unlikely

But, even if such a policy could be sustained (which is unlikely), it would turn southern Europe into a greater Mezzogiorno.

Finally , may we say that this was an exceptional mistake and is unlikely to occur again. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

It is unlikely, however, that this fragmentation will lead to the disappearance of English as a language understood around the world.

Seeing as it was unlikely that any bank would loan him so much money, John decided to let that be the determining factor.

But he told me once that in the unlikely event he were to leave for whatever reason, he would make me earn at least double.

If you had not had some intellectual bias -even of quite a mild sort -it is unlikely that you would be here today to receive a degree .

But the timing of the appearance of these component words in the written record seems to make this assembly unlikely.

Such a spiral is, so far, unlikely in the U. S. , where high unemployment is undermining workers' bargaining power.

It was understood that sunspot activity was not at its peak in 1932 and hence the radio waves were unlikely to be emitted from the Sun.

However, he said the government was unlikely to delay the implementation of the law any further.

The NSIDC team cautions that this is a preliminary analysis and that further melt is possible, though unlikely, this year.

The cash buffer corporate America has built up in case of harder times makes a fresh shock of that kind unlikely.

The previous point might lead one to suspect that this was an unlikely area for positive investment returns.

Probably the only forward of comparable quality is Lionel Messi, and he's unlikely to leave Barcelona.

It is unlikely that the President could ever become a dictator, Congress, the press and the people between them rule out such a possibility.

No such system has been put together at this sort of depth before, so getting it to work is unlikely to be easy.

If you enter their offices they are unlikely to ask for a bribe or to pinch your bum.

It's unlikely the water, at least at this site, is in the form of an ice sheet, Colaprete said.

Moammar Khadafy is dead -- and his unlikely pen pal, a retired Jewish florist from Brooklyn, never got to say goodbye.

Short of an implosion to rival that of Bear Stearns in March, however, the rumours are unlikely to become real deals for the time being.

However, this appears unlikely to have been a major factor, given storage constraints and the fast turnover at retail facilities.

While it may be easy to string together liquid transfer commands, simple methods are unlikely to meet the needs of your laboratory.

It seems to be unlikely not to receive any junk mail when you check your email. What you can do is to delete it with patience .

For now we do not know exactly what happened there on Wednesday night and are unlikely to find out for another 48 hours.

And even though it's unlikely he'll win anything at the Olympics, the mere fact that he's there at all seems to be enough.

The gossip he is unlikely to hear is the gossip about him. His staff probably go elsewhere for that.

The band befriended this unlikely character, and shot hours of video of him at work, giving free hugs to passers-by.

But they knew an insider was unlikely to make drastic changes and have been surprised by how much Mr Isdell has achieved.

'Now things are unlikely to be anywhere near as good as people have gotten used to, because we're not going to have a bubble to help us.

McCormack said the ministerial talks would be loosely structured and unlikely to produce any specific outcome.

With no armistice obviously in sight, it seems unlikely that this dispute will be come to a rapid and peaceful conclusion.

But congressional leaders are unlikely to pursue either of these two radical options, at least for a while.

But there are very good reasons why China would be highly unlikely to attack Taiwan, even if it had the capability to do so.

The assertion that your right should take precedence over mine is unlikely to find favour with me if it is put in the form of a demand.

While eating on public transport is discouraged, it would unlikely lead to any sort of conflict in Australia.

Paul and I are unlikely to match Louis's time without a strong following wind, and I doubt we will utter the word "victory. "

But even if it continues to go up, it is unlikely to keep climbing at the same speed given that the price is at a very high historic level.

T. rex was unlikely to have been a herbivore. But which animals the tyrant lizard actually ate is a far harder nut to crack.

While Whitney acknowledges that this class of securities is unlikely to see defaults, they still place a huge burden on the future.

The company said the plutonium was found at low levels that pose no risk to human health and are unlikely to affect the repair work.

In fact, said several sources close to the situation, such a settlement is now unlikely without some major push this weekend.

