Example sentences of "is unlikely [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second is that the plaintiff is unlikely to recover substantial damages . |
| 2 | The regulatory spotlight is unlikely to deter financial institutions from setting up in offshore centres if they perceive an advantage in doing so . |
| 3 | Mr Achieng Oneko might well have added , using the same argument , that the capitalist private press is unlikely to serve other minorities and tends to favour socio-economic groups which have the highest spending power and therefore attract the most advertising . |
| 4 | If it happens , this corporate death toll is unlikely to include famous names . |
| 5 | In fact , his ‘ book of the series ’ is a very good read , although he fears that as a TV-linked publication it is unlikely to get serious reveiws . |
| 6 | Mehta 's idea for a new Afghan-Soviet treaty comparable to the Finnish-Soviet treaty ( presumably meaning the 1948 treaty ) which eventually encouraged the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Porkkala is unlikely to impress Soviet officials since the USSR has already signed a bilateral security-oriented treaty with Afghanistan in the form of the 1978 Treaty of Friendship , Good-Neighbourliness and Cooperation . |
| 7 | It is unlikely to solve specific problems for which you need to do an individual analysis . |
| 8 | Remember too that a nanny , like the rest of us , is unlikely to have vast assets which can be used to satisfy a claim . |
| 9 | This is not surprising , and is unlikely to have surprised contemporaries , or in 1008 Æthelred would hardly have issued orders for the raising of a fleet . |