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The phrase "are likely to turn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a probable outcome or tendency regarding a situation or behavior.
Example: "If the weather continues to worsen, the roads are likely to turn hazardous."
Alternatives: "are expected to become" or "are prone to change".
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Yet now that the investigation has gotten under way, the wheels of justice are likely to turn more slowly than Google would like.
If you're like the majority of the 800 patients surveyed recently by the American Academy of Dermatology, you are likely to turn to the Internet first.
Particle physicists are likely to turn their immediate attention to the search for the Higgs boson.
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The organisers are likely to turn to the army and the police for help.
With teenagers, discussions about the war are likely to turn political.
Around them the drug wars rage, and bodies are likely to turn up anywhere.
Not really: with this perfectly groomed yet vicious pack, things are likely to turn ugly.
None of those story lines are likely to turn out well.
And as technology advances, more businesses are likely to turn global.
But finding a better way to predict which prostate cancers are likely to turn lethal is far from guaranteed.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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