Eventually, they could gradually sell mortgage securities, but such a move would be unlikely in the early stages of tightening.

Much-needed change is unlikely to come from the left: the candidate most likely to run for Mr Colom's party is Sandra Torres, his wife.

But if not, in the unlikely event that the work on which our generation has labored doesn't make it into textbooks, I can live with that.

One thing on which observers seem to agree is that there is unlikely to be any revaluation during Mr Obama's visit.

It is unlikely that this memory will be from the first two years of life.

But he thought it unlikely that anyone could be so inspired by an online course.

So far, this fit of activity looks unlikely to save many of them. Even if it does, it bodes ill for the public role of the Fourth Estate.

Doctors say it is possible, but unlikely, to contract a human form of the disease by eating meat from infected animals.

Samuel might sound like an extreme case but if you think a situation like this is unlikely to happen in a home near you, think again.

This is extremely unlikely, though, considering how much of our lives is devoted to the pursuit of money.

Buffett's public comments over the years suggests a dividend is highly unlikely, at least while he is at the helm.

Dixon felt sad: he realized for the first time that it was really very unlikely that she would come to the Ball.

But his coach said it was unlikely he would be able to defend his 110m hurdle crown at this August's world championships in Berlin.

Besides finding these hours just a bit inconvenient, working mothers are unlikely to get much help at home from their husbands.

The White House would be very unlikely to back such a resolution, should it ever come to a vote.

The system is therefore a natural test of whether this sort of unlikely performance pay works.

The Italian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Sali said the meeting is unlikely to make financial assistance.

But in May, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said the company is "unlikely to employ facial recognition programs. "

Losing your job is unlikely to condemn you to starvation and death; losing a relationship won't condemn you to a life of unrelenting misery.

Analysts said buyers were unlikely to be tempted by the subsidies until they were easily able to recharge their cars.

Infection by this means is possible but highly unlikely, because mosquitoes seldom have fresh blood on the outside of their mouthparts.

Still, it's so small that the only thing it could take for a ride is another molecule, so the authors are unlikely to hear any complaints.

The general had experienced difficulties commandeering horses and wagons and was unlikely to start out from Riga until the end of July.

He said other pressing demands for resources make it "unlikely that the government will place science at the top of its agenda" .

Uganda is still the only African one to have sent troops; with just 1, 600 of them there, the UN is unlikely to come in and take over.

Still, he said, the current campaign is unlikely to be effective because participants don't yet 'recognize that it's a bad thing.

But such biased individual reports would be unlikely to affect the overall findings of a large study like this one.

The U. S. government is unlikely to do either of these things and therefore, in conventional parlance, is not insolvent.

It took about a year in office for the administration to grudgingly accept that such a partnership was unlikely to develop any time soon.

It seems unlikely that North Korea would be able to put a nuclear warhead on such a device.

It would also be unlikely for him to settle on an image of a weirwood.

A senior U. S. diplomat concedes that these sorts of incidents "are not at all unlikely to occur" over the next weeks and months.

But it's unlikely the U. S. or other major nations would back such a quid pro quo.

Fortunately, we don't need them, so it's unlikely that this will be a problem, at least for now.

She would be very unlikely to respect a child, it is difficult to clearly define the child is a complete independent personality.

This could be a global or a regional player, but buy-out firms would be unlikely to match the profile, he said.

He found inspiration in an unlikely place: the physics of condensed matter, including the material of the moment - pencil lead.

However, if the payroll tax cut is only a temporary holiday it is unlikely to affect business' perception of the marginal cost of labor.

This category deals specifically with race-orientated yachts, which are unlikely to be used for any other reason.

He's been out for so long it would be unlikely I would use him, but medically speaking he is physically fit to be selected.

Libya's new leaders are unlikely to be so generous, since the country's earnings could be minimal for a while yet.

Andriy Shevchenko limped out of training yesterday with an ankle problem and is unlikely to play, and Essien is out with a knee injury.

The host of small private yards that has sprung up in recent years are unlikely to be given support to avoid insolvency.

