Example sentences of "[be] [adv] unlikely that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be highly unlikely that it would turn out to be very interesting . |
| 2 | Since the report is expected to form the basis for an investigation and possible action by the Serious Fraud Office , it is highly unlikely that it will be published in full . |
| 3 | It may be a hybrid — if so , it is highly unlikely that it will produce young . |
| 4 | Article 6 has never been implemented and it is highly unlikely that it would be used in this way , especially as the consequence would be to release the offending State from those Charter principles that were not deemed to be customary international law . |
| 5 | The vision of Mrs Thatcher raising her arms at the Tory Party Conference and saying she is ‘ proud to be old ’ is so unlikely that it makes us smile . |
| 6 | Now although evolutionary research can lead and indeed has led to major breakthroughs , it is so unlikely that it would not be sensible to concentrate on this type of research , for which in any case there are many potential sources of funds . |
| 7 | It is extremely unlikely that it would have done so because everyone at the ports authority had always envisaged a 24-hour operation . |
| 8 | It may have been a recurrent nova , and although it is probably unlikely that it will ever come within binocular range , if it reappears at all , there is no harm in looking for it . |
| 9 | Moreover , it is also unlikely that it would be intelligible even to another adult . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's very unlikely that it survived the Civil War in 1919 , and even less likely that it was looted during the war and brought out of Russia in one piece . |