Sentence examples for more unlikely given from inspiring English sources

It's an extraordinary claim -- all the more unlikely given Houellebecq's palpable aversion to the world.

His success seems all the more unlikely given that for nearly a decade after he began acting, he regarded it as a well-paid hobby.

Walker says the star pupil's success was even more unlikely given the birth of his son at the end of last month.

That made the Bruins' 1-0 victory even more unlikely, given that Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist all but specializes in shootout saves while Boston relied on its backup, Manny Fernandez.

Other targets include 1.5 billion euros to be raised from selling a 34 percent stake in the country's sports betting entity, and — more unlikely given the sickly state of Greek banks — 275 million euros from a sale of a stake in Hellenic Post bank.

But an infrastructure spending bill and a massive tax reform package always seemed like long shots, and only look even more unlikely given the current turmoil in Washington.

It's an unlikely breakthrough for a homicide case that has been dormant for so long, according to crime experts—one made all the more complicated and unlikely given the familial ties at play.

Analysts say two of the three are likely to face off in a July runoff that will be held if no candidate gets more than 50 percent — considered unlikely given the number of candidates.

A more radical shift seems unlikely, given Mr Mbeki's recent absence abroad (at the Evian summit, among other engagements) and given recent comments by the health minister, that traditional drugs can be as effective as anti-retrovirals.The timing of the expected policy announcement is hardly accidental.

Although I concede that Stiglitz's remedies have a better chance than Thomas Piketty's call for a global wealth tax, if only because enacting something within the confines of a nation-state seems perhaps more feasible, if extremely unlikely given the current political environment, than transcending international borders into the realm where capital rules unrestrained.

Furthermore contamination between study arms is unlikely given the more intensive nature of the intervention.