Sentence examples for is likely to define from inspiring English sources

It is likely to define American life over the next decade.

The matter is likely to define his first term in office.

This theme of businessman versus the political system is likely to define the next three years of Mr. Bloomberg's mayoralty.

Now Kasab is talking, and what he has to say is likely to define the future relations of two nuclear-armed rivals - India and Pakistan.

Within a decade, the federalism revolution he ignited was solidly underway and is likely to define his place in Supreme Court history.

But it is his time as director of national intelligence during the Snowden disclosures that is likely to define his career in Washington.

But taken together, the collision and the arms sales are likely to define Mr. Bush's relations with Chinese leaders, and it is far from clear how China will view his decision.

But in this record-breaking season — defined by the Weather Service as June through August — there was no cataclysm, no singular event that was likely to define a three-month period when the temperature averaged 77.8 degrees.

And if he runs on this platform and wins re-election, he'll have won a mandate for doing little or nothing about the challenges that are likely to define his second term.

That's what makes its pursuit so intriguing and why it's likely to define the business and technology landscape for years to come.

The treatment of the compensation packages of key AIG executives (which eventually led to the indecorous resignation of Edward Liddy), and the massive insinuation of the executive branch into the (current) Chrysler and (looming) General Motors bankruptcies are sure to generate many a spirited struggle over two issues that are likely to define our future Supreme Court's jurisprudence.