Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] unlikely [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The planned nuclear station at Hinkley Point in Somerset is unlikely to be cheaper than a coal-fired one at any realistic rate of return . |
| 3 | Even with free plutonium , MOX is unlikely to be cheaper than making uranium fuel from scratch unless uranium prices soar . |
| 4 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 5 | The DCDA said a further 18 beds in Middlesbrough were unlikely to be available before summer 1993 . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Intel still denies that there is any delay in volume deliveries of the Pentium 80586 microprocessor for public consumption , but vendors briefed by the company have confirmed that , as we revealed a few weeks ago ( UX No 410 ) , the part at present needs a heat sink and a fan , and that Intel is unlikely to be able to ship in volume before the fourth quarter 1993 . |