Example sentences of "unlikely that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one realizes that there is inevitably some degree of pollution from certain types of industry , it seems rather un unlikely that that requirement of the M A F F would be satisfied , were industrial development to take place on the A sixty four northeastern corridor . |
| 2 | Er erm July , er June is erm , according to Chris 's seasonality figures , normally about erm twelve percent higher than the mean , erm so if they 'll take the mean at about , at being about three hundred and fifty , you know we 're looking at a figure of somewhere just over four hundred for July , as opposed to last July which was erm I think five er four hundred and ninety four complaints in the month , so it 's very unlikely that that output figure will continue going up next month . |
| 3 | McLeish decided it was unlikely that that sort of consideration very much exercised this cool customer . |
| 4 | She reminded herself that it was unlikely that all people could possibly be as stupid as she supposed them to be ; that at some level even she , Lydia the clever , could find common ground and communicate intelligibly with other human beings . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Therefore it is unlikely that all patients can be expected to respond favourably to such a diet . |
| 7 | Betty 's classroom practice changed whilst she worked with the advisory teacher , but the lack of congruence between her beliefs about mathematics and about how children learn and those behind the innovation , made it unlikely that such changes would be sustained once he left . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was unlikely that such luck would fall his way again no matter how long he waited . |
| 10 | It is most unlikely that such behaviour had never previously been observed with comparably simple systems . |
| 11 | Given the current recognition system , it is most unlikely that such examples will occur in this form . |
| 12 | It seems unlikely that such reductions could make a significant impact on either the number or severity of accidents . |
| 13 | It is unlikely that such vigour was ever witnessed elsewhere , certainly not in the British experience of industrialisation . |
| 14 | It is unlikely that such richness can be achieved in large hyper-bases where automated authoring is likely to prevail . |
| 15 | It is unlikely that such action would be taken unless the offending bonfire(s) occurred very frequently and witnesses were produced to that effect ’ . |
| 16 | However , there has been no resulting legislation along these lines and it is unlikely that such action will be taken in the foreseeable future . |
| 17 | But it seems unlikely that many customers will rely solely on the private network , instead using it in tandem with British Telecom 's lines . |
| 18 | We regard it as unlikely that many teachers in the near future will be able to handle facilities of this range and power amid the pressures of the classroom . |
| 19 | But it seems unlikely that many GLC councillors had foreseen such a public debate between different lesbian and gay ‘ communities of interest ’ , when they approved the funding for the centre . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It seems unlikely that many cases will occur now in relation to the old law , and therefore it is omitted from this book . |
| 23 | For it is unlikely that many Koi on the market today are without some Doitsu genes . |
| 24 | It is unlikely that many visitors will peer too closely into the workings of Spain after a decade of socialist rule . |
| 25 | It seems unlikely that many librarians have the time or the flair for effective judgement of style in this sense , and sampling of the text of ‘ serious ’ novels or other works of literature is unlikely to prove a worthwhile activity . |
| 26 | It seems unlikely that many readers will find themselves as first member ( that is , in the x-place ) of any element of R3 . |
| 27 | Since it would have been unlikely that many property offenders would have been able to pay the fines that he advocated , they would mostly have been subjected to the forced labour that he proposed as the alternative . |
| 28 | But it is very unlikely that enough super-delegates , more than a quarter of whom have already endorsed Clinton , would gang up to deny him the title . |
| 29 | It is unlikely that either provision will be needed but the fact that they exist may help to prevent undesirable practices developing with respect to computer software . |
| 30 | It is unlikely that either side in this arrangement had much hope that it would last , but it had at least enabled the government of Louis-Philippe to avoid an embarrassing public debate , which a trial might well have become . |