Example sentences of "[pron] were unlikely [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he held his own with other boys in the struggle for power he could hardly help behaving in ways which were unlikely to be lovable — a fact which assumed a definite importance when the only hope of affection came from those same boys . |
| 2 | The loft covered an area the size of the house , with unused and shadowy places under the eaves which were unlikely to be investigated — particularly by Nigel , who , sadly , even if he came out of hospital would nevermore be able to climb the ladder . |
| 3 | This resulted in variations between courses and problems of comparability , criteria and standards which were unlikely to be resolved without some such national machinery as was suggested in Haycocks II . |
| 4 | Unless you were of ‘ a nervous disposition ’ ( what a lovely genteel phrase that is ) you were unlikely to be distressed by these tales of goodies versus the bad monsters , especially as the goodies always won in the end . |
| 5 | Two pints of lager and a pint of bitter came to £8.50 but what the hell , we were unlikely to ever visit the Hilton again . |
| 6 | Ford wants to shed more than 1,400 jobs through voluntary redundancy , but Mr Adams said there were unlikely to be enough volunteers . |
| 7 | Ford wants to shed more than 1,400 jobs through voluntary redundancy , but Mr Adams said there were unlikely to be enough volunteers . |
| 8 | Manchester TEC tells us that there are ’ between 1,200-2,000 young people in the Guarantee Group wanting to join YT for whom there were unlikely to be places available before Christmas . ’ |
| 9 | Some of the awkwardness in Anglo-American relations had been dispelled by a combination of circumstances ; James Byrnes had been replaced as US Secretary of State by the anglophile General George Marshall ; Britain , for her part , had supported the launch of the Marshall Plan in Western Europe ; and the Americans were beginning to appreciate that they were unlikely to be able to tame the malign hostility of the Soviet Union as Roosevelt had once hoped . |
| 10 | Although one of the children suffered from tuberculosis , the corporation housing department had told them that they were unlikely to be housed . |
| 11 | They were unlikely to be in real danger , the Whistler stalked at night , not in broad daylight , and no vehicle had passed him since he left the coastal road . |
| 12 | The indentured labourers hoped to be able to set up as independent farmers once they had worked off the costs of their passages , but the islands soon became so crowded that they were unlikely to be able to do this . |