"If funding could be secured, likely our intention would be to stick to that original plan, which we'll consider in our final proposal".
Hence the screening that the Edinburgh film festival managed to secure is likely to be a one off, at least as far as UK filmgoers are concerned.
Government sources say a meeting was held two weeks ago at which Tessa Jowell, the minister for culture, media and sport, negotiated insistently with Richard Scudamore, the Premiership's chief executive, to secure a likely increase in the amount of money redistributed.
Quite simply, I believe Wales will win the match and England will win the title, ie Wales will not secure the likely seven-point victory that would see them overhaul England at the top of the table.
This pre-packaged administration – in which a company goes into administration with an exit deal already secured – is likely to lead to a break-up of the group, with Karen Millen, Oasis, Coast and Warehouse retained by the new owners, but Shoe Studio and Principles sold off.
Winning Saturday night's 9 p.m. championship would most likely secure that lofty seeding, and doing so will be a little easier with Connecticut and Pittsburgh out of the way.
I suppose it was a good thing: it will likely secure Barack Obama's re-election and, I hope, show that we liberals aren't a bunch of wimps.
If the Hurricanes win their last three games, they will most likely secure a spot in the Rose Bowl to play for the national championship.
joked that the bill would likely secure 90 votes in the Senate, assuming that the other 10 would be people who didn't show up that day.
Others whose names haven't been part of the early prognostications -- Ben Mendelsohn ("Mississippi Grind"), Kevin Corrigan ("Results"), Marin Ireland ("Glass Chin") -- are able to secure what is likely one of their few nominations of the season, given those movies' low profiles. .
