Example sentences of "[be] unlikely [prep] [be] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are unlikely to be embarrassed or contemptuous ; it is a natural human instinct to want to comfort someone who is obviously unhappy . |
| 2 | Millionaires are unlikely to be social or political radicals . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At least at first , sharing a double bed is unlikely to be comfortable or practical for either patient or carer . |
| 6 | When patients who did not contact their general practitioners before their attempts were questioned about why they had not gone to their doctor , it was found that many were reluctant to trouble him , some had found him unhelpful in the fist , and others thought he was unlikely to be helpful or might even be unsympathetic ( Hawton and Blackstock 1976 ) . |