Example sentences of "unlikely to be [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This assumes an element of sunkness about location ( which Mathewson and Winter did not ) , so that potential entrants believe they are unlikely to be able to push established firms out of current locations . |
| 2 | The employee arrives here unsettled and is unlikely to be able to devote full attention and energies to the assignment . |
| 3 | The worst offenders are some of the Eastern European countries , who are unlikely to be able to make substantial financial contributions . |
| 4 | In this respect dissatisfied teachers , and schools lacking a sense of common purpose , are unlikely to be able to provide educational experiences of an appropriate quality . |
| 5 | Short trousers , grubby knees , odd socks , and a pair of indescribable shoes that had belonged to his elder brother , completed the picture of a happy child , unlikely to be able to spell simple words like ‘ class ’ for a very long time . |
| 6 | The university aims to redeploy and retrain staff wherever possible , but it is unlikely to be able to offer continuing employment for all dental school staff . |