Example sentences of "[be] [adv] unlikely [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horses that are well handled from the time of being foals are most unlikely to be aggressive towards us . |
| 2 | However , the use of a tranquilliser is a last resort , and is most unlikely to be necessary for more than one in a hundred horses . |
| 3 | Thus , on these grounds alone , the second figure is most unlikely to be ancient . |
| 4 | Many would argue that , in a real world of heterogeneous expectations , market imperfections , and asymmetrical access to information between managers and investors , the market is most unlikely to be able to price assets fairly in the manner in which finance theory suggests . |
| 5 | A happy thought is that a gain of 2–3 lb ( 1 kg ) in a day is extremely unlikely to be due to fat alone . |
| 6 | It is also unlikely to be popular with car-owning residents well aware of the increased likelihood of car vandalism or theft in garages not subject to residents ' casual surveillance . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The lapis in the jackal 's head is therefore unlikely to be ancient . |
| 9 | But you are very unlikely to be able to show a link which is directly attributable to your activities and you will be encouraging the view that media relations is simply a cheap form of advertising . |
| 10 | So you are very unlikely to be able to tell your story ( and , once again , telling a story is what you are doing fundamentally ) without abandoning more than once the angel-on-the-shoulder viewpoint of whatever chief characters you have chosen . |
| 11 | What was needed however was a concrete demonstration of support by the British government , and this was most unlikely to be forthcoming , no matter how much the Queen might personally have hoped for it . |
| 12 | She was certainly unlikely to be amused by ill-bred behaviour on the part of those who undoubtedly held themselves to be among Europe 's finest aristocratic stock . |