Sentence examples for became likely from inspiring English sources

As armed conflict with Charles I in the Bishops' Wars became likely, hundreds of Scots mercenaries returned home from foreign service, including experienced leaders like Alexander and David Leslie and these veterans played an important role in training recruits.

Daniel J. Gibney, chief of detectives for the Hudson County prosecutor's office, said that his office asked that the bail be increased after it became likely that Officer Infantes would die.

When she met him, Bertil was merely the old king's second son; but in 1947, when his older brother died in an accident and left a baby son behind, Bertil became likely at any moment to be called to rule as regent.

When Napoleon's fall became likely, Barbé-Marbois hastily and successfully attached himself to the Bourbons and was made a peer of France (1814), a minister of justice (1815 16), a marquis (1817), and again president of the Cour des Comptes (1816 34).

I like to make a pretense of skeptical rationalism but must admit that I felt a secret tickle when it became likely that a real major-league sports team would extract sweet revenge for the loss of the Dodgers; not to mention a pang of remorse to realize that the prospect of visiting a gaslit restaurant a couple of subway stops away from my house was, well, over.

But the moment it became likely that Raytheon would sell, Chabraja, a tough negotiator, changed his tune, saying no way.

The prospects for a full-dress investigation by a Congressional committee becomes likely.

And suddenly the unlikely becomes likely: we get a very long streak each time we run baseball history.

We expect the stock to re-rate as the deal completion becomes likely due to potential synergies.

Although it fell after this week's rate rise, it may soar again if further interest-rate increases become likely.

The thing about unlikely relationships in books, though, is that they're meant, eventually, to become likely: this one never does, because Henry and Miriam never become three-dimensional.