely that the professor 's first sound was Pinder closing his own door . |