Example sentences of "that [pers pn] be [adv] unlikely [that] " 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 | Erm , the rule of evidence is that it is inherently unlikely that anybody would make a statement against their own interest unless it was true . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I would suggest that it is highly unlikely that sufficient numbers of Timbury type continuing care units will be provided . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It must be said , however , that it is extremely unlikely that a clearing bank would announce a change in this way without first getting the view of the Bank as to the desirability of the change at that particular time . |
| 8 | The debate will take place today and tomorrow behind closed doors , but party insiders say that it is very unlikely that Mr Mugabe will face serious opposition . |
| 9 | Nowadays we are so scattered about the country that it is very unlikely that any of us would have a Stainey just around the corner who could be relied upon to put up a first class polish . |
| 10 | We do not yet know much about this but the brain is so powerful and complex that it is very unlikely that any of the analyses proposed so far bear much resemblance to this reality ; they are too heavily influenced by the theoretician 's preoccupation with economy , elegance and simplicity . |
| 11 | A majority of those attending the meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party had favoured the abolition of the death penalty ; and the strength of their feeling on this issue was such that it was most unlikely that they could be persuaded to refrain from voting for the amendment . |
| 12 | Monte Carlo simulations indicated that it was extremely unlikely that the peaks in the histogram of evoked responses had arisen by sampling artefact from a distribution that was smooth ( Fig.2 ) . |
| 13 | All these facts concerning the particular mechanisms of the paper industry added together meant that it was quite unlikely that Rembrandt would buy two batches of paper prepared by the same paper mill using the same mould . |
| 14 | Moreover , when I actually stopped to think about the problem I became uncomfortably aware that it was very unlikely that I would be able to obtain such commitment . |
| 15 | Early in his career , he used the ‘ age-regression ’ technique to uncover traumatic childhood events which he felt lay at the root of his patient 's distress , but he came to realise that it was highly unlikely that all Viennese children were sexually molested by their parents even though nearly all his patients , when under hypnosis vividly described such encounters . |