Sentence examples for were likely to abandon from inspiring English sources

In Beijing, an American industry expert who has negotiated with the Chinese government on the issue said that most American companies were likely to abandon sales to the Chinese government rather than turn over trade secrets.

But decentralization is not a principle that Indonesians are likely to abandon.

In a recent interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun, Mr. Okawa said the company was likely to abandon the hardware business altogether.

As George Tenet, the director of central intelligence, testified to Congress early this year, "No Iranian government, regardless of its ideological leanings, is likely to abandon" programs to develop weapons of mass destruction "that are seen as guaranteeing Iran's security".

The review was announced on the same day as it emerged that Osborne is likely to abandon plans to bring in a flat rate pension relief of as low as 25% because it would be too politically difficult.

The European Commission also underlined the commercial threat to the US on Thursday by warning that European businesses are likely to abandon the services of American internet providers because of the NSA surveillance scandal.

But local Albanian journalists and international news media watch-dog bodies have protested the attempts to regulate media so strongly that the United Nations administration is likely to abandon the code, a senior United Nations official says.

But the United Nations is likely to abandon the effort to compile a code, after what officials describe as long and frustrating meetings with editors who oppose it as undemocratic.

But analysts say the newly empowered Democrats are likely to abandon some of the health care positions staked out by the Bush administration, particularly when it comes to Medicare.

Many schools still continue with SEL – but because there's apparently no appetite for this at Government level, many will see it as a risk and are likely to abandon or ignore it".

No government is likely to abandon the principle of incapacity benefit re-assessment but they will seek a root and branch review that ensure that the test becomes more sensitive and puts the individual first, rather than welfare cash savings.