• It said the interests of the crown dependencies needed to be considered routinely in all areas of UK policy-making and legislation likely to affect them and that departments needed to be made aware of the constitutional position of the islands, their essential independence from the UK and their independence from each other.

    BBC: Status of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man defended

  • Scripps Health cardiologist Eric Topol says testing for single genetic variants may be misleading, as there are likely to be numerous genes that affect the risk of heart disease, diabetes and other serious illnesses.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "The mere possibility of such (fraud) claims, which could expose attorneys to harassing and expensive litigation, would be likely to inhibit their freedom in making good faith evidentiary decisions and representations and, therefore, negatively affect their ability to act as zealous advocates for their clients, " Justice Peter Zarella wrote in the majority opinion.

    WSJ: Conn. court: Lawyers can't be sued for fraud

  • "We advise that following failed pay talks yesterday in Paris, French port control officers will be holding a national day of industrial action which is likely to affect the majority of ports in France, " the spokeswoman said.

    BBC: P&O ferry

  • Regardless of where you are located, it is likely to affect your business and it is best to be proactive rather than reactive.

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  • Perhaps, but I doubt it will affect sales all that much, and will likely be equivalent to or cheaper than future competitors from Sony and Microsoft.

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  • From that he worked out the dominant elements that affect each one, and just whose luck was likely to be in during the Games and who might as well leave their lucky pair of underpants in the laundry basket.

    CNN: Reading the Olympians' fortunes

  • Scott Stanley, Gatwick airport's chief operating officer, said the strikes were likely to affect arriving flights at airports across the UK and warned passengers to be prepared.

    BBC: Public sector strike could see Heathrow 'grind to halt'

  • Debates can change voters' minds but I think much more likely to affect this race if there's any other jolt to it would be events, outside events that the candidates have no control over.

    NPR: Economy Stealing Election Spotlight

  • The goal of this may be short-term political gain but the result will likely affect our trade and security policies for years to come.

    FORBES: U.S. China Policy: Campaign Issue not Punching Bag

  • They also state that "such a failure to achieve targets was likely adversely to affect those candidates' prospects of selection onto the panel of local government candidate able to be selected".

    BBC: Anna Dyer

  • The dilemma for America and Britain is that damage caused by bombing is likely to affect Iraq's oil exports, thereby affecting the amount of food and medicine that can be bought with the proceeds.

    ECONOMIST: Why the bombs are falling on Iraq

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