Example sentences of "it [be] unlikely that [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's unlikely that this play will close the generation gap or produce many converts , but then if you 're that eager to open your mind to the joys of clubbing , going to the theatre is hardly the place to be . |
| 2 | It is unlikely that such action would be taken unless the offending bonfire(s) occurred very frequently and witnesses were produced to that effect ’ . |
| 3 | However , there has been no resulting legislation along these lines and it is unlikely that such action will be taken in the foreseeable future . |
| 4 | It is unlikely that such vigour was ever witnessed elsewhere , certainly not in the British experience of industrialisation . |
| 5 | It is unlikely that such richness can be achieved in large hyper-bases where automated authoring is likely to prevail . |
| 6 | The second part of the exception would apply to spare parts such as replacement body panels for cars where the design is dictated by the appearance of the car but it is unlikely that many computer spare parts will fall into this category . |
| 7 | Hence , it is unlikely that all dune forms will ever be reduced to one or two simple categories , although a few simple categories may describe the basic forms . |
| 8 | It is unlikely that this defence will be available in the case of every unpublished statutory instrument . |
| 9 | The analogy with a mechanical process no longer rings true and it is unlikely that this case will be followed . |
| 10 | Although the dustcover of this book asserts that the Telangana struggle is ‘ now legendary ’ , it is unlikely that this history is known in Britain . |
| 11 | Given the coming demographic changes which will lead to a steep decline in the eighteen-year-old population from the later 1980s onwards and the present government 's stated intention of constraining expenditure on higher education , it is unlikely that this expansion will be maintained . |
| 12 | The vernacular rules predict that dabble will be subject to backing — certainly not front-raising — and it is unlikely that this speaker is following the highly recessive rule for front-raising after velars in the item castle ( this has been largely abandoned by younger low-status speakers ) . |
| 13 | This may be viewed as a transition matrix mapping pre-tax income positions into post-tax positions ( Atkinson , 1979 ) , and it is unlikely that this matrix is diagonal . |
| 14 | Even though some expert clauses do not specifically reserve the right for the parties to make submissions or representations to the expert ( see 8.15 ) , it is unlikely that this right will be lost through its omission , because the expert will usually want to receive submissions or representations of some kind to help him understand the issue he has to determine . |
| 15 | It is unlikely that this rate would have been acceptable to all members . |
| 16 | It is unlikely that any river improved in the seventeenth , eighteenth and nineteenth centuries bears much relationship to its earlier regime . |
| 17 | In broad terms , it is unlikely that any Court will award the pursuer more than half the total damages which he is likely to recover . |
| 18 | Panorpa communis , for example , has been recorded to fly at only 0.5 metres per second whereas Aeshna mixta can move at 7 metres per second and it is unlikely that any insect exceeds about twice this velocity . |
| 19 | It is unlikely that any company would find it an economic proposition to make all the components it embodies in its products . |
| 20 | It is unlikely that any company would find it an economic proposition to make all the components it embodies in its products . |
| 21 | In well ventilated theatres it is unlikely that any colour change will occur unless accidental spillage should take place . |
| 22 | It is unlikely that any component of the nervous system carries out exactly the same computation as the zero-crossing detector described in the previous paragraph but it is possible to make a simpler device that works very much like a zero-crossing detector . |
| 23 | It is unlikely that any report in the UK would be so brutally honest , but it accurately describes our situation , except that the inadequate nature of our provision for many students has long been recognised by many educators , and only becomes important to others through economic necessity . |
| 24 | It is unlikely that any attempt will be made to recover the tent and seats , as this could cost more than they are worth . |
| 25 | Dr Hastreiter felt ‘ it is unlikely that any explanation could be found other than overdose . ’ |
| 26 | The commendable objectives were ( i ) to present private investors with a document which they might find more helpful to them than the full statutory accounts , ( ii ) to reduce an appalling waste of paper , since undoubtedly a great many such investors consign the glossy brochures containing the accounts ( ii ) to their waste-paper baskets after only the most cursory of glances ( if any ) and , perhaps , ( iii ) to reduce the company 's postage — though it is unlikely that any saving on that could be commensurate with the cost of preparing an additional document and , in effect , having it audited . |
| 27 | A highly sensitive immunohistochemical technique was used ( avidin-biotin complex ) and it is unlikely that any improvement on the methodology would be worth while . |
| 28 | If a number of people share a house , it is unlikely that any student in it would be worse off than under the community charge . |
| 29 | With an established , respected management company it is unlikely that any band would secure an agreement for less than five years . |
| 30 | It is unlikely that either provision will be needed but the fact that they exist may help to prevent undesirable practices developing with respect to computer software . |