He said it was unlikely that Wendelin Wiedeking, Porsche's headstrong chief executive, would be happy to stay on in a more "lowly" role.

Kashmiris, however troubled, are unlikely soon to return to the widespread armed militancy that used to claim thousands of lives a year.

One unlikely answer may lie in an object that has become something of an emblem of our late capitalist economy: the sea container.

He recognizes, however, that this dream of a second fiscal stimulus is unlikely to materialize.

Analysts and investors said the sale is unlikely to cause a large, immediate increase in the bank's core capital levels.

But it seems unlikely that the troops would have retaken Buner within a week as their commanders had originally hoped.

Kashmiris, however troubled, are unlikely soon to return to the widespread armed militancy that used to claim thousands of lives a year.

One unlikely answer may lie in an object that has become something of an emblem of our late capitalist economy: the sea container.

He recognizes, however, that this dream of a second fiscal stimulus is unlikely to materialize.

Analysts and investors said the sale is unlikely to cause a large, immediate increase in the bank's core capital levels.

But it seems unlikely that the troops would have retaken Buner within a week as their commanders had originally hoped.

Members observed that such transactions would be unlikely to be large enough to materially influence market yields.

Someone who needs to communicate using pictures is, to say the least, unlikely to have passed the language proficiency test by themselves.

That seems unlikely to be the whole story (the amount of help needed to compensate would be huge), though it might be a contributory factor.

OK, that's probably an unlikely development for most of us but a decision by the Spanish fashion world has brought it a step closer.

You have every right to feel betrayed by your friend if she did tell your secret to others, but it seems unlikely that she did.

You have every right to feel betrayed by your friend if she did tell your secret to others, but it seems unlikely that she did.

It seems unlikely that infants would be able to build relationships with others without some limited concept of themselves.

"Putting a country's rating on review is also not the same as a downgrade, " she said. "An actual downgrade is still an unlikely scenario. "

But many senators do not much like the Waxman-Markey bill either, and it is unlikely to be passed before the summit, if at all.

But a look at its severe computational requirements quickly convinces the hopeful engineer how unlikely such a system would be in real life.

A more radical recommendation, unlikely to be among the changes, would be to limit prosecutions to individuals rather than companies.

The matter is unlikely to be resolved immediately.

I met with anybody who might have able to help us, however unlikely the prospect.

And while the government has indicated it is ready to open an existing site to new refugees, such a move is unlikely to occur any time soon.

Let me make a more striking claim: even if you won, it would be unlikely to save you from financial trouble.

To be sure, Goldman, at least in name, is unlikely to disappear from Wall Street or off the face of the earth anytime soon.

It seems unlikely that there would be a growing green movement in Houston, Texas, the heart of American oil country.

He will suffer anxiety and depression, almost certainly, for the rest of his life. He has no friends and is unlikely to make any.

But Bush is unlikely ever to escape the image of him cowering behind a lectern watched by an unruffled Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki.

Our ability to speak and communicate seems to have its origin in the unlikely pairing of the left brain and the right hand.

Which means Occupy is shaping up to be one of the most unlikely case studies in the history of marketing.

Observers in Baghdad say it is not clear whether the measure will come up for a vote, and is unlikely to pass if it does.

However, Sutley said the president was unlikely to press for that original target, or to explicitly adopt the new more stringent 17% cut.

But it seems quite unlikely that any of these was an indoor temperature -- a particularly chilly breeze is a more plausible explanation.

It strikes me as unlikely that the U. S. market would be the only global market not to test its 2010 lows.

But even then it was unlikely to be enough to make up the current shortfall in power.

Theft of such a staggering sum might seem unlikely, but U. S. officials aren't ruling it out.

The commercial interests of the US and China are converging in an unlikely place: in and around Detroit.

The next election is unlikely to be a referendum on energy policy and much more likely to be about broader economic issues.

But workers who worry about being laid off are unlikely to go spend, regardless of how much money fiscal stimulus puts in their pockets.

