Example sentences of "[ex0] [be] unlikely [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the end is coming , screens are placed round the bed ; in any case there are unlikely to be any ‘ last words ’ , because most of us die under some form of sedation . |
| 2 | There are unlikely to be any problems in attracting a junior football club to share the school field . |
| 3 | Bodies such as the DFG do what they can to encourage good research , but there are unlikely to be major changes unless the need to improve research quality becomes a political priority , both at state and federal level . |
| 4 | With the Sun in its present state of inactivity there are unlikely to be any dragons worth chasing . |
| 5 | In the area of planning and scheduling there are unlikely to be any legal implications either . |
| 6 | There are unlikely to be dramatic improvements in noise levels and air quality as a result of these speed reductions , simply because 80 per cent of the traffic now is on the main roads . |
| 7 | But given the recent decline in numbers of tenured black academics , falling Ph.Ds , retention , enrolment , and grade point averages among black students , and a decreased political commitment to their education , there are unlikely to be widespread , long-term improvements in black students ' , professors ' , and professionals ' positions in psychology . |
| 8 | Droit de suite remains on the Commission 's agenda for 1992 , although in view of its extensive programme in copyright-related matters there are unlikely to be any substantial recommendations or conclusions before next year . |
| 9 | There are unlikely to be more for non-consensual acts against males involving oral sex or object penetration . |
| 10 | There are unlikely to be many more than four situations in which the defendant 's case will rest on an application of the decision in Morgan , because his belief in consent was honest , though unreasonable . |
| 11 | There are unlikely to be any Scottish Conservative Back Benchers either , not only because there are so few of them but because none of them has participated in this debate , apart from a brief intervention by the hon. and learned member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) that could hardly have been described as serious participation . |
| 12 | Yet there are unlikely to be many governors or bodies of parents who would disapprove of the more or less traditional approach of putting class teachers first , and there would be few who would persist in wanting the headteacher 's draft management plan — his or her daily manner of organizing and managing the school — to be changed as the result of open and equal argument between staff of all categories . |
| 13 | Ford wants to shed more than 1,400 jobs through voluntary redundancy , but Mr Adams said there were unlikely to be enough volunteers . |
| 14 | Ford wants to shed more than 1,400 jobs through voluntary redundancy , but Mr Adams said there were unlikely to be enough volunteers . |
| 15 | Manchester TEC tells us that there are ’ between 1,200-2,000 young people in the Guarantee Group wanting to join YT for whom there were unlikely to be places available before Christmas . ’ |
| 16 | There is unlikely to be a consensus view amongst the parents or even in the staff room about standards in these matters . |
| 17 | However , if you are replaced by another employee , say of a lower grade and commanding less pay , there is unlikely to be a redundancy . |
| 18 | As with the general delivery of curriculum , there is unlikely to be one single effective model . |
| 19 | If the hutches are cleaned regularly and fresh straw added there is unlikely to be a problem . |
| 20 | There is unlikely to be any advance in the accuracy of dating of early Anglo-Saxon archaeology in the near future whereas the assumptions upon which such dates are allowed are very likely to come under close scrutiny . |
| 21 | ‘ Russian history has been totally rewritten , with lies upon lies and even with this DNA testing , there is unlikely to be a definite conclusion . ’ |
| 22 | Realism hardly admits of simple recognitions , Greek-style , and in the diversity of social life there is unlikely to be a single moment when , as in a religious ecstasy , life is seen as a whole . |
| 23 | It says other small scale RFTs will follow in the fashion of the graphical user interface GAIA follow-on , but there is unlikely to be any more big and costly new technology requests . |
| 24 | If income support is in payment , there is unlikely to be any advantage for the local authority in pursuing maintenance as the DSS will simply reduce their contribution by the same amount . |
| 25 | Managers are naturally biased towards projects showing a quick return , if they feel there is unlikely to be ex post settling up over the longer term . |
| 26 | There is unlikely to be a Day of the Jackal in Baghdad , therefore , Iraq is a closed society , and no hawk-faced marksman will get far if he tries to stalk Saddam . |
| 27 | There will , no doubt , be the usual trimming of the sums requested ( about $2 billion over four years ) , but there is unlikely to be root and branch objection of the kind raised by Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's British government in its first few years . |
| 28 | For this elite , negotiating for an improved quality of life , there is unlikely to be sensitivity about the absence of disability arts . |
| 29 | It will also be recollected that so many qualifications have been placed upon the decision in The Wagon Mound ( No. 1 ) that the concept of foreseeability is now applied in a very broad and liberal manner and there is unlikely to be much practical difference between an inquiry whether a consequence is foreseeable or natural . |
| 30 | In the light of the above factors and on the assumption that there is unlikely to be any real increase in the dollar price of oil in the medium term , the Board does not believe it to be financially prudent to maintain the 1992 dividend at the same level as that paid in respect of 1991 . |