Example sentences of "unlikely [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because database systems require fast retrieval , this method of organising data is unlikely to be appropriate , apart from , perhaps , the storage of historical or back-up files . |
| 2 | Cash till — Like the car and the freehold property this can be used in the new business so net realizable value is unlikely to be appropriate . |
| 3 | You can not use a parametric test because the size-frequency of the potential prey population is unlikely to be normal . |
| 4 | In very simple models , the RRR can be seen to imply , or be implied by , the financial target , but because of the differing time periods , differing accounting conventions , the nature of existing capital stock , and so on , the relationship is unlikely to be straightforward in practice . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid the answer is unlikely to be straightforward . |
| 6 | There are obiter dicta in Butler which explore these possibilities , but they are possibilities alien to the common law , and unlikely to be applicable . |
| 7 | He said the life expectancy of a large bus was about 15 years , while minibuses would be unlikely to be viable for longer than eight years . |
| 8 | If he held his own with other boys in the struggle for power he could hardly help behaving in ways which were unlikely to be lovable — a fact which assumed a definite importance when the only hope of affection came from those same boys . |
| 9 | The context was one unlikely to be familiar to the pupils . |
| 10 | Most of these developments might be seen as making English less different , but the kinds of changes that go on in ‘ literary theory ’ are unlikely to be familiar to anyone but a philosopher . |
| 11 | If an innovation does not aim at leadership from the beginning , it is unlikely to be innovative enough . |
| 12 | Bodies such as the DFG do what they can to encourage good research , but there are unlikely to be major changes unless the need to improve research quality becomes a political priority , both at state and federal level . |
| 13 | However , these disadvantages are unlikely to be great in the light of current developments in technology . |
| 14 | If a total of less than 1% of the population is undefined then the errors are unlikely to be great , but the reliability of the moments decreases sharply as the proportions of undefined materials increases , and the technique should not be used with a higher proportion of unknowns notwithstanding the convenience and availability of pocket calculators suitable to perform the arithmetic . |
| 15 | Total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all is unlikely to be reasonable where it occurs because of acts or omissions within the control of the party in default , which are caused by negligence , incompetence or inadvertence but not wilful default ( " inadvertent default " ) . |
| 16 | Limiting liability to a figure or the contract value whichever is the lower is unlikely to be reasonable . |
| 17 | A general exclusion clause which excludes liability altogether is thus very unlikely to be reasonable under s 3 . |
| 18 | In a case where defects are unlikely to be immediately apparent , a short time limit is unlikely to be reasonable . |
| 19 | In many respects , the level of detail appeared too fine for an organisation where most internal communication was of an informal nature , and unlikely to be suitable for enhancement by electronic means . |
| 20 | These are unlikely to be suitable hosts for the preservation of exhaled sulphides . |
| 21 | Indeed , as Tony Gamble , the company 's Publisher and Managing Director , indicated to this year 's Electronic Publishing Conference the main reason they had n't looked at desktop publishing was because they were professional publishers and felt that the technology was unlikely to be suitable for them . |
| 22 | And if the infrastructure of schools , health centres , roads and irrigation is to be created , governments will often need to borrow ; such investments are long-term and yield no direct cash returns , so private lenders are unlikely to be keen . |
| 23 | Any remaining pencil marks are unlikely to be noticeable . |
| 24 | These reports suggested that inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis was unlikely to be sole mechanism responsible for the gastric damage induced by indomethacin . |
| 25 | Actual discourse is unlikely to be interpretable with reference to a single schema . |
| 26 | In STV constituencies electing three , four or five members better proportionality than in single-member constituencies can be expected , but it is very unlikely to be accurate proportionality . |
| 27 | Bede 's statement that Chad was sent by Oswiu to the archbishop of Canterbury to be consecrated , only to find that Deusdedit had died ( HE 111 , 28 ) , is unlikely to be correct because Wilfrid had known that Deusdedit was dead when he was earlier seeking consecration as Ealhfrith 's bishop and the probability must be that Oswiu 's court would have known this too . |
| 28 | Mr Watkins , a retired admiral , is unlikely to be upset by noisy environmentalists . |
| 29 | In whatever format you keep them , the notes you make need to be clear ; if they are not self-explanatory at the time you write them , they are unlikely to be intelligible later , when your memory of working on the particular book or topic has faded . |
| 30 | Less than a third agreed they came by their fees easily , while half felt they made a positive effort to support and understand clients and 59 per cent that they respond very positively to requests for help and advice ( although these two groups of responses should be seen in the light of that ‘ distress purchase ’ attitude , where lawyers are unlikely to be negative when a client suddenly calls up offering business ) . |