Example sentences of "as likely [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just as likely that the market , left to itself , would not finance or build nuclear-power stations , not because of the greens but because of their poor rate of return . |
| 2 | The trouble was that it seemed as likely as a lion apologising to a gazelle . |
| 3 | All this is , of course , quite illusory ; the object is just as likely as the word , if not more so , to evoke variable responses and invite a variety of interpretations . |
| 4 | He appeared to have a hard grasp on politics , current states ' rights issues and federal judgeships being contested — a scenario that had seemed as likely as the fusillade of laser fire Ali said Muslim spaceships would one day loose on the white devils . |
| 5 | It is accepted that a list MdB who has been defeated in a constituency may make his services available there , and he is as likely as the constituency 's own MdB to receive requests for assistance . |
| 6 | Teenagers who conceived pre-maritally were five times as likely as the average to have been conceived pre-maritally themselves . |