Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays she is more likely to drive to a favourite beach on the south coast so that she can enjoy the wind in her hair and the tang of the sea breeze on her face . |
| 2 | First , pregnancy is always likely to trip up the unwary anaesthetist . |
| 3 | If the absence continues to a fourth day , at that time , you or some other person acting on your behalf , must notify the Divisional/Section Head of the continuing absence and whether the period of absence is likely to continue beyond the seventh day . |
| 4 | Since this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , professional social workers and social work educators need to modify their profession-centred view of service provision in order to make the best use of available personnel . |
| 5 | Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future . |
| 6 | In this environment , which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future , our objective is to build a business which is profitable even at low oil prices and which will show a rate of growth commensurate with the forecast rise in our production and cash flow . |
| 7 | The US 's foreign trade deficit was likely to continue for the forseeable future , he said . |
| 8 | Reporting a rape remains a strenuous and harrowing experience , however , and it is likely to continue as an underreported offence . |
| 9 | A school with a long tradition of extra curricular activities is likely to continue with an extensive provision even if the activities alter to reflect the expertise of the adults involved . |
| 10 | TALKS between British Airways and Virgin Atlantic aimed at settling the so-called dirty tricks affair last night looked likely to continue into a fourth day . |
| 11 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 12 | That rich mixture is likely to continue into the next election , because already it has been announced that the prospective parliamentary candidates for the Thanet , South seat in the next election will include a Mr. William Pitt and the leader of the Corrective party , Miss Whiplash . |
| 13 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 14 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 15 | If the offeror wishes to make a recommended bid , then the negotiations over price are likely to proceed in the same way as for any other business acquisition . |
| 16 | As I noted above , mortgage affordability is likely to fall to a 20-year low this year and while entry costs into the housing market have risen since the boom , they remain low in historical terms . |
| 17 | Images captured from TV , sent back from space , or more prosaically produced by a document scanner , are likely to fall into the same category . |
| 18 | Yet another way in which not having a bank account makes people more likely to fall into the non-chooser group , the automatic users of one or other type of credit , is that people without bank accounts are likely to be paid weekly , in cash . |
| 19 | Unless you specialize in this form of road transport , you are likely to fall outside the strict confines of statutory regulations . |
| 20 | Private investment is likely to fall by a further 11% in real terms in 1993 , having fallen 13% last year . |
| 21 | This proportion is likely to fall in the current year as builders move from buying to renting plant . |
| 22 | Conversely , if people believe that the exchange rate is likely to fall in the near future , they will economize on their holdings of sterling , preferring to hold their liquid assets in some other currency — the one most likely to appreciate against other currencies . |
| 23 | The final phase of academic school examinations , as distinct from the vocational examinations already mentioned , is , and seems likely to remain for the foreseeable future , the GCE A level . |
| 24 | Various other formats have come and gone over the years , but these are the ones which have become established and likely to remain for the foreseeable future . |
| 25 | Without such interest an officer was likely to remain in a junior post for many years , whatever experience he might accumulate . |
| 26 | Without this kind of activity , the difficult balance to be struck between essentially paternalistic decision taking and responsiveness would be all the more likely to swing towards the former . |
| 27 | A newly created ethical committee is to meet soon to draw up guidelines for WWF International 's investment committee , which is likely to agree to a large-scale transfer of funds . |
| 28 | The system is further complicated by the fact that on many issues a Flemish socialist is far less likely to agree with a French-speaking fellow-socialist than with a conservative fellow-Fleming . |
| 29 | They did a first class piece of work on where the housing market was likely to go over the next 10 years . |
| 30 | But the fee is still likely to go to an independent tribunal with Forest apparently asking £3m for their former manager 's son . |