But a senior euro zone source said the idea was unlikely to go away and more talks could be expected next year.

Both of these have serious political implications that have to be resolved and are unlikely even to be addressed with consumption subsidies.

But Sharpe thinks such a scenario is unlikely: "Bald eagles tend to feed on what's most prevalent in the environment, " he said.

"It's unlikely that a player like Rooney is going to be left on the bench versus Liverpool, " he said.

For the Beijing native, this city of 20 million is large enough to make it unlikely her family would ever hear about her sexual orientation.

Being singled out as the only Liverpool player with a confidence problem by his manager is also unlikely to help Torres.

Sophie cursed me for a fool and I agreed we were unlikely to see him again.

Dr. Kadish said he thought it possible but unlikely that some doctors were implanting devices unnecessarily to make money.

However, he said the Fed is unlikely to repeat in the near term the extensive stress-tests done on major U. S. banks earlier this year.

As you can see from above, I find it unlikely that the differences between the high and low energy limit will have such a huge effect.

However, people familiar with the negotiations said the offer was unlikely to be accepted.

it seems unlikely that this process can produce objects much in excess of a few kilometers in radius.

Recruitment is unlikely to pick up in the near future, with investment banking expected to remain in a very hard place for some time.

A symbolic offer of $25m to Pakistan a year ago, via the United Nations, to assist in flood relief, was unlikely to have melted many hearts.

It is unlikely to come to that, although Lisbon's fate could still turn into a race against the British electoral clock.

The mosquitoes were unlikely to survive a Dutch winter: the surprise was that tropical insects could flourish in a North Sea summer.

Without more of those, Bertelsmann is unlikely to survive as the media giant he made it.

Yet Apollo was a creature of a unique set of historical circumstances that are unlikely to be repeated.

Past a certain day and you will no longer have my life, when the firm was unlikely to face this moment of my time, I do not know what I?

The Bank of England is unlikely to deliver any surprises today, with an unchanged policy rate outcome and asset purchases target likely.

In any real infrastructure architecture, it would be very unlikely that intermediaries existed at all the levels shown in the diagrams.

But at the moment this is only a think about it "experimental thinking" and did not become a reality, it is unlikely to become reality.

Moreover, experiments indicated that this virus does not survive well in human blood, making it an unlikely source for a human infection.

Considering how everybody's trying to make the next big thing, it seems unlikely.

But the gap between the two sides is still significant and negotiations are unlikely to be concluded by the year-end.

Sadly, the increasingly contentious state of global economic relations is unlikely to produce such a consensus anytime soon.

Such a policy is unlikely as it would expose the bank to potential losses if bonds were not paid back in full.

A state official who said he was briefed by emergency personnel said the toll was unlikely to rise significantly.

The cable should be tested or swapped if possible as it is unlikely to be the problem but it is still a possible cause.

Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla said the 'modest increase' in policy rates Tuesday is unlikely to derail India's firming economic growth.

The geology of the area makes it unlikely that such new leaks would be created, but it is still a risk to be avoided.

4, Since our profits have fallen in recent months , it is unlikely that we shall be able to reinvest so much in new marketing initiatives.

I managed to win the darts tournament this time but it was a flash in the pan and I'm very unlikely to get past the first round next time.

Such a tax, if it is intended seriously, would be unlikely to amount to much.

It is unlikely that this insight, pithy and eloquent though it is, would be of much use during any intellectual property dispute.

But it seems unlikely that it will be as generous an exporter of capital as Britain and America have been, at least in the medium term.

Scattered and ill-organised rural protests are unlikely to turn into a serious threat to the party.

pop up: eg. He seems to pop up in the most unlikely places.

The party is unlikely to eclipse the SPD by the time of the next federal election in 2013, but it could catch up soon after that.

Unlikely, because Charles Darwin was one of the more prominent figures to notice it.

For that very reason it is unlikely either to travel well or to benefit much from tinkering.

Just as you don't think about, gossip about or otherwise worry about other people it's unlikely that they are any different.

