Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] unlikely that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community care is being used as a euphemism for family care and it seems unlikely that recent policy developments will alter the basic pattern . |
| 2 | The report estimates that most universities need maintenance costing several million pounds , and it seems unlikely that this money will be forthcoming . |
| 3 | Though we did not measure reticulocyte counts in our patients there was no evidence from the blood films of significant reticulocytosis or polychromasia and it seems unlikely that this explanation might have contributed to our results . |
| 4 | I knew very little about boats , and had hated what little experience of sailing I had had , but it seemed unlikely that any boat would shut down its engine until it was safely round into the bay , or even then . |
| 5 | But it seems unlikely that many customers will rely solely on the private network , instead using it in tandem with British Telecom 's lines . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The final phrase carried a suggestion that they might be willing to fight for the League , but it seems unlikely that this thought had crossed the minds of many of the young gentlemen who voted for it . |
| 8 | Some prisoners have been paid compensation — for example when the prison authorities have failed to protect them adequately from fellow prisoners — but it seems unlikely that any actions based on generally bad conditions will ever succeed in the courts . |