Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] is unlikely to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the ‘ victim ’ of the threats , abuse or insults is a well-behaved , law abiding member of the public , he or she is unlikely to be provoked to use unlawful violence by the speaker 's comments , and no offence is committed under this limb of the section . |
| 2 | Only join clubs , societies , or associations if the work or activity that they pursue is really of interest to you , though , or it is unlikely to be a success . |
| 3 | It will also be recollected that so many qualifications have been placed upon the decision in The Wagon Mound ( No. 1 ) that the concept of foreseeability is now applied in a very broad and liberal manner and there is unlikely to be much practical difference between an inquiry whether a consequence is foreseeable or natural . |
| 4 | And he is unlikely to be disappointed . |
| 5 | Ælfheah 's cult may therefore have presented him with considerable problems , and it is unlikely to be coincidence that the bishopric of London is known to have suffered at his hands . |
| 6 | The difficulty in the case of shares is to fit them into any normal legal category ; but one is unlikely to be left in doubt whether something is or is not a share . |
| 7 | It says other small scale RFTs will follow in the fashion of the graphical user interface GAIA follow-on , but there is unlikely to be any more big and costly new technology requests . |
| 8 | There will , no doubt , be the usual trimming of the sums requested ( about $2 billion over four years ) , but there is unlikely to be root and branch objection of the kind raised by Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's British government in its first few years . |
| 9 | But he is unlikely to be satisfied forever with the illusion of power . |
| 10 | Mr Day is distraught , but he is unlikely to be prosecuted . |
| 11 | The imperative for a writer of a chronological survey is that a defined period of time is covered ; this may be linked with a theme , such as the history of styles in Gombrich 's case , but it is unlikely to be linked solely with a spotlight on quality . |
| 12 | But it is unlikely to be an accurate assessment , because shot and mortally wounded whales , unlike harpooned ones , can escape and die without being retrieved and , of course , are not counted against the quota — in fact as many as 1000 narwhals may die each year at the hands of Canadian hunters . |
| 13 | Its incidence in the general population is not clearly established , but it is unlikely to be negligible . |
| 14 | Conservative back-benchers publicly welcomed the fall in inflation , but it is unlikely to be enough to save Mr Lamont 's job . |
| 15 | The university aims to redeploy and retrain staff wherever possible , but it is unlikely to be able to offer continuing employment for all dental school staff . |