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The phrase "are likely to commit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a probability or tendency for someone to engage in a particular action or behavior.
Example: "Individuals who exhibit certain risk factors are likely to commit offenses in the future."
Alternatives: "are prone to engage in" or "tend to perpetrate".
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Those children who are likely to commit crimes are arguably the most immature of all.
Science may also help us understand which juvenile offenders are likely to commit future crimes and which may not.
Currently, he is investigating how to use medical claims data to identify the types of health care providers that are likely to commit Medicare fraud and abuse.
People who have committed crimes once are likely to commit them again; about half of those released from prison are convicted of a new crime within three years.
Unless they are granted substantially more money than the Republicans are likely to commit, these pools cannot possibly meet the need.
The large numbers of fast-track prosecutions represent a substantial extra expense, but the program's supporters say it generally targets foreigners with serious criminal records who are likely to commit more crimes.
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McHugh said there was no indication from psychological evaluations that Lopez was likely to commit violence.
Nor would she be likely to commit the fashion infraction of trying too hard.
Beck developed the jaunty-sounding Beck Hopelessness Scale, which can be used to predict if you're likely to commit suicide.
This could involve profiling officers to single out those who might be likely to commit such abuse.
Judge Freedman also found that W. Z. was likely to commit other sex offenses in the foreseeable future.
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