Example sentences of "seem unlikely [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems unlikely that William Joyce would not have known it at the same time . |
| 2 | Since both Koreas joined the UN in September 1991 , it looks slightly more possible that the two Chinas could be members as well ; but it still seems unlikely that China , committed to opposing formal Taiwanese independence by force , would allow it . |
| 3 | It seems unlikely that Minkowski would have come across Smith 's earlier work directly , but he may have seen the reference to them in a paper of Ferdinand Frobenius , which appeared in the main German mathematical journal shortly before the competition was announced . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On the whole , it seems unlikely that Knossos ' territory extended only half-way to Arkhanes , only 8 kilometres to the south of Knossos . |
| 6 | Second , it seems unlikely that Africanus is making a bid for the words acceptis centum to be construed as establishing a trust in all circumstances . |
| 7 | On current form , it seems unlikely that Oag is stringing anyone along . |
| 8 | In the early 1980s Lord Hanson 's £3.5billion successful bid for Consolidated Goldfields would have seemed unlikely and Sir James Goldsmith 's audacious £13billion offer for BATs impossible . |