Example sentences of "is not likely to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Whatever the eventual outcome of this contentious issue , it is not likely to be resolved in the near future . |
| 32 | However , given the resource implications involved in financing students for two years , this is not likely to be forthcoming in the near future . |
| 33 | Acceptance of any of the patterns of responsiveness outlined above will suggest that the bureaucracy is not likely to be particularly responsive to a largely unorganized ‘ general public ’ and , in most contemporary forms of democracy much will depend on the ability of the people 's representatives to publicize their grievances . |
| 34 | If the defendant is not insured , he or she is not likely to be worth suing . |
| 35 | This is not likely to be an especially serious problem for the assisted party , since if no contribution has been expected , he or she is not likely to be able to pay much in the way of costs to the opponent . |
| 36 | This is not likely to be an especially serious problem for the assisted party , since if no contribution has been expected , he or she is not likely to be able to pay much in the way of costs to the opponent . |
| 37 | Indeed , the profit figure that is required is not likely to be the one in the financial statements : that is forever a bygone . |
| 38 | It may be tempting to think that the shortcomings of an aesthetically-numb society can be overcome by appointing an executive authority with powers to impose protection where necessary , but this is not likely to be a very effective approach . |
| 39 | While it may be a counsel of perfection it must , nevertheless , be advisable for the insurer to attempt to investigate each claim on the basis that it is likely to be an Optional Procedure action — unless , of course , it is quite obvious from the nature of the action or the injuries that this is not likely to be the case . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | As far as I can see , there is not likely to be anywhere for it to go for the next five or 10 years , except east on the A47 or south on the A6 . |
| 42 | As I have said , that stretch of road is not likely to be completed this millenium . |
| 43 | For example , if the current price is 103 , the bond is not likely to be called until three years before maturity . |
| 44 | Clearly the total amount of information in a stimulus plays an important role in recognition , however , it is not likely to be the sole determinant of P(A) . |
| 45 | ‘ … a high quality paper is not likely to be ignored , [ but ] we can not recognize the beginning of any important advancement in science until [ it ] has been acknowledged . ’ |
| 46 | Whereas in the past such external supports of the superego might have been strong enough to compensate at least in part for faulty superego development as a result of difficulties at the phallic-Oedipal stage and might have contributed to the unresolved Oedipal conflict expressing itself as a typical hysteria or obsessional neurosis , today , because such supports are in large part lacking , the outcome is not likely to be the same . |
| 47 | As there would have been equal numbers of damaged nuclei , however , in both groups ( upper one third and lower two thirds ) of crypt fractions we feel that this is not likely to be a significant distoring factor in the analysis . |
| 48 | As one might expect from the discussion elsewhere in this chapter , there are a variety of reasons why adjustment to monetary union is not likely to be spread evenly across space . |
| 49 | It is not likely to be a coincidence that Guntram 's reign was marked by disagreements with his fellow rulers , and also by treason . |
| 50 | After all Batty is not likely to be scoring much and he is great at ball-winning . |
| 51 | The value of the grant in any one year is not likely to be more than £1,300 . |
| 52 | Now I 've used it elsewhere in the garden and I 've never really had any problem with it except it is inclined to make the water very alkaline because the chippings that are quite often used on a flat roof and they 've got a very high P H and therefore you 've got to be aware that the water that comes off is not likely to be soft it 's more likely to be fair fairly hard but for reasonably tough plants I do n't think I would waste it , especially in times of water shortage . |
| 53 | Quality standards also require you to report on the progress of the case but this is not likely to be standard advice . |
| 54 | Where a defamatory remark is made baldly , without reference to any fact from which the remark could be inferred , it is not likely to be defensible as comment , especially if it imputes dishonesty or dishonourable conduct . |
| 55 | I mean the the formula , er , is not likely to be underestimating the number of staff we 're needing , if anything it overestimates it , we think . |
| 56 | I believe there is speculative developments appreciate that it is not likely to be developed for B one , it will become available for other uses . |
| 57 | Alcohol is not likely to be available . |
| 58 | The inquiry , which starts in Northallerton on May 19 , is expected to last two months although the inspector 's decision is not likely to be known until early 1993 . |
| 59 | The public launch of the appeal is not likely to be made before September . |
| 60 | But the problem of settling the mechanics means it is not likely to be brought in before at least this autumn . |