Example sentences of "unlikely as it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unlikely as it may appear , Mr Glastonbury , ’ said Milton firmly , ‘ I fear , almost certainly , one of you killed him . ’ |
| 2 | Unlikely as it may sound , the conductor program could prove the true value of practice . |
| 3 | RATHER THAN SIT THROUGH ten minutes of The Pocket Dream , any sensible person , unlikely as it may sound , would prefer three hours of wife-beating , child abuse , paranoia , and the rape of a mentally-retarded woman in The Crackwalker , the first drama by the Canadian playwright Judith Thompson to be seen here . |
| 4 | Unlikely as it may sound , the timetabling scheme aroused strong feelings among staff . |
| 5 | The basic situation is not as unlikely as it may seem . |
| 6 | Unlikely as it may seem now , it was Evelyn Waugh who came to Wilson 's defence and acknowledged the brilliance and aptness of the book 's main conceit , which — given the turn of events in Eastern and Central Europe — is apropos once more . |
| 7 | Unlikely as it may seem , there are striking similarities between the major European languages and Sanskrit . |
| 8 | Unlikely as it may seem , there are striking similarities between the major European languages and Sanskrit . |