be likely to happen

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But this would be likely to happen only if that industry (or company) was sick or shrinking;
但是这种情况只有在该产业（或公司）病入膏肓或者龟缩时才有可能；
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One of the Titans, whose name was Prometheus, was wiser than the rest. He often thought about what would be likely to happen in the future.
泰坦中有一个名叫普罗米修斯，他是巨人中最聪明的，时常思考将来会发生什么。
The tragedy of "a frog in tepid water" will be more likely to happen in China.
所以温水煮蛙的悲剧很容易在中国上演。

There has to be a sense, moving from sentence to sentence, that something is likely to happen next.
必须有一种感觉，从一句话到另一句话，认为接下来会发生什么。
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However, consider what already happens at popular comprehensives, and would be likely to happen if a grammar school had to drop its entrance exam.
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At the same time, however, democracy makes it much easier for a substantial and implacable minority to make sure things don't happen, and that seems likely to be the case with plans for more nuclear power.
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