Example sentences of "unlikely that [pron] will " in BNC.

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1 They 'll jump to your tune , but it 's unlikely that they 'll hang around to hear the final Act of the opera .
2 It is unlikely that they will ever rise again .
3 Some use them to store management committee records , a few use them for bureau statistics but although their contribution is growing , it seems unlikely that they will have an immediate effect on client queues .
4 Thus might the parents ponder but , as already stated , it is very unlikely that they will do so .
5 Statistically , Oxted Green ‘ B ’ can be denied promotion from division three but it is highly unlikely that they will fall in their last match .
6 ICBMs , nuclear submarines , tanks etc. , it is highly unlikely that they will ever become items of mass personal consumption as marketable commodities .
7 ‘ It is thought very unlikely that they will merge with each other , as they have similar problems .
8 It 's unlikely that they will allow you to use an arch to carry the load : the abutments are n't likely to be strong enough to resist the thrust .
9 The other catering staff are non-committal , and it is very unlikely that they will be prepared to ‘ tell tales ’ against either Chrissie or Fred .
10 The catering staff are non-committal , and it seems very unlikely that they will be prepared to ‘ tell tales ’ against either Chrissie or Fred .
11 If employees are asked to work in a different location on a temporary basis it is unlikely that they will need to move home .
12 They may have their private regrets that they could not find a way of solving the equation of conflicting interests that offered deeper satisfaction as well as personal advancement , but it is unlikely that they will reveal these .
13 Within a large establishment such as a college it is unlikely that they will avoid some name-calling or jokes at their expense .
14 It would seem , therefore , that while various potential remedies for breach of fiduciary duty do exist , it is unlikely that they will ever be used .
15 If , for example , the rugs in a sale belong to a number of different vendors , it is extremely unlikely that they will be allowed to exchange an item owned by one owner for something owned by another .
16 However , their relatively standardized appearance and character , coupled with the quantities available , makes it unlikely that they will become collectable , and they should therefore not be considered for purely investment purposes .
17 Some of them are very good indeed but it is unlikely that they will have been given the opportunity to develop skills in such highly specialised areas as industrial photography , beauty photography or still life .
18 So if the meaning of a non-observation statement is given by a set of statements about what would be observed if … , it is unlikely that they will be strongly verifiable .
19 Since herbs do so much for the flavour of food and its digestion , have such profound use in medicine , both for humans and animals , and have so much utilitarian value domestically in the home , and in the garden , it seems most unlikely that they will ever fall into such disuse again .
20 Your suspects are likely to be opposed to one another in different ways ( if they are not , you have chosen people who do not adequately reflect different aspects of your theme ) and if they are opposed it is not unlikely that they will quarrel , again about your theme .
21 If he achieves his ambitious growth targets it is bound to mean more jobs although it is highly unlikely that they will grow at the same rate — ‘ but it would be fairly substantial and it would be in Glasgow ’ .
22 Since such organisation do not offer direct care as such , it is unlikely that they will have to register with the Social Work Department 's Registration and Inspection Unit .
23 It seems unlikely that they will jeopardise their superior circumstances by combining in an alliance with Third World workers against capital .
24 It 's unlikely that they will imagine that the most helpful appliance is most likely to be one of three , battling to get through the traffic from new parts of Leicester , Lancaster Place Leicester and Wigstone .
25 I think we 're almost certainly guaranteed to get the S L O's back into the fold although bearing in mind the recent developments with the C P O's it 's unlikely that they will be coming back to the fold .
26 It 's unlikely that they will trap you and use your bad reply .
27 Although we know his nickname at college was Pagan , it 's still unlikely that we 'll find out just what Morse 's real first name is tonight .
28 So you think it 's unlikely that we 'll have another Margaret Thatcher ?
29 It is the kind of ‘ big ’ development that is very out of fashion with the money men at present , and it is unlikely that we will be seeing anything on this scale started in the next few years .
30 We plan your holiday arrangements many months in advance , and thought it is unlikely that we will have to make any changes to confirmed arrangements , it does occasionally happen .
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