Example sentences of "[be] unlikely to [be] effective [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And such talents , it should be emphasized , are necessary not just for campaigning , but also for governing ; presidents unable to master television are unlikely to be effective in office .
2 As Speaker O'Neill forcibly pointed out to the newly elected President Carter , tactics that had worked in the relatively sedate politics of Georgia were unlikely to be effective in Washington .
3 Unless such disclosure is regarded as defining the respective rights and duties of the parties ab initio61 it is unlikely to be effective as a means of avoiding liability for breach of duty .
4 Health education is an important aspect of prevention but that is unlikely to be effective in the absence of increased safety measures and legislation .
5 But this alone is unlikely to be effective in many cases where underlying psychogenic factors are the root cause of the problem .
6 But this doctrine of matching policy instruments to policy variables is unlikely to be effective in all cases : for example , a desire for strategic reasons to protect a domestic defence industry from foreign takeovers , or a desire to maintain a diversity of ownership in the newspaper industry .
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