Example sentences of "[be] unlikely to [be] successful " in BNC.
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| 1 | They actively seek to expand their influence and would appear to be aiming to cover most of west London … the group can be expected to continue in their attempts to undermine the police , but are unlikely to be successful except in conditions of widespread disorder , general strike , etc , when they might have a potential for destabilisation . ’ |
| 2 | While they are unlikely to be successful with the woodcut and the copper-plate , they may well achieve their ambition with some other processes . |
| 3 | When their prey species are inactive , cats may as well save energy , because they are unlikely to be successful in hunting , and so they rest and sleep for most of the day . |
| 4 | Anonymous approaches by telephone are now permitted although experience shows that without any forewarning of the approach they are unlikely to be successful ( see chapter 0407 for the detailed rules ) . |
| 5 | Yet it is important to convince management of these gains , otherwise it will be extremely unlikely that the information systems projects will be given the go-ahead , and even if this is achieved , they are unlikely to be successful . |
| 6 | This is somewhat unrealistic because provided the government has a majority in the House of Commons , any parliamentary challenge to such a decision on political grounds would be unlikely to be successful . |
| 7 | However , for companies of a reasonable size or for those influenced by complex environments this informal and simplistic approach is unlikely to be successful . |
| 8 | Sometimes the consultant feels that there is so much ambiguity regarding the appointment that it is unlikely to be successful as presently structured . |
| 9 | In many cases this is unlikely to be successful but for both professional and business reasons we should endeavour to ensure that acquisition is the appropriate route for the company to follow . |
| 10 | conversely a candidate who is registered for 71638 Music Making : Solo 3 ( Woodwind ) but is unlikely to be successful in this module may have the registration adjusted to 71631 Music Making : Solo 2 ( Woodwind ) . |
| 11 | The radically innovative multi-disciplinary research proposal , say from the interface between the departments funded by SERC and MRC , is unlikely to be successful with either . |
| 12 | An applicant who is unable to gain an offer from five choices is unlikely to be successful using a large number of choices . |
| 13 | Wherever possible , a tenant should endeavour to delete the opening proviso but this is unlikely to be successful in which case the tenant should amend to include a long stop date ( see clause 5.4 ) . |
| 14 | Calling cold on big company buyers is unlikely to be successful , however . |