Example sentences of "[is] [adv] unlikely that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Given the current recognition system , it is most unlikely that such examples will occur in this form .
2 In this study , sulphate reducing bacteria must have been absent , or their activities limited in the non-methanogenic samples tested , because it is highly unlikely that methanogenic bacteria will displace sulphate reducing bacteria for this mutual growth substrate given an adequate supply of electron acceptor ( sulphate ) .
3 I would suggest that it is highly unlikely that sufficient numbers of Timbury type continuing care units will be provided .
4 Unless safeguards of pension rights are written into the Bill now , it is extremely unlikely that those rights will be safeguarded subsequently .
5 ‘ It is something required by the highway authority and is purely a legal classification ’ , he said , and ‘ it is extremely unlikely that any roads used as public paths would ever be considered as anything else than they are now ’ said Mr. Higerty .
6 And it is ecologically unlikely that vegetarian dinosaurs arrived because of growing predatory competition among reptiles , paramammals and mammals for live prey .
7 Because iron structural members were used in circumstances where great strength was required , it is very unlikely that serious defects , such as could affect timber or masonry before they become unsafe , can arise without causing collapse .
8 It is very unlikely that future generations will exhibit this particular demographic characteristic .
9 But it is very unlikely that enough super-delegates , more than a quarter of whom have already endorsed Clinton , would gang up to deny him the title .
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