Example sentences of "unlikely that he [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is some evidence of his association with liberals at Cambridge which must be mentioned briefly at this point , since it seems rather unlikely that he would have visited France in 1790 and again in 1791–2 if he had no sympathy with what was going on there . |
| 2 | Although he was engaged in a heated discussion with a journalist about the way the tour of Korea had been reported , it is unlikely that he would have said anything that he did not think his employer , the Princess of Wales , wanted known . |
| 3 | Anselm was prepared to insist on enforcement without qualification ; but quite apart from Bishop Roger 's case , it was most unlikely that he would have , or could have , the co-operation of the bishops in this . |
| 4 | If Montini had immediately succeeded Pius XII , it is unlikely that he would have called a Council . |
| 5 | It is unlikely that he would have gone to a children 's home in the first place and stayed for as long as he did before fostering was tried . |
| 6 | Nixon 's ambitions were to crash on the rock of Watergate , but even without that disaster it is most unlikely that he would have come even close to fulfilling his mandate , In that , he would not , by any means , have been alone . |
| 7 | It was crucial to his remarkable success in winning the nomination of his party ; without that asset it is most unlikely that he would have secured his narrow victory over Gerald Ford , but it was his insistence on remaining an outsider in spirit that limited his accomplishments in office . |
| 8 | It was unlikely that he would have been refused , now that he had acquired such patrons and had shown the service that he might offer his adopted country . |
| 9 | With this scene of confusion before his eyes it seems unlikely that he would have contemplated using any wheeled transport , even supposing that it had been available for his use at the time . |
| 10 | He evidently led musicians on with false promises : a long letter from the cellist Carlo Graziani details amounts owing and favours not forthcoming ( Giardini seems to have promised him a place in the Queen 's Band , though it is highly unlikely that he would have had such influence ) . |
| 11 | This was Luke — and , if he had intended to break their date , it was highly unlikely that he would have sent her flowers to confirm it only that morning … |
| 12 | Cohen had no means of protecting himself ; he was an elderly Jew — well , perhaps not elderly but clearly past his prime — and it was most unlikely that he 'd have the guts or the strength to attempt physical resistance . |