Example sentences of "not likely to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quality standards also require you to report on the progress of the case but this is not likely to be standard advice . |
| 2 | Free chlorine in small amount ( 0.1–0.2 p.p.m. ) , such as might come from water sterilization , is not likely to be troublesome , but , if in excess of this , it could be objectionable . |
| 3 | The last of these must be the overriding consideration ; it would be of little use to develop a unit on an unusual system not readily available to the target population in schools , and not likely to be available in the near future . |
| 4 | Alcohol is not likely to be available . |
| 5 | It is a sad fact that a number of adult dogs obtained from rescue organizations are returned because of this type of problem , which is not likely to be apparent when the dog is chosen . |
| 6 | But , even within such a system the role of nations was not likely to be central because the main players in such a game would be units far larger than the states that most of the characterist , ie , separatist , nationalist agitations of the late 20th century were designed to form . |
| 7 | The great advantage of spontaneous housing is its cheapness and , until governments can provide adequate housing with the same attraction , they are not likely to be successful . |
| 8 | The OECD ( Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ) has recently argued that governments are not likely to be successful in securing increased public sector efficiency unless there is a greater role for the price mechanism and market forces . |
| 9 | The problems arise because in practice no inhibitor is a ‘ magic bullet ’ with a single target and without so-called ‘ side-effects ’ , so an experimental finding using an inhibitor is not likely to be unambiguous . |
| 10 | However , most subjects reported that they are doing nothing to avoid TB exposure , and many of those who report doing something are taking precautions that are not likely to be effective . |
| 11 | There 's not likely to be any trouble here . |
| 12 | There 's not likely to be any change until they operate and that probably wo n't be until late this evening . |
| 13 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
| 14 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 'm not likely to be able to make a run for it . |
| 17 | erm , and you 're not likely to be able to get into that line of work again |
| 18 | Although in this connection too the higher courts are likely to say that the terms used are matters of fact for the magistrates , it will be open to those courts to say that in certain circumstances , the reactions of the victim were not likely to be those of harassment , alarm or distress . |
| 19 | Until the potential political power of the millions of women who are disadvantaged in relation to paid and unpaid labour and in retirement is realised , policies to combat the poverty of many of those aged 60 and over are not likely to be forthcoming . |
| 20 | However , given the resource implications involved in financing students for two years , this is not likely to be forthcoming in the near future . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Thus they consider that SSE should include a written report ; that teachers are not likely to be reluctant to take part in SSE if a written report plays a part in the scheme . |
| 23 | Those who are not responsible for raising taxes are not likely to be responsible about spending them . |
| 24 | The clients of an investment manager ( such as an IMRO member ) are not likely to be indirect customers of the firm on the facts . |
| 25 | Calcium If you are having a reasonable amount of dairy produce you are not likely to be short of calcium . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | This is because the drainage of the genital region in women is more often to groups of lymph glands in the pelvis , and their involvement is not likely to be obvious . |