In some cases, an island or group of islands may be able to absorb the likely displacement of population.

The transition to decentralized decision making and management of forests is likely to be costly, and the payoffs may not materialize immediately.

They are also less likely to be self employed and half as likely as men to be employers.

In the long term they are likely to be used more sparingly, as new precision weapons come into service, and may one day be removed from service altogether.

In a broad range of countries, various minority groups may be more likely to enter (and having left, return to) the criminal justice system.

But in future decades, priorities will change. And much of what we may be called on to do in the future will likely be determined by choices made by others.

He is likely to be late again.

It is likely to be fine tomorrow.

Tom is quite likely to be late.

This is likely to be a mistake.

In the next few months, the buoyant optimism pervading financial markets may prove to be justified. Unfortunately, it is more likely that investors outlook is excessively rosy.

The States most likely to be affected would seem to be

Lack of political will may be another factor limiting implementation, though no State is likely to admit to less than wholehearted commitment against Al Qaida and Taliban terrorism.

So it is likely that next year will see a showdown between the police and the Yamaguchi Gumi. The Sumo gambling scandal, indeed, may be a prelude to it.

A justice system that attempts to resolve all conflicts by processing all reports of criminal acts through the court system is likely to be overburdened and may ultimately fail.

It's just an unconditional probability distribution that tell us, for example, that courses are only 40 likely to be difficult and 60 likely to be easy.

She is more likely to be helping her husband.

Because of its geopolitical situation, its extensive borders and its status as an underdeveloped country, Bolivia may be regarded as a likely place of refuge or transit for international terrorists.

If this were to happen, the meetings of the Parties would be less likely to rotate among member States, and would be more likely to be held in the seat of the Secretariat.

It is likely that a significant number of cases will not have been investigated or prosecuted by 20 May 2005.

Some evidence suggests that the prevalence of uncertainty may boost competition, thereby sparking innovation. Furthermore, social environments that are characterized by lower levels of consensus and higher levels of violence may be more likely than their more harmonious counterparts to catalyze radical innovation.

Well, most likely it would. It might be able to grow.

Effective enforcement of competition law can prevent the likely adverse effects by prohibiting such mergers, allowing them with conditions or issuing divest orders, as may be provided by the relevant competition law provisions.

As a practical matter, damage is disproportionately likely to occur in a port because cargo is more likely to be damaged when it is handled.

Merkel can overcome political resistance only in a crisis atmosphere, and only in small steps. The next step will likely be to enlarge the EFSF but, by the time that step is taken, France s AAA rating may be endangered.

Employees who have a direct stake in a company s profitability are likely to be more motivated and engaged, and turnover is likely to be lower. This intuition is confirmed by empirical research.

So they're less likely to be randomly false positives, randomly false negatives.

Without the Sun, there's likely to be no life on this planet.

The report of the session will likely be considered on Saturday afternoon.

The report of the meeting will likely be considered on Friday afternoon.

Is a virtual world likely to be a utopia, would be one way I'd say it.

Six serious crimes cases, however, remain pending before the Court of Appeal, and are likely to remain so by 20 May 2005.

This means the estimate for 2002 is likely to be an over estimate.

This means the estimate for 2002 is likely to be an over estimate.

Haiti is likely to be the first test case for the Peacebuilding Commission.

Mr. Desanker mentioned that the most critical constraint is likely to be funding.

An educated child was less likely to practice or be subject to discrimination.

Unfortunately, conditions across the Union will likely worsen before they begin to improve. The type of social unrest recently witnessed in Greece may spread, because the downturn is likely to take a disproportionate toll on Europe s young people, who are seeking jobs at a time when hard pressed European businesses will be able to offer them very few.

She also suggested that women face indirect discrimination, arguing that it was more likely that women would be placed in pre trial detention than men, because women were less likely to be able to afford bail.

Where there is this much legal smoke, there is likely to be some fire.

Much more likely, they will be two to four times richer than we are.

Yeah, I think that's pretty likely there's going to be lots of robots everywhere.

We're going to be predictive we're going to know what you're likely to have.

The ground is still wet. As likely as not, the game will be cancelled.

The taller the tree, the more likely it is to be struck by lightning.