Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [adv] unlikely that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have been a recurrent nova , and although it is probably unlikely that it will ever come within binocular range , if it reappears at all , there is no harm in looking for it . |
| 2 | If he achieves his ambitious growth targets it is bound to mean more jobs although it is highly unlikely that they will grow at the same rate — ‘ but it would be fairly substantial and it would be in Glasgow ’ . |
| 3 | 2.4 " Common Parts " means any malls and other pedestrian ways concourses and circulation areas staircases escalators ramps and lifts service roads loading bays forecourts and other ways and areas in the Centre which are from time to time during the Term provided by the Landlord for common use by customers frequenting the Centre and by the Tenants and the occupiers of the Centre or persons expressly or by implication authorised by them Although it is highly unlikely that the landlord would so amend or alter the common parts to make it impossible for the tenant to carry on its business , the following additional wording may be considered : |
| 4 | Although it was very unlikely that they could be disturbing anyone they both spoke almost in whispers , and Nenna 's last remark , which scarcely deserved an answer , was lost in the air , drowned by the wash of high tide . |
| 5 | Just as it is almost impossible to apply what is now called the ‘ Japanese ’ system of management to other parts of the world , because of the differences of culture and background of the people who are working in industry , so it is equally unlikely that the particular , precise ways that I have found so useful will have the same application to others ; Nevertheless , since I have spent so much of my life developing these ideas it may be that some of my experience will hit a chord of recognition or cause others to reflect or contemplate . |
| 6 | All of these are difficult because it is very unlikely that you will be able to dig down to collect the rabbits that the ferrets accumulate at the dead-ends of the burrows . |
| 7 | In this study , sulphate reducing bacteria must have been absent , or their activities limited in the non-methanogenic samples tested , because it is highly unlikely that methanogenic bacteria will displace sulphate reducing bacteria for this mutual growth substrate given an adequate supply of electron acceptor ( sulphate ) . |
| 8 | He evidently led musicians on with false promises : a long letter from the cellist Carlo Graziani details amounts owing and favours not forthcoming ( Giardini seems to have promised him a place in the Queen 's Band , though it is highly unlikely that he would have had such influence ) . |