Example sentences of "it unlikely that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | While the pervasiveness and uniformity of television news made it unlikely that it would influence different people in different ways , the press seemed likely to influence different readers in very different ways . |
| 3 | This not only makes it unlikely that employers will allow many such sessions per day ( and that is a disadvantage scientifically ) but it also means that the tests , particularly by virtue of necessarily being repetitive , are boring for the subject . |
| 4 | Concern for the safety of the remaining masterpieces makes it unlikely that future visitors will be able to enjoy the relaxed atmosphere which was one of the museum 's greatest charms . |
| 5 | As regards property , it should be noticed that law and practice , to a large extent , make it unlikely that property of any considerable value will come into the direct ownership of an infant . |
| 6 | Charity with enough resilience to laugh , thought it unlikely that Charles would make a particularly docile prisoner and Clarissa said she 'd write and tell him to behave himself . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They were not then a class which had consolidated its position through marriage and inheritance : the combination of their own practice and of national policy made it unlikely that they would ever be able to do so . |
| 9 | Friends think it unlikely that she was registered at her parents ' Oxfordshire seat , and her two flatmates , journalist Andy Harris and design consultant Lizzie Schoon — both Tory supporters — were also unable to vote . |
| 10 | Mutation will make it unlikely that the cells within a plant are genetically identical , so they wo n't collaborate wholeheartedly with one another in the manufacture of organs and new plants . |
| 11 | The compacted mudflow presents a much more serious problem to archaeologists than the relatively soft pumice of Pompeii , and this coupled with the awkward presence of the new town on top of it makes it unlikely that it will ever be completely excavated . |
| 12 | But the whole tenor of the Bible makes it unlikely that God has built into the Church for ever the limitation of a male-only priesthood . |
| 13 | Why is it unlikely that industrialists will choose to build factories at these places ? |
| 14 | I thought it unlikely that Xanthe would ever sleep in that car again , so strong was her present reaction . |
| 15 | She thought it unlikely that he would marry again , but nothing between them would change , however many wives entered , or attempted to enter , his life . |
| 16 | They think it unlikely that the company would sell the properties without vacant possession . |
| 17 | This breaking-down of the time barrier could be extremely exciting ; at the same time , the very idea introduces so many paradoxes ( if you communicate with the past you change it ; you therefore change the present ; therefore , in this new present , you never communicated with the past ) that we must think it unlikely that people will ever be able to use tachyons in this way … unless communications were flitting between alternate universes , the existence of which would imply the simultaneous reality of all possibilities . |
| 18 | I thought it unlikely that it would come to a showdown about me being a lesbian , but felt clear that the chances of being disciplined were high . |
| 19 | While this evidence makes it unlikely that children learn grammar through reinforcement of ‘ correct ’ utterances , it leaves open the question of the role of reinforcement in the development of different language functions . |
| 20 | This pattern and economic and other pressures make it unlikely that the media will acquire ‘ duties and obligations ’ to society unless they are forced to acquire obligations . |
| 21 | Because of this mutual enthusiasm , observers of English law think it unlikely that the commission will want to change the jury system much . |
| 22 | An OECD study in 1989 found it unlikely that MOX could compete with uranium under realistic circumstances . |
| 23 | Unless the United Nations peacekeepers proved very much tougher in Serbia than they have done in Croatia , that would have made it unlikely that Croats and Muslims would have felt secure enough to return to their former homes . |
| 24 | Despite the lack of axonal degeneration in the transected optic nerves of C57B1/6-WLD mice ( which we confirmed by labelling with the RT97 monoclonal antineurofilament antibody ) , the decrease in mitotic cells after transection was not significantly different in these mice than in normal C57B1/6 mice ( Fig. 1 c ) , making it unlikely that the loss of an axolemmal mitogen is the cause of the decrease in proliferation . |
| 25 | This makes it unlikely that Edward had sought a protectorate . |
| 26 | These factors make it unlikely that his dicta , even if accepted by other members of the Court , could be given any more general applicability . |
| 27 | REM sleep — during which our most vivid dreams almost always occur — is universal among mammals , which makes it unlikely that its primary role is to be the vehicle for a neurotic defence mechanism , unless gorillas , dogs , cats and skunks are all credited with repressive superegos ! |
| 28 | The RES would , however , make it unlikely that such a mandate would be granted . |
| 29 | However , their relatively standardized appearance and character , coupled with the quantities available , makes it unlikely that they will become collectable , and they should therefore not be considered for purely investment purposes . |
| 30 | All this makes it unlikely that the alliance ante-dated 440 , when Corinth , for whatever reason , voted against war with Athens over Samos ( p. 46 ) , i.e. when surface relations were still good . |