Example sentences of "it seemed unlikely " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fixed a poor nut in a flared pocket , and although it seemed unlikely to hold , attached a sling and stood in it . |
| 2 | It seemed unlikely , however , that a more abrasive or divisive programme would be the way for them to recover their position . |
| 3 | The study now reported began with the author recognising from an examination of the name ‘ Forsey ’ that although the second syllable had obviously developed from the Anglo-Saxon haeg ( with the noun prefix ge ) and the Middle English hei/hey , meaning enclosure , it seemed unlikely that the first syllables fors and furs were descended from the same root word , and the fact that Dr Reaney had cited widely separated counties for their ( rather late ) emergence was a further slight pointer . |
| 4 | But , privatization had not dramatically affected core areas of local government activity by the end of the 1980s , and in those areas where it was implemented it seemed unlikely significantly to undermine bureaucratic power . |
| 5 | It seemed unlikely . |
| 6 | It was just possible that the painkillers she had taken for her shoulder had reacted with the alcohol , but it seemed unlikely . |
| 7 | His business contacts were being checked , but it seemed unlikely to Azadi that any of them would have been in a position to spirit the shipowner away at a moment 's notice . |
| 8 | It seemed unlikely . |
| 9 | In 1931 it seemed unlikely that the Republic and the Basque Nationalists would ever be allies . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It seemed unlikely they would have placed a bomb so close to Livingstone Manor , but it was better to be sure than dead . |
| 12 | In 1980 , it seemed unlikely that the elderly Ronald Reagan , lacking in Washington experience and with an insubstantial mandate , would be able to impose his will and his policy preferences on the political system . |
| 13 | Indeed , while some laptop devices had emerged such as the Cornucopia and the Dynabook , it seemed unlikely that handheld CD-ROM technology of any kind would make much impact in world markets for some years . |
| 14 | Even as recently as early 1990 , it seemed unlikely that optical disc-based handhelds would have significant impact in the immediate future . |
| 15 | It seemed unlikely now . |
| 16 | The Court of Appeal readily allowed new evidence to be admitted and held that since the risk to jobs did not appear to be a major factor in the dispute , it seemed unlikely that the union would be able to bring itself within the definition of a trade dispute and so the injunction should be granted . |
| 17 | As to his feelings for Madeleine , nurtured since he 'd been a little boy , even were they to be revived , it seemed unlikely Madeleine would respond to him . |
| 18 | It seemed unlikely that he could be as devastated by the death of a single patient as Julia had made out in her letters , but then she had never really understood him . |
| 19 | It seemed unlikely that there would be an end to that . |
| 20 | It seemed unlikely . |
| 21 | It seemed unlikely . |
| 22 | We were n't clad in PT kit but in woollen pullovers and regulation slacks and it seemed unlikely that anything violent was imminent . |
| 23 | It seemed unlikely that anyone so competent as Dora would make such an elementary mistake , but under that fierce gaze Melissa felt bound to make some suggestion , however implausible . |
| 24 | It seemed unlikely . |
| 25 | It seemed unlikely that the undertaker had troubled sufficiently about those who survived him to take such precautions , but no one could speak with confidence of what had passed through the mind of this man whose deepest preoccupations seemed to be represented by a few scored lines in a medical book and a little bundle of poems . |
| 26 | It seemed unlikely , but Wycliffe knew from long experience that what young people may do in certain circumstances , especially where loyalties are involved is totally unpredictable . |
| 27 | If that was the case , it seemed unlikely that he would ever be able to return safely to the Middle East , but three months later , the DIA showed it still had plans for him . |
| 28 | During those days , we often prayed for our friends in Africa ; but it seemed unlikely that I could ever be trusted to return . |
| 29 | It seemed unlikely — perhaps he 'd even be grateful to Marianne , for getting Shae out of his life . |
| 30 | It seemed unlikely . |