Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] 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 | 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Moreover , as payments were commonly made to gang leaders , the contractor was unlikely to be aware of even the names of men employed on the site . |
| 7 | But the main intended beneficiaries of the new law are unlikely to be able to afford the rents at places they now have legal access to . |
| 8 | Drugs which affect one single mediator and/or block one single receptor are unlikely to be helpful . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It became increasingly clear that the Council was unlikely to be able to provide services , most notably sewerage , for houses in their new housing centres . |
| 14 | These reports suggested that inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis was unlikely to be sole mechanism responsible for the gastric damage induced by indomethacin . |
| 15 | Questions which had no real purpose in the first place are unlikely to be easy to analyse at the answer stage since the researcher is seeking for answers to his hypotheses which will show whether they are to be substantiated or not . |
| 16 | The results of the highly unusual job show that lead or chlorohydrocarbons associated with pesticide are unlikely to be responsible for ‘ flaccid trunk syndrome ’ which is afflicting elephants around Lake Kariba . |
| 17 | The people who removed themselves from the register to avoid paying the tax were unlikely to be Conservative voters ( although they were not necessarily pro-Labour either ) . |
| 18 | The purchaser is unlikely to be willing to pay for the gross value of debtors less gross creditors in full on completion . |
| 19 | You can not use a parametric test because the size-frequency of the potential prey population is unlikely to be normal . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And the grumbling was unlikely to be one-sided . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But the monetary authorities in most advanced countries normally do make such contingency plans , and therefore the administration lag is unlikely to be excessive . |
| 25 | And the State Invalidity Benefit ( March 1990 ) of just £43.60 a week is unlikely to be sufficient to meet all your commitments . |
| 26 | As the State Invalidity Benefit ( May 1991 ) of just £52.00 a week is unlikely to be sufficient to meet all your commitments . |
| 27 | Furthermore , the theory is unlikely to be comprehensive . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |