Sentence examples for was thought unlikely from inspiring English sources

(He was thought unlikely to reign long in view of his advanced age).

That was thought unlikely because the minister's movements were not publicized ahead of time.

The hurricane was thought unlikely though to affect any land until next week.

The two temperate zones were believed to be the only habitable regions, but contact between the two was thought unlikely.

At the time it was thought unlikely that Thomson would be directly replaced, but once again, in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the BBC's thinking may have changed.

It was thought unlikely to the point of impossibility that ornithischians would have any kind of covering beyond scales and armour, but two different species were found to have filaments less than a decade apart, and it has even been suggested that the famous Triceratops had some bristles as part of its skin.

It is thought unlikely that regulators will approve the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust.

Many of them were thought unlikely to survive the year.

Its attempt is thought unlikely to pass the legal tests.

But the watchdog is thought unlikely to match that performance in the second half.

Reprofiling is thought unlikely to trigger payments on credit-default swaps.