Example sentences of "unlikely [to-vb] [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reflects the fact that the commodities boom was highly generalized , and therefore unlikely to have been a freak coincidence of very different developments in different markets . |
| 2 | They conclude that there must be less than 5 x unc monopoles per sq.cm per steradian per second in the vicinity of the Earth , and that ‘ the Cabrera candidate is unlikely to have been a true monopole -induced event . ’ |
| 3 | On the debit side , there is unlikely to have been a significant shift of travel in such a small town from cars towards public transport or indeed towards the bicycle . |
| 4 | Atrophic gastritis was found in three of our patients and is therefore unlikely to have been an important factor in our study . |
| 5 | ‘ The alleyway is so remote that it is unlikely to have been an opportunist crime , ’ Chief Inspetor Graham said . |
| 6 | Whoever they were , Ulf and Eglaf are unlikely to have been the prime movers in the attack on Cnut . |
| 7 | These are unlikely to have been the only offices in the gift of the chief steward and the total may have been substantial . |
| 8 | The aim of the measure may also have been financial , because the Crown was empowered to distrain for half of the profits resulting from the enclosure ; it was not , however , an easy way to raise money , so it is unlikely to have been the only reason for the Act . |
| 9 | These are unlikely to have been the only offices in the gift of the chief steward and the total may have been substantial . |
| 10 | Gift-giving and Christ-like displays of humility are unlikely to have been the only aspects of religion which Cnut found attractive . |