Example sentences of "[noun] [is] unlikely [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This remedy is unlikely to be available at your local stockists — see Remedies and Pharmacies on page 140 ) . |
| 2 | The less the natural variation within blocks , the greater is the internal validity of the experiment ; the greater the natural variability among blocks , the greater the external validity ( though a single experiment is unlikely to be adequate in this respect ) ; and randomization of the treatments within each block eliminates bias in the comparisons . |
| 3 | The relatively small difference in median age between the patients and the control subjects is unlikely to be important . |
| 4 | If a rapid haemodynamically unstable ventricular arrhythmia is induced , or the clinical arrhythmia is induced more easily , then amiodarone therapy is unlikely to be effective and an ICD should be inserted . |
| 5 | But this doctrine of matching policy instruments to policy variables is unlikely to be effective in all cases : for example , a desire for strategic reasons to protect a domestic defence industry from foreign takeovers , or a desire to maintain a diversity of ownership in the newspaper industry . |
| 6 | If the relationship is real the mechanisms are far from clear , except that the effect is unlikely to be due to external radiation ; the possibility that it could be due to internal contamination by radioactive substances or some other exposure at work should be pursued . |
| 7 | If the association between paternal preconceptual exposure to radiation and childhood leukaemia we found is not a chance finding , the effect is unlikely to be due to paternal exposure to the forms of external penetrating ionising radiation measured by monitoring devices . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It follows , therefore , that the cost associated with membership of the European currency union in terms of lost revenues for these countries is unlikely to be significant . |
| 10 | By November 1927 the patent application had been rejected on the grounds that the description was so sketchy that ‘ an expert is unlikely to be able to practise the invention ’ . |
| 11 | Palladium and electrolysis , claims of helium and energy and ‘ incomplete descriptions such that [ even ] an expert is unlikely to be able to practise the invention ’ . |
| 12 | In any event , as we have already seen , owner-occupancy among ethnic minorities , especially those of Asian origin , is higher even than that among whites and , on these grounds , discrimination in this sector is unlikely to be severe . |
| 13 | These comments suggest that the test is unlikely to be useful as a screening instrument but , when used in conjunction with other tests or with children who have already been identified as having language difficulties , it may assist in the generation of a balanced assessment of a child 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 14 | The purchaser is unlikely to be willing to pay for the gross value of debtors less gross creditors in full on completion . |
| 15 | The future expansion of very large , mature businesses such as petrochemicals is unlikely to be spectacular . |
| 16 | The ‘ culture ’ in small organisations is unlikely to be bureaucratic . |
| 17 | Calling cold on big company buyers is unlikely to be successful , however . |
| 18 | You can not use a parametric test because the size-frequency of the potential prey population is unlikely to be normal . |
| 19 | However , it is nevertheless suggested that the draftsman is unlikely to be able to provide a satisfactory procedure for future disputes without losing most of the advantages of determination by expert . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The true state of affairs is unlikely to be clear until more and better quality deep seismic data become available . |
| 22 | But the monetary authorities in most advanced countries normally do make such contingency plans , and therefore the administration lag is unlikely to be excessive . |
| 23 | Anticipating the detail of the National Curriculum and assessment arrangements is unlikely to be helpful , as Circular 5/89 revealingly points out . |
| 24 | And the State Invalidity Benefit ( March 1990 ) of just £43.60 a week is unlikely to be sufficient to meet all your commitments . |
| 25 | As the State Invalidity Benefit ( May 1991 ) of just £52.00 a week is unlikely to be sufficient to meet all your commitments . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the theory is unlikely to be comprehensive . |
| 27 | LEFT Do not discard food or food wrappings in waste bins , because your dog is unlikely to be able to resist the temptation of scavenging , tipping the bin out in the process . |
| 28 | However , this Proposal was originally issued in 1972 , and was re-issued in 1983 following discussions with the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee ; its lack of progress reflects its controversial nature , and its future advance is unlikely to be rapid . |
| 29 | A stimulation of the breakdown of cyclic AMP by the activation of a cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase is unlikely to be responsible for the effects seen here . |
| 30 | In a case where defects are unlikely to be immediately apparent , a short time limit is unlikely to be reasonable . |