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BE LIKELY + TO-infinitive / IT IS LIKELY + THAT-clause

future
modals
probability
BE LIKELY TO/THAT

Be likely + to-infinitive and it is likely + that-clause are used for future events which are probably going to happen:

Smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer compared to non-smokers.
It is likely that he will win the race.

Modals to express possibility: MAY, MIGHT, CAN, COULD

certainty
modals
possibility
BE LIKELY TO/THAT
CAN
COULD
MAY
MIGHT

Present and future

May and might + infinitive are used to express present or future possibility. May expresses a greater degree of certainty: