Example sentences of "it is [adv] unlikely that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you think about it , it is pretty unlikely that , if you yourself were reading a magazine , even if you looked quite hard at an ad , you could give a very detailed description of the ad even quite soon afterwards . |
| 2 | It is however unlikely that the move will be blocked when MPs vote on the rule changes next year . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Although he would not care to make predictions , ‘ it is not unlikely that the other side of the election , particularly in the case of Labour , we will have to take some very , very tough action indeed — not the least of which will include raising interest rates ’ . |
| 5 | Since Ulpian is the only source for this , conclusions must be limited to late classical law , although it is not unlikely that the same applied earlier . |
| 6 | But for the CPSU Politburo in 1968 , these measures were a casus belli , and it is not unlikely that a future Politburo will take a similar view of such transgressions . |
| 7 | On the other hand , if we stand firm , it is not unlikely that Russia will find her long range interests best served by reaching a compromise solution on a government acceptable to us , thereby accelerating our departure from Korea and thus , in her estimate , leaving the Soviets a free hand to pursue their political aims here . |
| 8 | It is not unlikely that in his crusading travels and meetings Edward garnered ideas and experience from the Roman world of the Mediterranean and sought to emulate that great legislator , his father-in-law , Alfonso X. Not less probable , however , is the influence of the church , and this at several different levels . |
| 9 | Your suspects are likely to be opposed to one another in different ways ( if they are not , you have chosen people who do not adequately reflect different aspects of your theme ) and if they are opposed it is not unlikely that they will quarrel , again about your theme . |
| 10 | What functions the AD1 and flanking repeats may have is unknown but it is not unlikely that one or another of these repeats represent functional domains . |
| 11 | Roman villas have been found in Snodland and Cuxton and it is not unlikely that one existed here at Halling as vestiges of Roman tiles are found in the village , also in the early parts of the church . |
| 12 | In the year 604 , Justus was ordained Bishop of Rochester , he then ordaining priests to serve his church and it is not unlikely that the priests visited the surrounding countryside . |
| 13 | Kentish archers were considered among the finest in the country and it is not unlikely that archers from Halling were present with Lord Cobham during the Hundred Years War and also at Agincourt , where the archers of Kent were in the fore front and played a major part in the defeat of the French Cavalry . |
| 14 | As a successful town , it is not unlikely that it also became a pagus centre for part of the Dobunni and additionally the residence of the regionarius mentioned above ( p. 34 ) . |
| 15 | It is not unlikely that he was the same man as Barates the Palmyrene whose wife Regina was buried at South Shields ; a Catuvellaunian by birth , she was at first his slave before he freed and married her . |
| 16 | Indeed , it is not unlikely that he at some point faced armed resistance in the Fens , as the Liber Eliensis mentions a siege of Ely . |
| 17 | It is not unlikely that , without glasses , your vision is a misty blur . |
| 18 | Erm , the rule of evidence is that it is inherently unlikely that anybody would make a statement against their own interest unless it was true . |
| 19 | It is thus unlikely that the metals used at Igbo Ukwu were prepared north of the Sahara . |
| 20 | It is thus unlikely that the road would be constructed without substantial assistance from the Department of Transport . |
| 21 | And it is ecologically unlikely that vegetarian dinosaurs arrived because of growing predatory competition among reptiles , paramammals and mammals for live prey . |
| 22 | It is most unlikely that you would do this ! |
| 23 | Admittedly , Peak District was following in the wake of Star Player , who had won the same Beverley event last season , but it is most unlikely that this fully-exposed six-year-old — hard fit from two wins in all-weather hurdles — will ever aspire to the achievements of Star Player , who went on to win three other races , including the Chester Cup . |
| 24 | The reality is , it is most unlikely that such a merger would be allowed on competition grounds and we believe that a referral to the authorities would be likely to attract great uncertainty to our customers and staff . ’ |
| 25 | It is most unlikely that you will have a complain that can not be settled amicably between us . |
| 26 | No academic libraries since the time of the Travelling Workshops Experiment have successfully applied the strategy and it is most unlikely that illuminative evaluation ‘ in toto ’ will ever get the opportunity to prove itself in academic user education , largely because of the lack of time to pursue it in full . |
| 27 | It is tragic that it is most unlikely that the Jewish race would ever seriously consider that its terrible sufferings can in any way be attributable to it 's religion , even in part . |
| 28 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 29 | It is most unlikely that ‘ everyone ’ does — and in any case , if you believe it , then it is affecting your life , so you need to examine it . |
| 30 | It is most unlikely that Ivy knew that this Miss Compton was a blacksmith 's daughter , and her ‘ fortune ’ a loan of £300 . |