Example sentences of "is unlikely [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the remaining time left open for consultations within the professions and the time needed to enact rule changes , the requirement is unlikely to reach the statute books before 1990 . |
| 2 | Mr Goria plans to liquidate Federconsorzi 's assets in order to pay off some of the group 's debt ( although he is unlikely to force the group into formal bankruptcy ) . |
| 3 | The government , committed to tight monetary and fiscal policies , is unlikely to stimulate the economy . |
| 4 | Featuring current import hit ‘ Wicked ’ , insiders suggest that the material is unlikely to cause the outrage sparked by ‘ Black Korea ’ , Cube 's condemnation of the Korean community in LA which appeared on ‘ Death Certificate ’ . |
| 5 | A teacher whose classes include visually handicapped pupils is unlikely to welcome the prospect of trying to engineer an elaborately contrived environment that will single them out unduly from their classmates , and yet may experience apprehension about their safety as they move about the school and within the classroom . |
| 6 | If the court considers that a matter has not been disclosed and that matter might have affected shareholders ' decisions on how to vote , it is unlikely to sanction the scheme ( see , for example , Re Jessel Trust Limited [ 1985 ] BCLC 119 and Re MB Group plc [ 1989 ] 5 BCC 684 ) . |
| 7 | Legal intervention , therefore , is unlikely to create the impetus for change . |
| 8 | Such mastery , however , will normally be brief ; it is unlikely to outlast the passing of crisis and/or movement in the cycles of history ; it will not survive substantial loss of congressional or popular support and it will be relentlessly eroded by the passage of time . |
| 9 | The second approach is unlikely to leave the customer with insufficient protection for the following reasons . |
| 10 | Ferguson is unlikely to disturb the team that thrashed Oldham by three goals . |
| 11 | Even though cooking may destroy the bacterial cells , it is unlikely to inactivate the toxin . |
| 12 | At the time of writing these radical provisions of the 1989 Act have not been tested by experience , but this is unlikely to remain the case for long . |
| 13 | Japan 's opposition Social Democratic Party is unlikely to let the government avoid an argument about exposing Japanese to even more danger . |
| 14 | With both sides failing to take advantage of each other 's slip-ups so far this season , today 's game is unlikely to decide the championship . |
| 15 | The move is unlikely to open the way for X/Open to adopt OSF Motif as a standard for graphical user interfaces because ‘ the desktop battle still is n't won , ’ X/Open says , admitting that it ‘ missed the bus , ’ on that one . |
| 16 | The problem is that the prospect is unlikely given the way that the established system works . |
| 17 | Despite years of debate and scientific analysis , next week 's meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) is unlikely to resolve the fate of commercial whaling . |
| 18 | But it is unlikely to pass the Senate unless the energy tax is radically revised . |
| 19 | And the American survey evidence suggests that , although disclosure should bring greater familiarity with APRs and so forth , it is unlikely to strengthen the present very tenuous link between understanding of credit costs and practical use of this understanding to shop more wisely . |
| 20 | A negligently runs over B , who is then run over by C. C's action is unlikely to break the chain of causation , as this is a risk to which A 's negligence exposed B. But if C stole B 's wallet , the court would be unlikely to find A liable , as this was not a risk to which A had exposed B. |
| 21 | A warrant may be issued at first instance if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that a summons is unlikely to secure the attendance of a reluctant witness ( MCA 1980 , s97(2) ) . |
| 22 | We reasoned that a malaria antigen ( or antigens ) which could interact with HLA-B53 and account for the disease association should be expressed early in the liver-stage of the parasite 's life cycle : human erythrocytes do not express class I molecules , and enhanced CTL lysis of macrophages that have engulfed blood-stage parasites is unlikely to benefit the host . |
| 23 | One is unlikely to catch the infection from sleeping in a bed previously occupied by an infested person and there is no need , as there is when dealing with body lice , to take special care with clothing and bed linen . |
| 24 | The council is unlikely to adopt the directive formally much before the end of this year . |
| 25 | As a consequence , a parent is unlikely to discover the identity of an informant if that person has requested confidentiality . |
| 26 | After wide debate , the majority of the Branches were in favour of extending the mandatory requirement of CPD to all members , but such a proposal is unlikely to get the support of the membership if put to a referendum . |
| 27 | But Mr Livingstone is unlikely to gain the nomination of 55 Labour MPs necessary before his name can be put to Labour 's electoral college , which will meet on July 18 to choose a new leader . |
| 28 | In this instance the purchaser is unlikely to want the vendor to make any enquiries . |
| 29 | In the leading case of Cunningham Lord Edmund-Davies ( dissenting ) gave the example of breaking someone 's arm : that is a really serious injury , but one which is unlikely to endanger the victim 's life . |
| 30 | It would appear from paragraph ( a ) that a seller who has a monopoly over the supply of the kind of goods in question is unlikely to convince the court of the reasonableness of a wide exemption clause , especially if it was a large demand for the product which enabled him to insist on the clause being in the contract . |