Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] be unlikely [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lending money to someone who is unlikely to be able to pay back all their obligations is like betting on a probable loser : hardly a sensible way for a prudent lender to do business . |
| 2 | I would like to say a last word about Amis 's voices , and about the long words which have been or might be laid on his confident art — a terminology for which he is unlikely to be grateful . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | She had told him she was unlikely to be in Town again in the foreseeable future , and was sure he was far too busy to have time to drive down to Sussex . |
| 5 | The suicide theory wo n't occur to her and her common sense would tell her it 's unlikely to be written off as another accident . |
| 6 | If you ca n't sell yourself you are unlikely to be able to sell the agency 's work . |