Sentence examples for it looked improbable from inspiring English sources

Yet before the 2010 election it looked improbable that Britain would be as far down the road to fragmentation as it is now.

Barcelona made an indifferent start to the 2000 01 season and by February 2001, journalist Sid Lowe commented it looked improbable that Lorenzo Serra Ferrer would remain as manager of the club.

Now the prime minister may be facing his own Flodden at a parliamentary by-election in Glasgow East, hitherto one of the safest seats in Labour's Scottish heartlands.At first sight, it looks improbable.

Depending on Putin's moves, however, the wider sanctions regime looked improbable.

Manning acknowledged that a Colts victory looked improbable with 5 09 left in the fourth quarter, when cornerback Ronde Barber returned a Manning interception 29 yards for a touchdown.

Ewing's well-known quest for a championship ring, which he never completed in New York, looked improbable at the beginning of the season when the Sonics started out 3-7.

Nonetheless, United came close to leaving Glasgow with a point after a rousing finish, which had looked improbable after Glenn Loovens and Georgios Samaras handed Celtic a two-goal advantage.

Threatened with the result that might have stopped the clocks at Ibrox and sent a multitude of supporters home in a deep depression, Rangers took advantage of Hearts' uncertainty to secure a win that had looked improbable halfway through the match.

That looked improbable when the Angels' offense disappeared in August.

By 11 April promotion looked improbable, but Friday was still overjoyed after scoring the last-minute winner in Reading's 2 1 victory over Rochdale.

These are all businesses that looked improbable, do something new and are good at attracting people to look at things in a new, fresh way.