Example sentences of "[adv] unlikely [prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many authorities can deal with routine applications within the eight weeks allowed to them , applications raising major issues and those dealing with large construction programmes , are extremely unlikely to be dealt with in anything like that period ( statistics on the length of time taken by local authorities in dealing with applications are produced regularly by the Department of the Environment ) . |
| 2 | It is thus unlikely to be packaged in membrane bound vesicles before release . |
| 3 | Another factor was widely seen as being Iraq 's concern to extend its influence in Arab world affairs generally , an aim not unlikely to be served by administering a lesson to Iran . |
| 4 | In addition to the relatively small number of producers , other requirements for perfect competition are also unlikely to be met in practice . |
| 5 | On location where what criteria might be used to guide location , I 've said it 's most unlikely to be found in a built-up area , but clearly close to good communications networks is important and must be within a reasonably short travel time of the national highway network . |
| 6 | The last of the great classic European wars ended in 1945 , and by 1989 seemed most unlikely to be succeeded by another . |
| 7 | Criminal libel is an ancient offence which is now unlikely to be invoked against the media by prosecuting authorities : the Law Commission has recommended its abolition , and one Law Lord has further pointed out that its scope conflicts with the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 8 | All three are models of serious ‘ first ’ official biographies , carefully researched , admirably written , and as unlikely to be superseded in the near future as any such books can be . |
| 9 | A determined social ‘ agnostic ’ of Dick Crossman 's type is as unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger-wagging as by the pre-report situation . |
| 10 | It is therefore for the domestic courts to decide whether , in any particular case , the agreement does so clearly infringe Article 85 that an exemption is very unlikely to be granted by the Commission , even if it has been notified to the Commission , or whether there is no infringement of Article 85 and therefore the question of an exemption under Article 85(3) does not come into play . |
| 11 | The two projects were seen to have differing conditions of implementation and are therefore unlikely to be synchronised in a ‘ revolutionary moment ’ , but nonetheless they can be seen as mutually supportive : struggles for democratic forms within enterprises may help to build support for broader democratic planning , while a sympathetic government pursuing the latter project could also greatly expand the opportunities for enterprise democracy by means of legal changes and financing . |
| 12 | Muscle relaxation was not affected by tetrodotoxin and therefore unlikely to be mediated by neural elements . |
| 13 | Problems are sometimes difficult to spot and are certainly unlikely to be highlighted by the vendor or his solicitor . |