Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] unlikely that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study now reported began with the author recognising from an examination of the name ‘ Forsey ’ that although the second syllable had obviously developed from the Anglo-Saxon haeg ( with the noun prefix ge ) and the Middle English hei/hey , meaning enclosure , it seemed unlikely that the first syllables fors and furs were descended from the same root word , and the fact that Dr Reaney had cited widely separated counties for their ( rather late ) emergence was a further slight pointer . |
| 2 | In 1931 it seemed unlikely that the Republic and the Basque Nationalists would ever be allies . |
| 3 | I knew very little about boats , and had hated what little experience of sailing I had had , but it seemed unlikely that any boat would shut down its engine until it was safely round into the bay , or even then . |
| 4 | In 1980 , it seemed unlikely that the elderly Ronald Reagan , lacking in Washington experience and with an insubstantial mandate , would be able to impose his will and his policy preferences on the political system . |
| 5 | Indeed , while some laptop devices had emerged such as the Cornucopia and the Dynabook , it seemed unlikely that handheld CD-ROM technology of any kind would make much impact in world markets for some years . |
| 6 | Even as recently as early 1990 , it seemed unlikely that optical disc-based handhelds would have significant impact in the immediate future . |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal readily allowed new evidence to be admitted and held that since the risk to jobs did not appear to be a major factor in the dispute , it seemed unlikely that the union would be able to bring itself within the definition of a trade dispute and so the injunction should be granted . |
| 8 | It seemed unlikely that he could be as devastated by the death of a single patient as Julia had made out in her letters , but then she had never really understood him . |
| 9 | It seemed unlikely that there would be an end to that . |
| 10 | We were n't clad in PT kit but in woollen pullovers and regulation slacks and it seemed unlikely that anything violent was imminent . |
| 11 | It seemed unlikely that anyone so competent as Dora would make such an elementary mistake , but under that fierce gaze Melissa felt bound to make some suggestion , however implausible . |
| 12 | It seemed unlikely that the undertaker had troubled sufficiently about those who survived him to take such precautions , but no one could speak with confidence of what had passed through the mind of this man whose deepest preoccupations seemed to be represented by a few scored lines in a medical book and a little bundle of poems . |
| 13 | If that was the case , it seemed unlikely that he would ever be able to return safely to the Middle East , but three months later , the DIA showed it still had plans for him . |
| 14 | During those days , we often prayed for our friends in Africa ; but it seemed unlikely that I could ever be trusted to return . |
| 15 | It seemed unlikely that he would permit that — even if she 'd desired the privilege . |
| 16 | It seemed unlikely that anyone would choose to live in this out-of-the-way place without some form of transport — if she had n't been so nervous , that would have occurred to her earlier , she thought wryly . |
| 17 | In 1985 , BR announced that it was withdrawing from existing agreements with the unions , although it seemed unlikely that this would seriously reduce the level of unionization . |
| 18 | ‘ It appears unlikely that interest rates will fall quickly , so there is no need to rush to invest . ’ |
| 19 | Despite these cautionary remarks , it appears unlikely that union power will revive as soon as the economic climate improves . |
| 20 | This application should still be made even if , because of the student 's and/or parents ' income , it appears unlikely that there will be any assistance towards maintenance , because fees are payable in full by the grant-awarding body without regard to the income of student , parent or spouse . |
| 21 | Although this case provides an example of an action succeeding where no method of enforcement is provided by the statute , it appears unlikely that it will be followed in this area . |
| 22 | It seems unlikely that experience can take us outside of the closed circle of experience to reveal that upon which experience — experience in general , rather than particular experience — is based . |
| 23 | It seems unlikely that the East German leaders feel much threatened by his tone . |
| 24 | The first three gospels contain no reference to Christ 's having made any such great discourses as fill chapters 13–16 of St John , and since it seems unlikely that the author of the Gospel took notes during the utterance of this sublime discourse , we have to assume them to be a literary creation . |
| 25 | As the increasing number of cars will mean that , collectively , their emissions will remain substantial , it seems unlikely that a dramatic reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions can be expected . |
| 26 | In Jarrow , Stockton-on-Tees and other industrial towns it seems unlikely that the prospect of acquiring wealth and property would have exerted much influence upon working-class families struggling for survival . |
| 27 | In this respect it seems unlikely that successive governments were given the opportunity to return to normalcy in the manner which they wished . |
| 28 | Perhaps , as with the Abyssinian episode , public opinion might have been sufficient to temporarily deflect the leaders of the National government from their chosen course , but it seems unlikely that Chamberlain 's government would have been so easily , or temporarily , blown off the course of appeasement . |
| 29 | But it is striking how little , either in internal reports or in those of the Sopade , the ‘ Jewish Question ’ figures in remarks about Hitler 's popular standing , and it seems unlikely that it formed , for most ‘ ordinary ’ Germans , the main reason for their adulation of the Führer . |
| 30 | It seems unlikely that the central dogma will prove mistaken . |