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He first looked up in the air, as on the whole the likeliest quarter for a voice to come from in this desert, then around.

By combining many such rules, it is possible to work out which cards are likeliest to have been stolen, and which claims are dodgy.

He said the likeliest explanation was an emission of radioactive steam from the containment vessel, although that had not been confirmed.

Using ground-penetrating radar, they scanned the likeliest areas, turning up what appeared to be a vaulted underground crypt.

Graphene is one of the likeliest materials to replace silicon in computer processing, because electrons travel through graphene much faster.

But in the likeliest scenario, the tax cuts would continue for households earning less than $250, 000 or so a year.

Even so, if the traditional funeral is to be buried, concern for the environment is the likeliest undertaker.

A gloomy U with a long, flat bottom of weak growth is the likeliest shape of the next few years.

The boatswain, Job Anderson, was the likeliest man aboard, and, though he kept his old title, he served in a way as mate.

Katsuya Okada, a moderniser, would be Mr Ozawa's likeliest replacement, though he led the party to defeat at the last general election.

The yuan is the likeliest candidate to supplant it but has so far taken only baby steps to becoming international.

is not the likeliest forum for a debate about dating.

In much the same way, the likeliest trigger for a disintegration of the euro is unknowable.

Successful passage of the plan in coming days, still the likeliest outcome, should inject some confidence into credit markets.

The likeliest outcome is a hesitant recovery in business spending as firms balance the risks of inadequate investment and insufficient cash.

Clues put together by scientists point towards one country as the mariners likeliest point of origin: China!

Who do you think will be the likeliest candidate for the manager of human resource department?

It's the wisest thing to expect, and the likeliest. But I think their withdrawing is in your favour.

The wisest man is the likeliest to possess all worldly blessings in an eminent degree.

Further consolidation will happen only slowly: the sale of Postbank by Deutsche Post is the likeliest next milestone.

I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office.

The Democrats are one vote short of the 60 they need to railroad through the bill and Snowe is the Republican likeliest to provide it.

The likeliest cornerstone investors are sovereign wealth funds .

You are likeliest to see the error when the remote computer is running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

But almost a decade later Flutter, the likeliest-seeming victor, is gone, taken over by its erstwhile rival.

The likeliest explanation is inertia, says Scott Stanley of the Centre for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado.

Both massive and controversial, it is perhaps the likeliest symbol of China's accomplishments over the past few decades.

In fact, he was "never the likeliest candidate for this office" , to quote Barack Obama.

The likeliest cause for the taxi driver's reproductive problem?

The likeliest candidate is Rahul Gandhi, Sonia's son and the scion of India's chief political dynasty.

The likeliest scenario is that a gradual increase in supply and a slight mellowing of demand will eventually bring some relief.

I don't think I am the likeliest to drop dead, but I suspect I am the meatiest.

What do you think is the likeliest(the most likely) time to find her at home?

If life exists elsewhere in our solar system, Mars is the likeliest location, say most planetary scientists.

The likeliest outcome is that the two will try to preserve their tandem one way or another.

But the likeliest response of stressed banks will be to reduce lending.

I don't think he will be the likeliest candidate for the manager of human resource department.

But the likeliest explanation is that conflict between nuclear-armed states is just too dangerous to consider.

Gizmos such as these are the likeliest heroes of the next chapter of electronic bookselling.

That's the likeliest suggestion we've heard yet.

I was never the likeliest candiddined on for this office.

She says that among her circle of friends, Work Choices is the issue that is likeliest to tip their vote away from the Government.

Do the likeliest and hope the best .

e. g What is the likeliest time to find him at home?

He is the likeliest person for the job.

The last date by which Mr Brown must go to the country is June 3rd, but the likeliest is May 6th.

Where experimentation is the likeliest way to answer a question correctly, the scientific spirit calls for the experiments to be done;