The phrase
"unlikely event" means that something is not very likely or not expected to happen.
Full definition
In the
highly unlikely event that your baby doesn't smile by 3 months old, consult your baby's doctor to see whether there's a biological reason.
Those seeking insurance
on unlikely events think the events are more likely than they actually are.
It is good to get this kind of resolution, because it will help enforcement in the
apparently unlikely event of a remotely adequate international agreement.
In the
very unlikely event, that the «drug» should actually show therapeutic effect, you can do it at your home.
In the
highly unlikely event that there were to be a loss resulting from a rocket launch, coverage would generally apply.
While FGCU's astounding run is nothing short of historic, Silver notes that this is not the
most unlikely event in Tournament history.
The history of Idaho ® potatoes involves such
unlikely events as a man sifting through the soil of his garden for one lost pod from a potato plant, volcanic eruptions that took place in Western America millions of years ago, and the development of highly sophisticated pumps that can lift water from great depths in the earth to irrigate potato fields.
So many films before come completely unglued through asking us to buy a narrative twist that reaches preposterous proportions, and while Gone Baby Gone does have one hell of an ambitious summation, the characters always stay true to form, allowing us to actually buy into the notion that
such unlikely events could actually happen in the manner in which they are presented.
If shuffles are truly random, the chance of generating any particular sequence of 52 cards is 1 followed by 68 zeroes — and yet such an incredibly
unlikely event happens each time any pack is shuffled.
With the heroic trio comprised of Americans, Anthony Sadler, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, who play themselves in the film, the presentation follows the course of the friends» lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of
unlikely events leading up to the attack.
However, with all the talk of improbable upsets and Cinderella stories, we wanted to know
how unlikely the events of the past week were.
In this all - star cast holiday movie, four generations of extended family gather for an annual Christmas Eve celebration and as the evening unfolds, a series of unexpected visitors and
unlikely events turn the night upside down.
He has to brave a freezing river (without hypothermia), ride a horse off a cliff only to conveniently land in a nice, soft tree and
other unlikely events.
He has made it clear that he will not be staying at Old Trafford beyond this season, even in the
increasingly unlikely event that Manchester United qualify for the Champions League.
When predicting the future, particularly
with unlikely events, no matter how catestrophic, all one can really do is say something is possible and we have to cool our jets until the situation becomes more clear.
Then there is the wild card as my case where a bunch of highly
unlikely events came together that put me in a position where I could find God.
However, a ridiculously constructed script, along with a plot that requires at least a dozen
infinitesimally unlikely events to have happen perfectly according to plan, will most likely leave you with a mental hangover when it's all through.
THERE HAVE BEEN
many unlikely events in the career of Jeff Mills, but perhaps few as odd as scoring to a Raquel Welch vehicle.
Watching an almost mute 9 year old Vito land on Ellis Island and transform into a twenty - something community «leader» is one of the more powerful and
unlikely events ever seen on screen.
In the
relatively unlikely event that a proxy indicator represents a truly local climate phenomenon which is uncorrelated with larger scale climate variations, or represents a highly nonlinear response to climate variations...
Average summer (June to August) temperatures were far above the long - term mean by up to five standard deviations (Figure 12.4), implying that this was an extremely
unlikely event under current climatic conditions (Schär and Jendritzky, 2004).
Using a regrets based decision making process (which I take this analysis is an input to) is known to cause an irrational shift toward
avoiding unlikely events.
This decision is mostly a victory for the pro-environmental side, because it means the E.P.A. regulations will take effect (barring the very
unlikely events of rehearing by the full D.C. Circuit, emergency intervention by the Supreme Court, or Congressional action).
So, where from this nonsensical talk that only NPP people would be sponsored in the
most unlikely event that the Black Stars qualify.
One scene in the movie depicts some incredibly bright Northern Lights playing across the Antarctic sky... a highly
unlikely event as the Aurora Borealis are contained to the Northern Hemisphere.
The film follows the course of the friends» lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of
unlikely events leading up to the attack.
The odds increase based on
how unlikely the event is to occur, to such a degree that a team thought to be terrible in the preseason may receive 200 to 1 odds to win the World Series.
Mr Admin, In the
highly unlikely event of Jack Wilshere signing for Liverpool, THAT will NOT make him a traitor.
If we manage to strip him of some of his power, because it's frankly impossible to get him out without either Kroenke selling the club, or fans making an outrage, with both
seeming unlikely events.
He's promised to build a wall between Mexico and the U.S., but in the
increasingly unlikely event that he wins, he could also make life difficult for Canadians with U.S. ties.
Even in
the unlikely event he's not elected leader of the Liberal party, his recruitment of 150,000 new party supporters and collection of $ 1.3 million in donations unmistakably confirm him as an influential force in Canadian politics.