Example sentences of "[be] unlikely [prep] [be] [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its presence in appreciable amounts is indicative of incorrect dosing , which should be rectified , but small amounts are unlikely to be troublesome in processing unless hard water is in use . |
| 2 | When their prey species are inactive , cats may as well save energy , because they are unlikely to be successful in hunting , and so they rest and sleep for most of the day . |
| 3 | And such talents , it should be emphasized , are necessary not just for campaigning , but also for governing ; presidents unable to master television are unlikely to be effective in office . |
| 4 | However , these disadvantages are unlikely to be great in the light of current developments in technology . |
| 5 | Most of the registered unemployed are unlikely to be interested in temporary jobs lasting only a few days . |
| 6 | As Speaker O'Neill forcibly pointed out to the newly elected President Carter , tactics that had worked in the relatively sedate politics of Georgia were unlikely to be effective in Washington . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Health education is an important aspect of prevention but that is unlikely to be effective in the absence of increased safety measures and legislation . |
| 9 | But this alone is unlikely to be effective in many cases where underlying psychogenic factors are the root cause of the problem . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The ‘ fuzzy ’ nature of much geographically distributed data , the inherent errors in it , the effects of the processing algorithms used and the assumption of known interactions between variables ensures that completely routine use by unskilled users is unlikely to be possible in the foreseeable future ; |
| 12 | I am most keen to take advantage of this offer , which is unlikely to be available in 1993/94 , given the dire state of BR 's overall financial position . |
| 13 | conversely a candidate who is registered for 71638 Music Making : Solo 3 ( Woodwind ) but is unlikely to be successful in this module may have the registration adjusted to 71631 Music Making : Solo 2 ( Woodwind ) . |
| 14 | Wherever possible , a tenant should endeavour to delete the opening proviso but this is unlikely to be successful in which case the tenant should amend to include a long stop date ( see clause 5.4 ) . |
| 15 | It is unlikely to be forthcoming in the NHS . |
| 16 | It is normal in a sale and purchase agreement to exclude liability for representations made in pre-contractual negotiations , but this is unlikely to be acceptable in the investment agreement as investors will have relied heavily on input from management before agreeing to proceed . |
| 17 | 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 . |