Example sentences of "[am/are] [not/n't] likely to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I read a novel the emotions aroused in me bring the experience of the events of the narrative into the present , but I am not likely to be misled into thinking it is actually happening for there are enough indicators in the environment to assure me that it is not . |
| 2 | Those who are not responsible for raising taxes are not likely to be responsible about spending them . |
| 3 | Calcium If you are having a reasonable amount of dairy produce you are not likely to be short of calcium . |
| 4 | coast of Benbecula and S. Uist ( Ritchie , 1966 , 1979 , 1985 ; Currie , 1979 ) also suggest that the frequency of westerly storms must have been less prior to 4000 B.P. As Currie ( 1979 p. 227 ) suggests , ‘ the stumps remaining are not likely to be an indication of forest , but rather the evidence of such sheltered locations where small woods survived the climatic conditions , often in areas which are now submerged by the sea ’ . |
| 5 | Some important groups , like the mosses and liverworts , have a sporadic fossil record extending back to the Carboniferous , but they are not likely to be encountered without a special search . |
| 6 | The great advantage of spontaneous housing is its cheapness and , until governments can provide adequate housing with the same attraction , they are not likely to be successful . |
| 7 | ‘ So you are not likely to be mistaken ? ’ |
| 8 | Crimes among criminals are not likely to be reported to the police for obvious reasons . |
| 9 | The second is that children who are used to watching Going Live are not likely to be enthralled by the Black and White Minister Show . |
| 10 | With modern data processing facilities , the numbers of categories are not likely to be a problem . |
| 11 | But should the barrels stay missing for a while , they are not likely to be posing much of a health hazard — at least , not nearly as much as that posed by the tonnes of poison whose storage , legal or otherwise , is now going to be looked into . |
| 12 | The twentieth century may seem threatening at times for someone with these problems , but at least you are not likely to be struck down in your prime by cholera , smallpox or bubonic plague , and there is little risk of being eaten by lions . |
| 13 | Freedoms are not likely to be enlarged under the British tradition since from the outset it is the notion of complete freedom which the law seeks to modify . |
| 14 | Furthermore users are not likely to be in the situation of being able to contrast comparable courses . |
| 15 | Cheap counterfeit copies are not likely to be made to the safety standards of the real thing . |
| 16 | Some will be needed from the early years of the primary school ( e.g. letter , full stop , sentence , etc. ) ; others are not likely to be introduced before the secondary school ( e.g. presupposition , genre , creole , etc . ) . |
| 17 | We could devise alternative definitions of these phenomena but they are not likely to be any more helpful than those we have . |
| 18 | The OECD ( Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ) has recently argued that governments are not likely to be successful in securing increased public sector efficiency unless there is a greater role for the price mechanism and market forces . |
| 19 | They are not likely to be deterred by those who contend that democracy is no more than a method of choosing national governments . |
| 20 | Their problems are not likely to be solved unless this aspect of them is dealt with and some skill may be necessary in drawing it into the light . |
| 21 | Tall lanky plants in small pots are not likely to be a good buy . |
| 22 | You are not likely to be asked to write a report on a complex or recondite subject at the stage that you have reached in your studies . |
| 23 | The best time to get people to talk about themselves is when you are sitting around the table over a meal or having tea , and when they are relaxed and are not likely to be diverted by other activities . |
| 24 | Until the potential political power of the millions of women who are disadvantaged in relation to paid and unpaid labour and in retirement is realised , policies to combat the poverty of many of those aged 60 and over are not likely to be forthcoming . |
| 25 | We are proud of three students who trained in one of the pilot courses who are now working with UNHCR in Hong Kong and the way in which they are trying to keep up their standard of interpreting in appalling rat infested conditions which , one hopes , are not likely to be encountered here . |
| 26 | * lack of knowledge of regional , national or international trends — individual salespeople are not likely to be in a position to possess a toad knowledge of the market . |
| 27 | And evening classes are a good idea but more for a general grounding in computing in general as there are not likely to be directly relevant to your hardware and software . |
| 28 | Thus they consider that SSE should include a written report ; that teachers are not likely to be reluctant to take part in SSE if a written report plays a part in the scheme . |
| 29 | But the objectives of an explanatory survey are not likely to be so straightforward , and it may be that sampling individuals , though convenient , does not sample the phenomenon of interest . |
| 30 | However , most subjects reported that they are doing nothing to avoid TB exposure , and many of those who report doing something are taking precautions that are not likely to be effective . |