Example sentences of "[adv] likely [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the Enterprise alone likely to cost over $1 thousand million , its entry into mining seems a very long way off . |
| 2 | I propose , as I believe Judge Diamond intended , to consider the preliminary issue on the premise that the effect of the relevant allegations in the statement of claim is as follows : ( 1 ) The health authority 's treatment of the delivery of the plaintiff and the confinement of his mother lacked proper skill and care in respects which were foreseeably likely to result in the plaintiff being born with disabilities . |
| 3 | This is merely likely to reinforce this response to travelling Instead , stop the car at a suitable spot and walk away out of sight for a few minutes . |
| 4 | I 'm extremely likely to hit you . |
| 5 | For example , it is a recognized fact that a child who has been regularly beaten by one or both of his parents is extremely likely to inflict the same violence on his own children . |
| 6 | The Flora of China is already an Internet user , and other collaborative floristic projects are extremely likely to become users in the immediate future . |
| 7 | They also had slightly more positive attitudes towards science and scientists and were less likely to define them as exclusively masculine . |
| 8 | Mr Ford also forecast that Railtrack , the proposed state-owned track authority , would be less likely to invest in improved services , because it would have no commercial incentive , and would concentrate only on safety . |
| 9 | Women with power , for example , were much less likely to conform to their role stereotypes than those without ( Bampton 1970:193 ) . |
| 10 | They therefore have much more freedom and scope for accommodation , and are much less likely to conform to the same fixed pattern . |
| 11 | Once a worry-eater — usually a woman — learns to become more aware of herself and her emotions in the way shown in part II , she will be more able to control her reactions to stress and anxiety and less likely to turn to food for comfort . |
| 12 | Charge transfer transitions are less important for the f-block elements than for d-block elements , mainly because they are less likely to form complexes with ligands having suitable donor orbitals . |
| 13 | Some large firms have demonstrated a preference for female workers , often on the grounds of their supposed nimble fingers though , in reality , usually because they can be paid less and are less likely to unionise and form any opposition to management . |
| 14 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 15 | The tone is different ; it is more optimistic , more likely to assume that the process of historical change being viewed has at least some positive attributes , and less likely to dwell on social ‘ ills ’ or problems . |
| 16 | Compared with diabetic patients in urban areas , those in rural areas were less likely to attend a hospital based diabetic clinic ( 46% ( 442 ) v 86% ( 1054 ) , p<0.001 ) ; less likely to be receiving insulin ( 260 ( 27% ) v 416 ( 34% ) , p<0.001 and also after correction for differences in age distribution ) ; more likely to have advanced ( maculopathy or proliferative retinopathy ) diabetic retinopathy ( 13% ( 122 ) v 7% ( 89 ) , p<0.001 ) ; and more likely to require urgent laser photocoagulation for previously unrecognised retinopathy ( 1.4% ( 13 ) v 0.5% ( 6 ) , p<0.02 ) . |
| 17 | Brotherston 's data for Scotland showed that working-class mothers were not only less likely to attend ante-natal clinics than middle-class mothers , but that when they did they were also less likely to make early bookings — a fact which he considers relevant to infant mortality . |
| 18 | In part this may have been because the trend towards larger-scale workplaces meant children were less likely to see them working ; but there is also evidence of the now growing pressure to retire . |
| 19 | But Outdoor Action readers are less likely to see Laura 's first international TV appearance . |
| 20 | These are the new risers from Cellblock — they spread out making a wider area against the deck , which means more shock absorption and also reduces pressure on the deck making it less likely to snap your plank near the trucks . |
| 21 | If , on the other hand , representatives are trained to put themselves in their customers ' shoes ie develop a market-orientated approach , they are less likely to put immediate sales gains before the prospect of much larger market opportunities in the future . |
| 22 | The system ought to be to attempt to guess , or find out by other means , the numbers that other people are less likely to put down . |
| 23 | Use one of the proprietary woodworm injectors for this , as their special nozzles are designed to fit the holes and you are less likely to risk an eyeful of the fluid . |
| 24 | Thus radical ideas can be tested in conversation with close colleagues , whereas the proponents would be less likely to risk criticism by advancing speculations , or ideas which are not fully formed , in a public forum . |
| 25 | In fact , when compared with another leading sensitive skincare brand in independent laboratory tests , the Sensiq Skin Care Collection was found to be seven times less likely to cause irritation . |
| 26 | Good management has attempted to meet these challenges in an organised and rational way , maintaining that planned changes are better than haphazard ones since they give a greater sense of control to the school and are less likely to cause stress to all concerned . |
| 27 | Based on natural salt , 75% of its volume comes from natural Red Sea salt , and a further 13% of its content is derived from the Dead Sea , leading to its claim to be 85% natural and less likely to cause salt rash . |
| 28 | It is a good idea to choose a chain with broad links , as these are less likely to cause injury . |
| 29 | We do not deny that some characteristics of prison inmates may make them more or less likely to cause problems — if the prisons predominantly housed old people or nuns rather than young men with past records of anti-social behaviour they would doubtless experience fewer riots . |
| 30 | Benzodiazepines , of course , are prescription only drugs , and an overdose is far less likely to cause death . |