Example sentences of "[pers pn] is unlikely to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the consultant feels that there is so much ambiguity regarding the appointment that it is unlikely to be successful as presently structured . |
| 2 | It is unlikely to be possible easily or cheaply for the Purchaser to come to its own conclusions as to whether or not these Acts apply even if it has access to the contractual document . |
| 3 | Unless such disclosure is regarded as defining the respective rights and duties of the parties ab initio61 it is unlikely to be effective as a means of avoiding liability for breach of duty . |
| 4 | It is unlikely to be easy for them to decide , on their working-class pupils ' behalf , that personal fulfilment derives solely from their inner selves and their environment , unrelated to questions of higher social status and improved working and leisure conditions . |
| 5 | Its incidence in the general population is not clearly established , but it is unlikely to be negligible . |
| 6 | If an innovation does not aim at leadership from the beginning , it is unlikely to be innovative enough . |
| 7 | The biggest worry on Wall Street , where priorities tend to be narrowly focused , is over the dividend : if the company has to take another $1,000m to $2,000m of charges this quarter to cover further closures , it is unlikely to be able to meet the dividend out of cash flow . |
| 8 | It also serves to reinforce the idea that if accounting is to reflect economic reality it is unlikely to be able to do so using only one cost/value measure . |
| 9 | The university aims to redeploy and retrain staff wherever possible , but it is unlikely to be able to offer continuing employment for all dental school staff . |
| 10 | It is unlikely to be forthcoming in the NHS . |
| 11 | The early impression that the virus was of prime aetiological significance in AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis is not supported by the present prevalence ; the absence of a better outlook in AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis patients ( with cytomegalovirus ) treated with foscarnet compared with untreated patients in consistent with the conclusion that it is unlikely to be important . |
| 12 | Although this pressure for higher dividends is unsettling for the system of cross-shareholdings , it is unlikely to be fatal . |
| 13 | The result at the very least is wasted time — and the rabbit is damaged to the point where it is unlikely to be saleable . |
| 14 | In investigations of this type , it is unlikely to be acceptable for children to be subjected to endoscopy as a part of studies in which a parent is the index case . |
| 15 | I would like to say a last word about Amis 's voices , and about the long words which have been or might be laid on his confident art — a terminology for which he is unlikely to be grateful . |
| 16 | And he is unlikely to be disappointed . |
| 17 | In the voting case , he may choose not to vote because he calculates that he is unlikely to be decisive ( i.e. , there will be a majority for one outcome independently of his vote ) . |
| 18 | He is unlikely to be satisfied with an offer to re-run the reselection procedure if it can be proved that there have been any serious breaches of the party 's rules . |
| 19 | But he is unlikely to be satisfied forever with the illusion of power . |
| 20 | Unless the traveller has some idea of where he is starting from and the conditions he may meet along the way , he is unlikely to be able to decide upon a satisfactory route . |
| 21 | He is unlikely to be startled by the kind of evidence or hypothesis presented by us and by other writers . |