Example sentences of "unlikely [that] the " in BNC.

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1 We do not know her name , though it is unlikely that the sculptor did not have a model .
2 The bolting is clearly against the BMC 's policy and I think it is extremely unlikely that the BMC 's committee of management will accept any kind of amendment to that policy .
3 It is also extremely unlikely that the ANC would ever receive an official Broederbond delegation .
4 But Anthony Stroud , racing manager to Old Vic 's owner , Sheikh Mohammed , believes it highly unlikely that the confrontation that every racegoer would love to witness , will take place .
5 It is unlikely that the opportunities will be wasted .
6 Also , it is unlikely that the new firm of Coopers and Deloitte will be able to incorporate the word Deloitte in its new name .
7 It seems unlikely that the East German leaders feel much threatened by his tone .
8 Given constraints on public expenditure , it is unlikely that the Government could be persuaded to introduce maintenance grants for 16 to 18-year-olds .
9 FRANK WARREN , who manages both Gary Stretch and Chris Pyatt , thinks it unlikely that the two light-middleweights will meet in a world title eliminator .
10 Although the books have been translated into Latin ( the most gentle of language teaching aids ) , it is unlikely that the film 's dubbing team will have to contend with ablative absolutes .
11 It is therefore wildly unlikely that the Plowden Committee 's assertion should not be well founded , that ‘ there now may well be excessive social services for some purposes ’ .
12 It is unlikely that the record company would enforce their views on a new artist over publicity photographs , clothing styles , sleeve artwork or video plans .
13 In discussing the question of the possible use of the atomic bomb , Farrar-Hockley concludes that it is unlikely that the bombs could have been used in Korea without prior consultation , as ‘ honour and American political interest would have combined to militate against such a course ’ ( p. 386 ) .
14 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 .
15 The promises to cut taxes had been brushed to one side , but it was unlikely that the government would wish to fight the next election against a background of undertakings that would entail their actually being increased .
16 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 .
17 They have also been to the fore in the planning of opposition to the recent Anglo-Irish talks even though they know that the collapse of those talks will make it very unlikely that the constitutional Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party will take its place in the Assembly .
18 First of all , the coins are not necessarily going to be a representative sample from a particular site , because it is unlikely that the whole find complex will be recovered .
19 In the same way , the frequent coinage reforms of the late Roman empire or late Anglo-Saxon England made it unlikely that the previous issues survived for very long after the date of the reform .
20 It seems unlikely that the central dogma will prove mistaken .
21 Although he would not care to make predictions , ‘ it is not unlikely that the other side of the election , particularly in the case of Labour , we will have to take some very , very tough action indeed — not the least of which will include raising interest rates ’ .
22 It seems unlikely that the entrepreneurial skills of most managements will be needed in the foreseeable future and in most cases they will not find it comfortable to remain while bankers are calling the tune .
23 If anything , the deepening and lengthening recession made it more rather than less unlikely that the electorate would turn to Mr Kinnock as an economic messiah .
24 However , it seems unlikely that the British parent did not back Mr Nathan 's proposal , which would have secured a price for Imigran similar to that in Britain .
25 Even if high levels of economic growth were possible it is unlikely that the patterns once achieved in northern regions could be emulated , even if such were desirable .
26 It seemed , said the Commission , ‘ unlikely that the Sitka spruce , Lodgepole and Scots pine and larch forests in the uplands of Britain are in immediate danger .
27 But it was unlikely that the Palestinians would accept anything else as a just settlement .
28 If these social problems had not been so evidently worrying , it is highly unlikely that the active citizen would ever have been heard about .
29 It is unlikely that the crude material did much good , and not surprising that no more was said about it at the time .
30 It is considered unlikely that the disease can be transmitted to the foetus in utero .
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