Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , pregnancy is always likely to trip up the unwary anaesthetist . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The US 's foreign trade deficit was likely to continue for the forseeable future , he said . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Images captured from TV , sent back from space , or more prosaically produced by a document scanner , are likely to fall into the same category . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Unless you specialize in this form of road transport , you are likely to fall outside the strict confines of statutory regulations . |
| 15 | This proportion is likely to fall in the current year as builders move from buying to renting plant . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They did a first class piece of work on where the housing market was likely to go over the next 10 years . |
| 21 | About 10 per cent of the new jobs are likely to go to the self-employed , most of them coming from the ranks of those already in employment . |
| 22 | For what other goods is Mr Smith likely to go to the local village ? |
| 23 | Such passages to us seem prophetic of industry tactics we are likely to see in the 1990s . |
| 24 | Now commuting is a consequence of human nature to a large extent , people choose to live away from their place of work and if they do choose to live away from their place of work then we 'll need a much more authoritarian government than we are likely to see in the next ten or twenty years to stop people from living away from their place of work . |
| 25 | Kestrels are popular with audiences at lectures , because they 're elegant little birds and also because , of all the British birds of prey , they 're the ones people are most likely to spot in the wild : they hover over motorways and are even seen in towns these days . |
| 26 | Maufe 's obituary read , ‘ His work is not likely to appeal to the present generation of architects because it was essentially traditional and restrained . ’ |
| 27 | Neither the figure of Farrakhan nor that of Gadaffi is likely to appeal to the ethnocentric constituency , whose votes the National Front has traditionally sought . |
| 28 | These trends are likely to persist within the next five years , and necessitate a continuous review of the IT market-place , and mechanisms to ensure that Garden staff are using the most cost-effective IT in pursuit of Garden priorities . |
| 29 | Relationships with partners or employers are also likely to deteriorate around the 26th . |
| 30 | On the radio link Richie reported that he had scored a net 69 , which was likely to stand as the best score of the day . |