Example sentences of "[vb mod] be unlikely [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | In practice , if this is your only source of UK income , tax would be unlikely to be charged . |
2 | But a machine that was powerful enough to accelerate particles to the grand unification energy would have to be as big as the Solar System-and would be unlikely to be funded in the present economic climate . |
3 | No final decision has been made on whether there will be legislation , but it would be unlikely to be tabled before next autumn , according to Department of Employment sources . |
4 | For example , an inhabitant of Glasgow would be unlikely to be held to have a genuine interest in a planning decision in Oxford . |
5 | Those means would be extra-parliamentary ; they would be unlikely to be confined to constitutional and lawful action and it would not be difficult to mount persuasive moral arguments for such activities . |
6 | But it is believed that the bank will not pull the plug in haste as its image would take a knock and the money it is owed would be unlikely to be recovered . |