Experts say many are unlikely ever to be allowed to go back and Tepco is expected to face steep compensation bills for years.

It's highly unlikely that such a world would retain an atmosphere, since the searing hot gases would rapidly escape into space.

And house prices are unlikely to perk up for long if unemployment continues to rise, as it is likely to do over the coming months.

But a particular pattern on a chart is unlikely to tell us about the next days, weeks, months or years.

Even if they do spot it, as long as the content is still what they were originally looking for, they're unlikely to be affected.

There have been no reports of deaths outside Urumqi but it seems unlikely that racial reprisals are not taking place all over the region.

Finish a song at a chosen venue and the game gives you an unlikely number of fans and a ludicrously small amount of money.

"The artist community is unlikely to accept that the record company is to be the arbiter of what is or is not a suitable state of health. "

Hah, yes, just a simple country doctor. Brain tumors at her age are highly unlikely.

Instead, the government looks unlikely either to surrender any of Britain's global pretensions or to be willing to pay for them.

French politicians, in the run-up to the presidential election next year, are unlikely to have anything useful to contribute.

But there is unlikely to be a return to the boom years of the previous decade, when inflation remained dormant as GDP rose.

But something happened then the Ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable.

However, this amount of money is unlikely to be transferred in a single tranche for immediate investment, either domestically or offshore.

One senior advertising group executive said the move was unlikely to make any measurable difference to advertisers outside China.

They say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.

The problem is unlikely to be the Obama White House, which has already expressed a willingness to work with whomever is elected president.

The company President Nicolas Sarkozy is keeping these days is unlikely to help reverse his flaccid approval rating.

But the prospect of forming the kind of strong government necessary to force through tough reforms is looking increasingly unlikely.

A few kids may have had a low level exposure, but severe poisoning from the toys alone is pretty unlikely.

It is unlikely that the kind of devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan would strike any of the Indian nuclear plants.

Though Nigeria's generals say they are ready to deploy a battalion in Mogadishu, it is unlikely to go, despite American urging.

Data revisions, though, are unlikely to get Beijing fully off the hook of a dilemma of its own making.

It seems unlikely. I have to assume, then, that I have come across once in my life* - the most beautiful place I shall ever see.

The match means the stem cells, the building blocks of all bodily tissues, are unlikely to be rejected by the body's immune system.

That trend now looks almost certain to go into reverse in the next six months, even though the fall in prices seems unlikely to be dramatic.

A slowing is possible, indeed desirable, but a serious stumble seems unlikely.

It may not, at least without tacit support from India, and that seems unlikely.

This means that the nasal drops have a relatively local effect in the nose and are unlikely to have side effects on other parts of the body.

Sadly, the next Congress is unlikely to do much to reverse any of this.

No new chapters have been opened for a year; none will be unless Turkey opens its ports to Greek-Cypriot vessels, which is unlikely.

When a plane is designed, aircraft designers are very unlikely to ask pilots or the passengers about the plane architecture.

I do not know what the epicentre of the next crisis will be, except that it is unlikely to involve structured debt products.

Rallies in favour of the new abortion law were just as large, though, and a centre-right government would be unlikely to change it.

The performance of the euro may be poor, but the impact on the global market is unlikely to last long, at least not as serious as before.

It's unlikely to give you full coverage of every issue, but as a general overview it's pretty cool.

He seems to pop up in the most unlikely place.

While it was unlikely the students had swine flu, it showed that China had an effective surveillance system in place, he said.

Any video appearance by ordinary North Koreans in a state media outlet, however, is unlikely to be completely spontaneous in nature.

Such legislation would be unlikely to put the US at a significant competitive disadvantage .

Police told the newspaper the passport has not been recovered and is unlikely to be located in the vast Fiordland rain forest.

To go much further, the president would have to cut the number of ministries held by her own party (currently 18), and that looks unlikely.

These would be voluntary cuts and therefore unlikely to be part of a binding climate-change pact.

