Example sentences of "likely [prep] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The S4 pupils were also those most likely to be unauthorised absentees ; 27% of all S4 pupils were absent without authorisation at least once during the week , in contrast to 5% of all S1 pupils . |
| 2 | However , in practice there are likely to be great problems in bringing a successful action . |
| 3 | Copiers have been a real blessing , but they are more likely to be small models , not those that print , collate , fold and insert . |
| 4 | It 's likely to be poor quality but selectively ripped up , it can often be utilised for carcasing or backing . |
| 5 | Chest x ray showed evidence of previous tuberculosis and some pleural thickening at the left base , which was thought likely to be long standing ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 6 | Quality standards also require you to report on the progress of the case but this is not likely to be standard advice . |
| 7 | Not only are there likely to be unphysiological levels of stimulation , but it is frequently unclear , from published reports , how extensive the effective stimulation zone actually was . |
| 8 | Teachers who have an enthusiasm and enjoyment for spoken and written language , and a care for it , have pupils who are likely to be good spellers . |
| 9 | Children who are familiar with the shape and sound of letters by the age of four are likely to be good readers at seven . |
| 10 | But very soon pressure from the vassals — and also , it may be , the simple fact that a good vassal 's children were likely to be good vassals themselves — made it common , then normal , and finally an inherent part of the feudal contract that the grant was heritable . |
| 11 | There are not , therefore , likely to be serious implications or legal aspects in this area . |
| 12 | Then when the times comes there are likely to be serious doubts about how to interpret the terms of a Living Will . |
| 13 | Now the only survivors are likely to be serious candidates . |
| 14 | I think we all recognise that traffic issues here in Cambridge are likely to be controversial issues and I think we 'd all equally recognise that er the joint traffic management sub- committee has made considerable progress in recent years in the provision of cycle lanes for example , in dealing with illegal parking er on the city 's road and in improving the environment for pedestrians in our main shopping streets . |
| 15 | Impressionistic evidence provided in a number of s–dies of the early Nazi Movements supports the suggestion that those entering the Party earlier rather than later were more likely to be strong anti-Semites . |
| 16 | ‘ Hence , there is likely to be strong opposition to giving Ballyskeagh Wednesday as well . ’ |
| 17 | From these a consensus has emerged , which is probably reliable , that the main areas in which there are likely to be substantial effects due to new technology are in the engineering industry , with the increased use of CAD and computer-aided manufacturing ( CAM ) , and the use of robots ; in offices through office automation , in which the use of word processors with or without linkages via networks and data bases to form paperless offices is predicted to bring substantial improvements in productivity , though the effects on skills is at the moment quite unclear ; and in the computer industry itself , where there is substantially increased demand for software engineers . |
| 18 | There is likely to be substantial increases in CPU times , although it might be possible to reduce this by a factor of 5 . |
| 19 | The received wisdom is that such people are more likely to be Labour supporters , but their ‘ disappearance ’ also makes it harder to lend them money . |
| 20 | Yet older people tend to occupy the oldest , poorest housing and are more likely to be private tenants than other groups . |
| 21 | The franchisors ( ‘ owners ’ ) and the franchisees ( ‘ operators ’ ) are likely to be private companies . |
| 22 | Properties are older and more likely to be terraced houses or flats ; they have fewer rooms but more people per room ; and they are less likely to have a garden . |
| 23 | The two new rules most likely to be modified concern the number of sets of tyres allowed at a grand prix and limitations on the use of spare cars . |
| 24 | We must suppose that an individual 's experience of past events of a similar kind will equip him with expectations , hypotheses , about what are likely to be relevant aspects of context . |
| 25 | Urban regeneration and unemployment , running at 17.3 per cent in the constituency , are likely to be major issues in the campaign , along with housing problems . |
| 26 | The next industry to adopt the technique widely is likely to be mechanical engineering . |
| 27 | One of the difficulties of using politicians ' or military leaders ' diaries is that they are always likely to be personal justifications of their own actions at the time , and of course they give the impression that the whole of history consists of political intrigue or war . |
| 28 | The course planned to use some experimental learning and group work exercises , both of which were likely to be new concepts to the participants . |
| 29 | Little of these paltry sums is likely to be new money , most being sliced off existing allocations . |
| 30 | Of these omissions , one quarter were inflected forms , one quarter were proper nouns , one sixth were hyphenated forms , one twelfth were misspellings and one quarter were not yet resolved , but were likely to be new words occurring since the dictionary was published . |