Sentence examples for it is unlikely to pass from inspiring English sources

In June Peter King, a Republican congressman from New York, introduced a bill to legalise most online gambling and set up a federal regulator, but it is unlikely to pass.

In both scenarios, a free of tie option would take time to work through, given it is unlikely to pass into law immediately, and given that rent reviews are every 5 years.

Even if the Wolfpack (No. 11 in The Times's ranking) goes undefeated in its remaining Atlantic Coast Conference schedule, which includes games with Clemson, Virginia and Florida State, it is unlikely to pass other potentially undefeated teams like Virginia Tech (25th-toughest schedule), Georgia (9th) and Ohio State (28th).

There are many details about this Jobs Act which are unclear and it is unlikely to pass through parliament until well into next year.

Analysts estimate it is unlikely to pass without support from moderate Republicans.

In the end, if the bill only garners a slim majority of Republicans, he said it is unlikely to pass in the GOP-controlled House.

But Jing Jun, a sociology professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, said it was unlikely to pass.

Senior Democratic aides said that because Mr. Harkin's bill would add to the deficit, it was unlikely to pass.

"My instincts are it's unlikely to pass, so that's a hypothetical question that I don't have to face," he said.

The drug administration told the company in meetings in 2004 and 2006 that another trial was so poorly designed that it was unlikely to pass muster.

During debate on the measure last month, supporters of the legislation acknowledged that it was unlikely to pass before Mr. Clinton acts.