Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] unlikely that this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's unlikely that this play will close the generation gap or produce many converts , but then if you 're that eager to open your mind to the joys of clubbing , going to the theatre is hardly the place to be . |
| 2 | It is unlikely that this defence will be available in the case of every unpublished statutory instrument . |
| 3 | The analogy with a mechanical process no longer rings true and it is unlikely that this case will be followed . |
| 4 | Although the dustcover of this book asserts that the Telangana struggle is ‘ now legendary ’ , it is unlikely that this history is known in Britain . |
| 5 | Given the coming demographic changes which will lead to a steep decline in the eighteen-year-old population from the later 1980s onwards and the present government 's stated intention of constraining expenditure on higher education , it is unlikely that this expansion will be maintained . |
| 6 | The vernacular rules predict that dabble will be subject to backing — certainly not front-raising — and it is unlikely that this speaker is following the highly recessive rule for front-raising after velars in the item castle ( this has been largely abandoned by younger low-status speakers ) . |
| 7 | This may be viewed as a transition matrix mapping pre-tax income positions into post-tax positions ( Atkinson , 1979 ) , and it is unlikely that this matrix is diagonal . |
| 8 | Even though some expert clauses do not specifically reserve the right for the parties to make submissions or representations to the expert ( see 8.15 ) , it is unlikely that this right will be lost through its omission , because the expert will usually want to receive submissions or representations of some kind to help him understand the issue he has to determine . |
| 9 | It is unlikely that this rate would have been acceptable to all members . |