Example sentences of "it is highly [adj] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is highly probable that many public library users do not make known unsatisfied demand , and any system which leans heavily on the use of existing stock as a barometer ( as McClellan 's does ) is bound to be sensitive to this criticism . |
| 2 | Had no such provision been made , and had it merely been left to the initiative of backbenchers to keep an eye on instruments tabled , it is highly probable that many instruments would become or remain law with never a critical eye being cast over them . |
| 3 | It is highly probable that many of those in the initial cohort of patients would have died . |
| 4 | It is highly probable that many men will claim a belief that the girl was over 16 since , if sexual intercourse has taken place , this is the only defence available to the charge . |
| 5 | It is highly likely that this agglutinin is fibrinogen ( Gartner et al , 1980 ; Berndt & Phillips , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | It may not be easy for social work training to take account of this adequately but it is highly desirable that more attention should be paid , in the making of a social worker , to the sexual side of his or her personality and sexual adjustment . |
| 7 | But it is highly doubtful that many such litigants exist in real life , and if they do , the requirement of leave to apply for judicial review should be adequate to deal with them . |
| 8 | It is highly doubtful that any offshore centre could claim that it has never been tainted by drugs money . |
| 9 | ‘ It is highly unlikely that such an accident and sequence of events could occur ( at Sizewell ) , ’ he said . |
| 10 | It is highly unlikely that any of the Pacific fish used in these tests had ever encountered a sea snake previously and in two instances they certainly could not have done so . |
| 11 | It is highly unlikely that any consultancy you appoint will know enough about a company to allow it to undertake the audit without considerable input from your senior management . |
| 12 | It is highly unlikely that any individual patient will actually receive all the care as planned in this summary , as each individual is unique , so care will be planned to suit particular needs and will be changed according to the response of the patient to the plan . |
| 13 | It is highly unlikely that any reader of this sentence will interpret rare in the sense of ‘ undercooked ’ ( as in a rare steak ) , or steep in the sense of ‘ unjustifiably high ’ ( as in steep charges ) , or bank in the sense of ‘ financial institution ’ , or burn in the sense of ‘ injury caused by fire ’ , or run in the sense of ‘ progress by advancing each foot alternately never having both feet on the ground simultaneously ’ , etc . |
| 14 | It is highly unlikely that any formal moves will be made to politicize senior civil service appointments . |
| 15 | If society in all its aspects has always been in a state of flux , it is highly unlikely that this process will end at any particular time . |