Example sentences of "and [be] unlikely [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In my view our fellow Members , who lived with us cheek by jowl , were fully aware of my strengths and weaknesses and were unlikely to be impressed by pictures of me on their TV screens dressed in a striped apron and pretending to wash up in the kitchen , as had happened during the Tory leadership election .
2 The aircraft is in very poor condition and is unlikely to be capable of a full restoration .
3 The employee arrives here unsettled and is unlikely to be able to devote full attention and energies to the assignment .
4 She has communication difficulties and is unlikely to be able to deal with the matter herself .
5 The Wimbledon and United States Open champion , who will also miss next week 's grand prix tournament in Sydney and is unlikely to be fit for Tokyo the following week , has now lost any chance of overhauling Ivan Lendl as world No. 1 before the end of the year .
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