Example sentences of "are unlikely [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever happens , the TV viewer of the future looks likely to be presented with a bewildering array of alternative television systems , that are unlikely to do much for the sales of HDTV or any other wide-screen television . |
| 2 | Where there are no established rules to guide decision we must make a direct judgement as to what will have the best consequences , concentrating on the more immediate and those we are personally most motivated to promote , as the remote future is highly unpredictable and we are unlikely to do much to promote what is not personally inviting . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , companies are unlikely to do any financial favours just because you 're young . |
| 4 | Since governments are unlikely to do this over the long term , this will not be a long-term source of excessive monetary growth . |
| 5 | A large powerful unit of enemy troops can be bogged down by Snotlings and overwhelmed , even though the Snotlings are unlikely to cause many casualties . |
| 6 | Other errors are unlikely to cause any damage — the supply will simply not function correctly . |
| 7 | These items usually become immediately available to all manufacturers so that they are unlikely to give any single guitar an edge over its rivals . |
| 8 | This is a place where you are unlikely to spend much money . |
| 9 | You are unlikely to see much of this fish during the day since it is crepuscular , so you will need to provide hiding places for it . |
| 10 | You are unlikely to see much of this fish during the day so provide hiding places for it . |
| 11 | These have fuller protection against agricultural and other developments , but the majority are locations that are unlikely to see any significant land use changes in any case . |
| 12 | And as we are unlikely to see any real harmonisation of accounting procedures , fiscal requirements or business practices throughout the Community in the near future , pan-European accounting systems will be increasingly important to the large number of UK companies looking for all the help they can get . |
| 13 | Towns with populations of less than 200,000 are unlikely to receive such a charter although Cambridge , on account of its standing as a university town received city status by Royal Charter on the 21st March 1951 . |
| 14 | This year sales are unlikely to reach much more than one and a half million . |
| 15 | We are unlikely to reach any definite agreement , but the debates will strengthen us for the next time , and weaken the impact of tangential arguments about policy presentation . |
| 16 | Alternatively , however , you may want to emphasise the point that actual readers are unlikely to respond all in the same way , especially readers differing in gender , class , age , ethnicity or some other aspect of social identity . |
| 17 | The benefits of a centralised distribution system may include a small rate of tax on the centre 's activities , but since these are unlikely to include much added value to the products being distributed , the scope for manipulating transfer prices is limited . |
| 18 | The investors are unlikely to underwrite these fees until the transaction has been completed , when they can be met out of the funding provided . |
| 19 | Several features of the older age groups which are currently taken for granted , including the predominance of women and the stereotype of the elderly spinster , in part reflect cohort effects ; future generations are unlikely to display these trends to the same degree . |
| 20 | The threat came from the ANC 's spokesman on sport , Steve Tshwete , who said his organisation are unlikely to sanction any more overseas trips . |
| 21 | Kinetic reasons are unlikely to explain this difference , since unchelated zinc and copper have rates of ligand exchange similar to those of magnesium and calcium , such as water exchange rate constants . |
| 22 | This means that if you begin catching barbel in the 3lb to 4lb class you are unlikely to take any barbel very much bigger — or smaller — while that shoal remains in the swim . |
| 23 | The FA are unlikely to take any action . |
| 24 | There are a number of companies dealing with media only and represented by The Association of Media Independents but they tend to be highly specialised and are unlikely to take any inexperienced person . |
| 25 | It is unlikely but I have seen er er one or two advertised in the er but but they will they are unlikely to put that on their list because they would n't think about it . |
| 26 | And therefore they are unlikely to damage any othgr child . ’ |
| 27 | But they are unlikely to have much of an appetite this morning . |
| 28 | The people in the company who will have to run the system , the manager or director in whose department the system will be installed ought to be involved in the selection process , but such people are unlikely to have much knowledge of computers and computer software although they may be familiar with word processing and spreadsheet systems running on microcomputers . |
| 29 | Medical evidence at present available points to the conclusion that odours per se are unlikely to have any direct toxic effect unless a person is allergic to a particular odour . |
| 30 | Visitor attractions at off-peak times or in off-season periods are unlikely to have any significant effect in reducing peaks , but they may help to spread the loading on staff time . |