Example sentences of "is [adv] unlikely that " in BNC.

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1 It is most unlikely that you would do this !
2 Admittedly , Peak District was following in the wake of Star Player , who had won the same Beverley event last season , but it is most unlikely that this fully-exposed six-year-old — hard fit from two wins in all-weather hurdles — will ever aspire to the achievements of Star Player , who went on to win three other races , including the Chester Cup .
3 The reality is , it is most unlikely that such a merger would be allowed on competition grounds and we believe that a referral to the authorities would be likely to attract great uncertainty to our customers and staff . ’
4 It is most unlikely that you will have a complain that can not be settled amicably between us .
5 No academic libraries since the time of the Travelling Workshops Experiment have successfully applied the strategy and it is most unlikely that illuminative evaluation ‘ in toto ’ will ever get the opportunity to prove itself in academic user education , largely because of the lack of time to pursue it in full .
6 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 .
7 It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity .
8 It is most unlikely that ‘ everyone ’ does — and in any case , if you believe it , then it is affecting your life , so you need to examine it .
9 It is most unlikely that Ivy knew that this Miss Compton was a blacksmith 's daughter , and her ‘ fortune ’ a loan of £300 .
10 It is most unlikely that Wordsworth ever thought of his philosophical ideas as a ‘ Creed ’ ; later he said that we are not supposed to take literally his reference to himself in Tintern Abbey as ‘ a worshipper of Nature ’ .
11 Given the current recognition system , it is most unlikely that such examples will occur in this form .
12 The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring .
13 There was no adequate trading base for this financial performance , and it is most unlikely that the promoters ever thought that there was .
14 Nixon 's ambitions were to crash on the rock of Watergate , but even without that disaster it is most unlikely that he would have come even close to fulfilling his mandate , In that , he would not , by any means , have been alone .
15 It was crucial to his remarkable success in winning the nomination of his party ; without that asset it is most unlikely that he would have secured his narrow victory over Gerald Ford , but it was his insistence on remaining an outsider in spirit that limited his accomplishments in office .
16 It is most unlikely that there would be any conflict of interest between existing employees and newly-recruited young people .
17 Paradoxically , if such a person were to fail to give notice , he might then be said to be committing an offence even though , because of the hypothesised publicity , it is most unlikely that the police will not already know about his proposed march .
18 The police have been criticised for their low prosecution record in rape cases and it is most unlikely that domestic rape would have been dealt with more enthusiastically .
19 is used as a handmaid to reforming legislation , it is most unlikely that the floodgates will be opened if the exemption is lifted .
20 ( It is most unlikely that any user noticed that there were two systems the terminals were labelled identically and the screen layouts were the same .
21 It is most unlikely that either of these areas has been used for arable in the last 1500 years , and this is confirmed to some extent by field names recorded on the earliest maps ( of the early nineteenth century ) and in medieval documents .
22 Indeed , it is most unlikely that Israel will give up its nuclear capability in the foreseeable future , so long as it foresees a threat to its land from its neighbour .
23 We will , of course , move as quickly as possible , but it is most unlikely that my right hon. and learned Friend will be in a position to make the first pay and conditions order under the new Act immediately upon the expiry of the 1987 Act on 31 March 1992 .
24 Dungannon 's Clarke , now attached to the host K Club , has improved his score each day — 75 on Thursday , 73 on Friday and a splendid 70 yesterday — but it is most unlikely that even a golfer of his calibre could make up seven shots in one round .
25 It is most unlikely that this is a special case , either in terms of product ( detergents are a typical branded and highly competitive consumer product ) or location ( Barbados has no exceptional rules to encourage or discourage TNC products or advertising ) .
26 And in fact the evidence suggests I that in the three years remaining till ninety six , it is most unlikely that those twenty five thousand dwellings will be developed , given the alteration at the present time .
27 It is most unlikely that such behaviour had never previously been observed with comparably simple systems .
28 As far as any remedy in damages is concerned this point will not be of any significance and it is most unlikely that any action would be brought in a business secrets case unless some damage or advantage to a competitor had occurred or was thought likely to do so .
29 Where the defendant has innocently made a substantial investment on the basis of information innocently acquired it is most unlikely that an injunction would be granted to restrain him from making use of that information ( although the fact that an injunction might drive the defendant into liquidation is not relevant if the tests in American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon [ 1975 ] AC 396 have been satisfied ; per May LJ in Bullivant ( Roger ) Ltd v Ellis [ 1987 ] ICR 464 ) .
30 It is most unlikely that without the reformulation a hearer would have even understood what the first segment was about .
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