Example sentences of "unlikely to be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There is provision for Member States to pay at a level above the stated maximum in order ‘ to improve or maintain the natural landscape ’ but such increased payments will not be eligible for EEC refund so are very unlikely to be implemented .
2 In any event , the report 's recommendations are unlikely to be implemented in the near future , because the Federal Parliament is not constitutionally empowered to pass legislation in cultural matters ; the legislative competence in this matter rests at present exclusively at cantonal level .
3 When the " Geddes Axe " fell in February 1922 , it proposed cuts in the social services which alienated once and for all the Prime Minister 's last admirers on the left ; moderate Unionists like Stanley Baldwin disliked the Geddes Axe as being too arbitrary and too indiscriminate , but the rest of the party criticized it as too little , too late , and unlikely to be implemented anyway .
4 Speaking at a National Society for Clean Air seminar , Barton , head of a Department of Trade and Industry research establishment , warned that high recovery recycling initiatives were unlikely to be implemented if local authorities had to pay for them .
5 However the proposed European directive has a number of further hurdles to be negotiated before it can be finalised and even when it is it 's unlikely to be implemented before nineteen ninety six .
6 Men are unlikely to be divested of power and advantage without a struggle .
7 So you are unlikely to be given an exhibition unless your work is already known by the gallery or you have an established reputation and proven success .
8 The office in question was not minor patronage , for as Scott remarked , it had a value of from £300 to £1,800 per annum , and for that reason it was unlikely to be given to gratify a town council .
9 Their authority is unlikely to be given because , in most cases , the costs of the second report will not be recovered on taxation .
10 Of course , he 's unlikely to be seen at night anyway .
11 Conceived by Cristiana Romalli of Sotheby 's , the show will include a predominance of drawings from private collections unlikely to be seen by the public under other circumstances .
12 It could be asked to view the site where a particular incident occurred although the expense of leaving the courtroom is unlikely to be justified where a photograph or a detailed description would suffice .
13 Geoff has completed 50 years service with Rolls-Royce and associated companies , a record unlikely to be beaten in these modern enlightened times .
14 For instance , since the DNA-PK appears to be restricted to DNA-bound substrates , non-DNA-binding proteins that bear Ser-Gln motifs are unlikely to be recognised by the DNA-PK in vivo .
15 Later cases have also insisted that if an employee is to be prevented from working in that area in which he has gained great expertise then the covenant is unlikely to be upheld .
16 But Hong Kong analysts say he is unlikely to be tempted by Canary Wharf , preferring North American property .
17 Until then , Israel is unlikely to be tempted Mr Shevardnadze 's way .
18 The referee , Alfred Buksh , who rarely had control of a game that at one point seemed unlikely to be completed , booked Wimbledon 's Phelan , Wise , Young and the physiotherapist , Steve Allen , for treating an injured player without permission , and West Ham 's Allen and Dicks , before his dismissal .
19 At the present speed of work on the EDDR — when it is finished it will provide much relief for traffic going round the city — the road is unlikely to be completed this millenium .
20 In other words , it is unlikely to be completed before the year 2000 .
21 Minimum skill requirements are being defined for training qualifications , with the assistance of Cedefop , but this work is unlikely to be completed until 1996 .
22 Incidentally , proposals for the establishment of a major Kent ground at Crystal Palace which could give the county a profitable metropolitan base are being enthusisastically pursued , though they are unlikely to be realised before the end of the century .
23 However this is unlikely to be realised , Jobs says : he plans to raise spending on research and development and sales and marketing efforts .
24 They need to save money.But the authority chairman now says whatever does happen fears about the loss of acute services are unlikely to be realised .
25 Right now it 's a dream unlikely to be realised .
26 Sybillin 's learning curve takes him to Leicester on Monday week , but hopes of running at Kempton Park on Boxing Day look unlikely to be realised .
27 Agribusinessmen , for example , are unlikely to be moved by permissive policies : for them the creation of a desired landscape must either be profitable or unavoidable .
28 The defect in the Act which the reintroduction of the intention to incite racial hatred was intended to remedy was that where the recipient of the material was for one reason or another unlikely to be moved to racial hatred , no offence was committed .
29 And besides , ’ she added on a note of practicality , sensing that he was unlikely to be moved by her ambitions , ‘ there are n't many jobs around in Cornwall for fashion designers . ’
30 Nevertheless , these large seeds are rather unlikely to be moved uphill by dispersal agents , particularly as there are no large animals on the island where the palm grows .
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