Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] unlikely that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems unlikely that a Tibetan would have got up there to take them , but then it could be argued that it 's equally unlikely that a yeti was the culprit . |
| 2 | It is however unlikely that the move will be blocked when MPs vote on the rule changes next year . |
| 3 | Just as it is almost impossible to apply what is now called the ‘ Japanese ’ system of management to other parts of the world , because of the differences of culture and background of the people who are working in industry , so it is equally unlikely that the particular , precise ways that I have found so useful will have the same application to others ; Nevertheless , since I have spent so much of my life developing these ideas it may be that some of my experience will hit a chord of recognition or cause others to reflect or contemplate . |
| 4 | It is thus unlikely that the metals used at Igbo Ukwu were prepared north of the Sahara . |
| 5 | It is thus unlikely that the road would be constructed without substantial assistance from the Department of Transport . |
| 6 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 7 | Where the defendant has innocently made a substantial investment on the basis of information innocently acquired it is most unlikely that an injunction would be granted to restrain him from making use of that information ( although the fact that an injunction might drive the defendant into liquidation is not relevant if the tests in American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon [ 1975 ] AC 396 have been satisfied ; per May LJ in Bullivant ( Roger ) Ltd v Ellis [ 1987 ] ICR 464 ) . |
| 8 | It is tragic that it is most unlikely that the Jewish race would ever seriously consider that its terrible sufferings can in any way be attributable to it 's religion , even in part . |
| 9 | There was no adequate trading base for this financial performance , and it is most unlikely that the promoters ever thought that there was . |
| 10 | Paradoxically , if such a person were to fail to give notice , he might then be said to be committing an offence even though , because of the hypothesised publicity , it is most unlikely that the police will not already know about his proposed march . |
| 11 | is used as a handmaid to reforming legislation , it is most unlikely that the floodgates will be opened if the exemption is lifted . |
| 12 | It is very unlikely that a solar panel would chop your hand off if you accidentally put it in the wrong place , but the 36 in ( 91cm ) span of the larger wind generators can be deadly . |
| 13 | It is very unlikely that a Labour Prime Minister would be deprived of his seat in this way , but it deserves to be noted that , however unwittingly , a piece of machinery has been created which could be used locally to deprive a Labour Prime Minister of his seat . |
| 14 | It is very unlikely that the shoals would mix , for each shoal , once it is established , becomes a very individual , self-contained unit which does not allow outsiders into its ranks . |
| 15 | It is very unlikely that the details would be the same for the two recipients . |
| 16 | ‘ I think it is very unlikely that the incident is a figment of Joanna 's imagination . |
| 17 | In spite of the fact that a national land use classification has been produced ( DOE , 1975 ) it is very unlikely that the future will be any better than the present , and that national land use statistics will continue to be ( Dickinson and Shaw , 1978 , 299 ) * Both are discussed more fully in Chapter 2 . |
| 18 | On the other hand , the rank and file of his army of conquest of 1016 , comprising Norwegians and Swedes as well as Danes , doubtless contained a fair number of heathens , and it is very unlikely that the Danish church had yet permeated national life as deeply as that of the English . |
| 19 | Of course , you may reasonably point out , it is highly unlikely that a child would eat delphinium seeds . |
| 20 | Besides , it is highly unlikely that a murderer would attend his victim 's funeral . |
| 21 | As a result it is highly unlikely that a party with a serious commitment to any substantial change in the institutional form of the market would ever get elected as it would be portrayed and perceived as being ‘ too extreme ’ . |
| 22 | There is usually little difficulty in establishing a good business reason , since without it it is highly unlikely that a company would wish to relocate . |
| 23 | If these social problems had not been so evidently worrying , it is highly unlikely that the active citizen would ever have been heard about . |
| 24 | It is highly unlikely that the British government would have agreed to exchange this nobleman , an amiable figure of no political importance , for its American prisoners but at around 11 am on 23 April 1778 , John Paul led his little force of a dozen armed sailors through the garden of the mansion . |
| 25 | Opponents point out that it is highly unlikely that the prototype tiger would have needed to develop stripes if it had originated in the open spaces of the barren and chilly north . |
| 26 | Furthermore , it is highly unlikely that the same pattern of control will be in evidence across diverse organizations and forms of ownership . |
| 27 | It is doubtful , indeed , whether the difficulties it faced in 1861 and 1862 were as great as they look , and it is highly unlikely that the tsar decided in 1861 to substitute conservatives for reformers at the heart of the imperial administration . |
| 28 | Erm , it is perhaps only in the last er , six months or so that the erm , turnaround in the fortunes of erm , er , B Sky B have been acknowledged and er , I think there has been an element in our thinking that we wanted to keep our dry er , until such time as er , B Sky B which we have great belief and faith in and our , as you know we increased our investment during the year erm , sees its way through to profitability and I 'm happy to say that that 's happening now at a reab reasonable rate and that that means that it is highly unlikely that the hundred and thirty million of guarantees that we still have outstanding to B Sky B are likely to be called . |
| 29 | 2.4 " Common Parts " means any malls and other pedestrian ways concourses and circulation areas staircases escalators ramps and lifts service roads loading bays forecourts and other ways and areas in the Centre which are from time to time during the Term provided by the Landlord for common use by customers frequenting the Centre and by the Tenants and the occupiers of the Centre or persons expressly or by implication authorised by them Although it is highly unlikely that the landlord would so amend or alter the common parts to make it impossible for the tenant to carry on its business , the following additional wording may be considered : |
| 30 | In fact , it is highly unlikely that the Government would use such a drastic step and ministers have told Mr Major that politically it would have terrible consequences . |