The phrase "a list of likely" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks clarity in written English.
It can be used when referring to a collection of items or individuals that are probable or expected in a certain context, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "Here is a list of likely candidates for the position."
Alternatives: "a list of probable" or "a list of potential".
The findings are highly statistically significant, and allow one to exclude the majority of kinases in a genome from a list of likely targets for an inhibitor.
Yuri Ushakov, the aide to Putin, did not bring up the hacking accusations while discussing a list of likely topics for Monday's talks.
The Web site did the work of finding people for him, providing a list of likely connections by searching its own database of people who had overlapped with him at past jobs.
In a raid on the house of a Jemaah Islamiyah member in central Java last month, the Indonesian police found documents from which they compiled a list of likely terrorist targets.
A half-dozen volunteers worked the phones in both English and Spanish, targeting a list of likely Clinton supporters while making a strong push for the early voting process that began on 24 October.
To find motivated prospects, the agency aggregates user data from its website and pulls from a mix of third-party subscription services to narrow down a list of likely buyers.
In particular, a list of the likely transmitted codewords is generated using the reliabilities of the received bits, and then, the most likely codeword is selected from this list.
The cable network even put up a list of questions likely to be asked of Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney ("Describe actions on Sept. 11, 2001").
In a list of adjectives likely to be ascribed to Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion, "tender" falls somewhere well below "ferocious".
By Reeves Wiedeman Mike Tyson In a list of adjectives likely to be ascribed to Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion, "tender" falls somewhere well below "ferocious".
In recent weeks, American officials had started a new effort to draw up a list of people likely to be hiding Mr. Hussein, including bodyguards, former palace functionaries, tribal leaders and others not prominent on previous American wanted lists.
