Example sentences of "[noun] is unlikely [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it happens , this corporate death toll is unlikely to include famous names . |
| 2 | The second is that the plaintiff is unlikely to recover substantial damages . |
| 3 | Mehta 's idea for a new Afghan-Soviet treaty comparable to the Finnish-Soviet treaty ( presumably meaning the 1948 treaty ) which eventually encouraged the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Porkkala is unlikely to impress Soviet officials since the USSR has already signed a bilateral security-oriented treaty with Afghanistan in the form of the 1978 Treaty of Friendship , Good-Neighbourliness and Cooperation . |
| 4 | Mr Achieng Oneko might well have added , using the same argument , that the capitalist private press is unlikely to serve other minorities and tends to favour socio-economic groups which have the highest spending power and therefore attract the most advertising . |
| 5 | The regulatory spotlight is unlikely to deter financial institutions from setting up in offshore centres if they perceive an advantage in doing so . |