Example sentences of "[am/are] unlikely [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See it on a cinema screen — you 're unlikely to have the chance on TV . |
| 2 | Gloucestershire police say that they 're unlikely to prosecute the woman as they have no means of making her return to England to face charges . |
| 3 | The needs of surveyors are unlikely to justify the sophistication of operations ( or substantial costs ) inherent in these comprehensive schemes . |
| 4 | Where a couple are involved in sado-masochism , they are unlikely to report the matter to the police . |
| 5 | In any case , restive exporters are unlikely to let the government maintain its ban on new exports for long . |
| 6 | Following closely on the radical reforms which Hoover workers at Cambuslang were pressed into accepting , the cheerless events now unfolding at Timex are unlikely to improve the reputation in Scotland of multinational employers . |
| 7 | Even those committees so bold as to demand to see papers and witnesses are unlikely to receive the cooperation they require . |
| 8 | FMS and IRF-1 are separated by an estimated 5–12 megabases and microdeletions that include one are unlikely to include the other . |
| 9 | They are usually highly experienced in what they are doing and are unlikely to miss the truth of what is going on . |
| 10 | Airtours THE WORLD IN ITS LAP Rumours of a price war are unlikely to take the wind out of the sails of a tour operator that has not just weathered the recession and the downturn in travel caused by the Gulf war , but increased market share as well |
| 11 | Similarly , general practitioners are unlikely to have the management resources to contract for the full range of services required by a local population . |
| 12 | For example , in financial documents , any references to the word ’ bank ’ are unlikely to involve the sense related to rivers and canals . |
| 13 | These issues will be the subject of Congressional hearings this month , but are unlikely to threaten the tour schedule . |
| 14 | Moreover where the issue really does raise a question of esoteric university ‘ lore ’ the courts are unlikely to override the decision of the visitor , informed as he will be by the university authorities . |
| 15 | Because of their high cost and complexity , new refrigerants and/or mixtures are unlikely to cut the cost of heat pumps in the home . |
| 16 | We are unlikely to follow the example of the Japanese , who tax their second-hand cars so punitively that you would be grateful to buy new . |
| 17 | Unless we , as legislators , are prepared to treat such circumstances with that degree of seriousness , rather than allowing fines even in the low thousands to be imposed , we are unlikely to secure the safety culture to which North sea workers are , sadly , not accustomed but are certainly entitled . |
| 18 | These are unlikely to assist the seller in the event of fraud whatever is said . |
| 19 | But if push ever did threaten to come to shove , British and French nuclear weapons are unlikely to inspire the confidence in West Germany that America 's much bigger armoury does . |
| 20 | In the early days of a band , the fees received from gigs are unlikely to cover the touring costs . |
| 21 | If you do this you are unlikely to face the problem of forgetting about work and having inadequate time to do an assignment justice . |
| 22 | Attempts at evaluation of the project continue , but in terms of establishing conclusively whether children ‘ learn better ’ through Yoruba or English , they are unlikely to achieve the precision which the Ford Foundation would like to see largely because of the very richness of the project . |
| 23 | They are unlikely to satisfy the test required by the main argument , i.e. that individuals were more likely to succeed in realizing that which reason required of them if subjected to the government concerned than if left to themselves . |
| 24 | The Government feels that the disclosure regulations , which came into force in October 1991 , place too onerous a task on auditing firms and clients in monitoring payments to associates which at the same time are unlikely to impair the independence and integrity of the audit . |
| 25 | But those whose very livelihood depends ' on such fluctuations are unlikely to recommend the damping of the system . |
| 26 | But , particularly while the door to the ivory market remains ajar , they are unlikely to remove the need for patrols and game guards . |
| 27 | These lonely islets are unlikely to attract the cruising yachtsman . |