Payment Systems: Between Square, PayPal X and advances in Internet TV, we're going to see payment options integrated in unlikely places.

The salarymen are unlikely to stop drinking, but at least now they are more likely to get home safely.

I don't want you to feel broadsided by events, so I raise the possibility even though I feel this manifestation is unlikely.

It may try to deregulate the labour market a little, even if it is unlikely to challenge the country's powerful trade unions overtly.

Unless your website is in the first two or three pages, it is unlikely that you will receive many visitors from search engines.

If the PR bit in MSR is set (Problem State), then the CPU was running in user mode, and is unlikely to be the cause of the crash.

Exports are expected to slow down in 2001, but the magnitude is unlikely to be substantial as toys are not luxury items.

Paddy Power seems to be reasoning that Google is unlikely to give up on the huge market.

Such a slight initial revaluation is unlikely to do much to slow China's fast-expanding economy.

While nuclear apocalypse has long been a popular subject for books and movies, the Dr. Strangelove scenario is actually fairly unlikely.

In the UK the Bank of England policy meeting will take centre stage but there is unlikely to be any change in policy settings.

Mr. Muska said the discovery of additional survivors is unlikely. More than 150 people were injured in the fire and explosion.

It is unlikely that the German government would ever say such a thing about its auto industry or the French about its wine growers.

Deals that may have seemed out of reach or unlikely prior to a new CEO taking over may suddenly become possible when a new leader arrives.

Given the recent explosion in leverage, the challenge is unlikely to be one of mispricing of the toxic mortgage-backed securities alone.

What may have seemed unlikely some years back, and was difficult for many to comprehend, is now staring you in the face.

It seems a bit unlikely, but perhaps it's possible if it really just wants to mess with Google and Apple.

If he's drinking with his mates, he would be unlikely to welcome approaches from outside the group, unless sycophantic and ego-enhancing.

LuHong seamless steel tube, analysts said the various related conditions from the market, GangShi sustained "reverse" is unlikely.

The alternative of a soda tax would be unlikely to have much effect, for the reasons stated earlier.

However, the strongest motivator available to a manager (since it is unlikely your employees will fall in love with you) is self esteem.

But unlike Bill Clinton, who turned his wife into an unlikely Arkansan, Obama planted himself on his wife's turf.

At the very least, the falls mean that the wave of new output forecast over the next few years is unlikely to materialise.

Had Jordan possessed some mammoth natural gift specifically for basketball, it seems unlikely he'd have been cut from his high school team.

These have never been observed to spread, and Reddy told journalists this week that the Danish case was equally unlikely to.

Thus, the next few years are unlikely to be sustained through the new bank loans financial levers housing purchasing power.

But with time running out on this session, lawmakers are unlikely to adopt such legislation before next year.

But even if such structures become the norm, bank bosses are unlikely to be able to shrink overall cost ratios, as some secretly hope.

Such an agreement may seem fanciful and unlikely, but it is the only way the global imbalance can be eliminated.

She said that without national legislation, the WHO requirement is unlikely to be met.

To be sure, China's economy now is so closely intertwined with the U. S. 's that major, abrupt changes are unlikely.

On the basis of this report, hardly the last word, such a finding seems unlikely.

Such a link is unlikely, says Steven Novella, a neurologist at Yale, because nearly everything that happens to us affects cell metabolism.

Official results may bring him a better score, but he is unlikely to win, as some of his supporters had dreamed he would.

It is unlikely that any parliament will be prepared to hand over 10-20% of GDP to prop up failing banks again (at least in the medium term).

Material possessions just don't hold much significance yet for a child whose unlikely union with her new, adoptive family began in July.

At the season's outset, I pegged the Kings as a team unlikely to make the playoffs, but at least on the right track towards improvement.

A "pre-nup" is a good idea wherever you live, especially if you do not plan to have children and if the marriage is unlikely to last.

Price-fixing in such a highly fragmented industry is unlikely to have much impact or cause much damage to the Russian economy.

Without a pick up in consumer spending, the macro environment is unlikely to recover.