Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] [prep] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such virtues were also likely to appeal to many people of working age , especially if employment could be found in the growing service industries that had themselves decentralized . |
| 2 | The rise in sea level caused by global warming , for instance , is likely to lead to many deaths and to large changes in population , as a result of flooding . |
| 3 | These steps are likely to result in many employees ' worries being reduced and their attitudes towards relocation abroad becoming more favourable . |
| 4 | Despite the relative dereliction of some parts of Kent , the image of the garden of England remains a powerful influence and is likely to figure in many planning battles to come . |
| 5 | But in another sense they raise a much more serious issue , one likely to arise in many jurisdictions whenever the defendant is not an individual but a corporation or some other form of association ; and it will be recognised that a very great proportion of international litigation does involve corporate defendants . |