Sentence examples for likely contract from inspiring English sources

A likely contract is three no-trump, which will fail unless there is misdefense.

In the replay, North-South played in the more likely contract of three hearts and failed by a trick.

WASHINGTON — The global economy will most likely contract this year for the first time since World War II, and the recovery will take longer than expected, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.

If the shutdown were to go on for an extended period, say for two months, Mr. Six said, it could send the United States into recession for the fourth quarter, and the European economy, which has recently shown only tentative signs of recovery, would "most likely" contract as well, as confidence evaporated.

Earlier this month, the I.M.F. began cutting growth forecasts for all of the so-called BRIC countries, but even so, their economies are expected to grow by significant percentages in 2009, while the United States and Europe slump or, more likely, contract.

Ben May, an economist in London with Capital Economics, said in a research note that with the fear that the debt crisis will worsen, Europe's gross domestic product would likely contract in the fourth quarter of 2011, "to mark the beginning of another deep recession," shrinking by about 1 percent in 2012.

She most likely contracted the virus through sex.

People with variant C.J.D., most likely contracted from cattle, have not yet been tested with the new method.

The Brazilian economy likely contracted nearly 4.0% last year and is expected to drop again by more than 3.0% this year, the worst back-to-back annual plunges on record.

But the lack of requirements for teacher and staff vaccination is troubling because reports say the majority of those who recently have contracted the disease in the US are adults who likely contracted it at school.

Dr. Yeoh Eng-kiong, Hong Kong's secretary for health and welfare, said today that the virus was likely contracted from direct contact with chicken feces, and that person-to-person spread was less likely.