Example sentences of "likely [to-vb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are likely to flower at different times and the effect will be untidy . |
| 2 | Although the need for fixed radio relay systems seems likely to remain at current levels in the foreseeable future , any diminution in spectrum availability will have to be compensated for . |
| 3 | Upstream , production in 1993 is likely to remain at current levels , as a series of new fields come into production and offset the older declining fields . |
| 4 | In planning ward staffing , the ward manager should start with a clear view of the number of staff she is likely to require at various times of the day . |
| 5 | The result of both explicit and covert discrimination was that boys were far more likely to succeed at public examinations and to enter higher and further education ( Wilkin , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | It is the small local business , as in the examples above of builders , carpenters and glaziers , who are most likely to balk at long-term clearance of a debt . |
| 7 | This has not satisfied Essex County Council , which has produced statistics showing fatal accidents are four times more likely to happen at automatic gates . |