Example sentences of "it [is] unlikely that [det] [noun] " 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 | Without wishing to underestimate the aspirations of the Scottish National Party or Plaid Cymru , it is unlikely that such complications will colour Britain 's political map in the foreseeable future . |
| 3 | It is unlikely that such action would be taken unless the offending bonfire(s) occurred very frequently and witnesses were produced to that effect ’ . |
| 4 | However , there has been no resulting legislation along these lines and it is unlikely that such action will be taken in the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | It is unlikely that such vigour was ever witnessed elsewhere , certainly not in the British experience of industrialisation . |
| 6 | It is unlikely that such richness can be achieved in large hyper-bases where automated authoring is likely to prevail . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For it is unlikely that many Koi on the market today are without some Doitsu genes . |
| 9 | It is unlikely that many Europeans would have had access to Aristotle 's writings , but the cuckoo 's habits were certainly well enough known during the Middle Ages for them to be mentioned by Chaucer ( in The Parlement of Foules , 1382 ) , and for the term ‘ cuckold ’ — describing a man deceived by his wife — to have passed into the English language . |
| 10 | It is unlikely that many visitors will peer too closely into the workings of Spain after a decade of socialist rule . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Therefore it is unlikely that all patients can be expected to respond favourably to such a diet . |
| 13 | The initial design of the system assumed that levels of attainment were two years of learning apart , so it is unlikely that most statements of attainment will be usable by any teacher without more detailed teaching plans . |
| 14 | It is unlikely that most readers already know Hemingway 's middle name , but there it is , unobtrusively inserted . |
| 15 | If a leader constantly has to threaten individuals , it is unlikely that those individuals will come to share the vision of the leader . |
| 16 | It is unlikely that this defence will be available in the case of every unpublished statutory instrument . |
| 17 | The analogy with a mechanical process no longer rings true and it is unlikely that this case will be followed . |
| 18 | Although the dustcover of this book asserts that the Telangana struggle is ‘ now legendary ’ , it is unlikely that this history is known in Britain . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It is unlikely that this rate would have been acceptable to all members . |
| 24 | ‘ Without Urban Programme funding it is unlikely that these schemes would have been undertaken in their present form , especially those requiring capital funding . |
| 25 | It is unlikely that these sorts of companies will be able to benefit greatly from increased economies of scale/size as a result of the creation of the SEM . |
| 26 | It is unlikely that these techniques would have required a check in the action . |
| 27 | It is unlikely that these deficits are due to loss of a neural mechanism dedicated to brightness discrimination . |
| 28 | It is unlikely that any river improved in the seventeenth , eighteenth and nineteenth centuries bears much relationship to its earlier regime . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In this formulation , while working-class struggle and political action may allow the state to act in ways which are inimical to the interests of specific sectors of capital , it is unlikely that any policies pursued will be inimical to capital in general . |