Example sentences of "not likely to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the defendant is not insured , he or she is not likely to be worth suing . |
| 2 | If he finds a job , it is not likely to be on Wall Street and he would have to hand a quarter of his earnings back to the Brooklyn centre . |
| 3 | Nigel is the regular driver of No. 7 although he is not likely to be on the footplate this year as it is being rebuilt . |
| 4 | Whether the new production for which there appears to be a market be large or small , the general rule will be that unless the price is expected to be very low that portion of the supply which can be most easily produced , with but small prime costs , will be produced : that portion is not likely to be on the margin of production . |
| 5 | Whether or not any special rule survives for trespassing cattle is not likely to be of any importance now that damages for personal injuries can not be recovered under that head . |
| 6 | Events of the past week have shown it is not likely to be among the major companies that total collapses will occur . |
| 7 | One direction in which it may move is to replace some existing degree courses by two-year diplomas , though if this comes about it is not likely to be before the late 1980s . |
| 8 | Continuing along the track on a parallel course to Jingling Cave , which is unsuspected and unseen except at one point where it opens into daylight , Jingling Pot is reached , another gaping shaft described as superb in caving journals but not likely to be by timid observers . |
| 9 | Furthermore users are not likely to be in the situation of being able to contrast comparable courses . |
| 10 | * lack of knowledge of regional , national or international trends — individual salespeople are not likely to be in a position to possess a toad knowledge of the market . |
| 11 | But Rosie would n't be alone — she came here every year to run the chemist 's shop her father owned , and was n't likely to be without companionship for the evening . |
| 12 | However , aspiring unsigned acts with a reputation to make are n't likely to be in a position to sweeten up the hordes of sceptical scribes in the West End of London who spend their days loafing from one free lunch to the next . |