How To Use Unlike In A Sentence

The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
He made comments about a couple of items, suggesting an appetizer that sounded unlikely but that, in his words,'went down a treat. FOLLY
The game's protagonist, Laharl, a self-absorbed demon who also happens to be prince to the throne of the netherworld, is as unlikely a ‘hero’ as one could expect.
Here, however, they are unlikely to survive the frosts although both impatiens and pelagoniums can be kept for next year in a heated greenhouse or brought indoors and used as house plants.
Unlike the other swap deals, this deal, called a "swaption," is on a fixed-rate bond. Undefined

Hillary's woman problem is that her reach among women over 30 I don't want to use the term older women is unlikely to change much. Hillary's Woman Problem Part II
It is unlikely that their blueprint for economic reform will be put into action.
Ray was knocking them down one by one, unlike his tragic ancestor who only knocked himself down.
Unlike anything else in his catalog, Aura is a ten-part suite composed by Danish flugelhornist Palle Mikkelbourg as a tribute. Fulldls.com
More than that and we'd be unlikely to win. Times, Sunday Times
Your situation is not unlike the girl who permits everything but the textbook definition of sexual congress so she can say she's a virgin.
It shows a stag hunt, accompanied by more unlikely woodland animals such as a monkey and a tortoise. Times, Sunday Times
Hunt thinks it unlikely that the currency will break parity with the dollar next year, and feels it is likely to settle around the $0.92 level.
It also provides a condensed primer to some of the issues at stake in American avant-garde cinema, which, partly because of its historical opposition to the dictates of commercial mainstream moviemaking and partly because it resists commodification unlike, say, abstract painting, oppositional cinema doesn't rack up big sales at Sotheby's, has been relegated to the status of museum pieces and festival marginalia. NYT > Home Page
Unlike several other states, Pennsylvania has no provisions for unincorporated territory.
A military coup seems unlikely.
For the kids the knee-jerk tourist products are wooden toys, but they are lumpish, boring objects, unlikely to appeal to any but the most simple-minded of toddlers.
I found the head of the flat humerus so characteristic of the extinct order to which the Plesiosaurus has been assigned, and two digital bones of the paddle, that, from their comparatively slender and slightly curved form, so unlike the digitals of its cogener the The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
But she is unlikely to be wearing baggy jeans and a hard hat. Times, Sunday Times
An unlikely medley of five friends, one of them is now a star, the other a businessman, the third a pilot while the remaining two are in the software industry.
Sadly what he calls'the paucity of evidence and excess of speculative interpretation' is unlikely to clear the air. The Times Literary Supplement
The laughter wasn't very loud, it sounded normal, unlike the laughter of a madman, or a drunken pirate.
A subsequent kerfuffle (rather drawn out) sounding not unlike a fist fight interspersed with successive shards of glass falling. BEHINDLINGS
Unlike the runny texture of most honeys, the gel-like consistency of heather honey means that, to form a set honey, it needs the addition of a more common honey, such as rapeseed, which granulates more quickly.
But it is highly unlikely that Bertrand found the trip as boring as his song implies.
Unlike chemical antiseptics, essential oils are harmless to tissue, yet they are powerful aggressors towards germs.
Cunnah is unlikely to let something like a labour dispute distract him from the job in hand.
Unlike Church, Turing developed his disproof of Hilbert's conjecture around the conception of a hypothetical machine which would decide the truth of statements by a set of well-defined sequential operations.
The weather is unlikely to improve over the next few days.
Our extensive battery of outcome measures, which focus mainly on physical benefits, is unlikely to capture the full extent of these apparent social benefits.
Unlike other porpoises and dolphins, belugas are quite leisurely.
Unlike the phrenologists of the 19th century, DeYoung's team doesn't presume to know whether differences in the size of a brain region give rise to unique personality characteristics, or whether our personality differences cause our brains to develop in unique ways - say, that when we practice random acts of kindness, our "agreeableness" center grows larger, or that a lifetime of social isolation might cause a region associated with The Columbian stories: Columns
Unlike the neighboring U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John - Tortola and Virgin Gorda are not duty-free ports.
Staff have been told that the workload is unlikely to ease in the near future as there are 1,700 prison jobs across Britain that remain unfilled. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike the Celtic centre-back, the Ibrox defender was allowed to swither over an offer from Dundee United.
Obviously judges are unlikely to speak about their specific cases or to make stinging criticism of political policy. Times, Sunday Times
Beyond these two, there are still a number of smaller mutual building societies, but it is unlikely they will demutualise.
Unlike much of the valley, the shrubs and trees closer to the building were unburnt. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
Unlike English, Latin has two words for 'father': genitor, meaning 'begetter', and pater, meaning 'father' in a spiritually fuller sense. The Feast of St. Joseph
It is unlikely that his forces could withstand an allied onslaught for very long.
However, unlike the Buicks of the recent past, the tail lamp is not a single cross-car strip, but simply at each of the corners.
The Prime Minister is unlikely to endorse this view.
Math books, unlike any you have ever seen before, flip open.
But unlike Karl Barth or Paul Tillich, for example, who saw themselves as fusing philosophy and theology, Rosenstock-Huessy refused to see himself primarily as a philosopher or theologian ” though when the term philosopher was qualified by the preceding ˜social™, he was more willing to accept that designation. [ Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
It seemed unlikely that the debt would ever be paid so we just forgot it.
Unlike partnerships in which the partners decide policy, in the business corporation the equity owners relinquished their privilege in favour of the directors.
But what you gain in fashion you lose in function: Unlike the "callet," you have to pull the phone from the case to make a call, check a text or take a photo. $39 plus $20 shipping; porter.com The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Unlike most men I was accustomed to about me, he was smooth-shaven. Chapter 13
Another injury victim, Andy Heald, sees a specialist this week over his sciatica, but former skipper Davey Luker is unlikely to feature again this season due to work commitments.
A statue, for instance, is a kind of object which, unlike a lump of bronze, cannot survive much change to its shape.
It's survived in a very peculiar form, with the so-called monks are actually married and have their hair long, unlike in the South where they're tonsured, and they wear civilian clothes but with the robes just over the tops of them.
Also known as Endi or Errandi, Eri is a multivoltine silk spun from open-ended cocoons, unlike other varieties of silk. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
The bust of Thales shown above is in the Capitoline Museum in Rome, but is not contemporary with Thales and is unlikely to bear any resemblance to him
And unlike the previous use of archaic folk tunes, Cajun stomps and swamp water boogies just don't have the same traditionalist staying power.
This sounds on the face of it a strong argument, but it is unlikely to carry any practical weight.
But he didn't feel like eating, unlike the others who seemed to be inhaling their food.
He said it was unlikely the proposals would be put to a vote because ideally unanimous acceptance would be required. Times, Sunday Times
It is unlikely that the Irish needed explanation of the concept of three persons in one, as triads were central to pre-Christian Celtic religious tradition.
She was there to be the volunteer coordinator of the women's centre, and unlike other government and contract workers, planned to be in the community for a long time.
It is known that over 5,000 Sarmatians from this area came to Britain after the Marcomannic wars in AD 175; but it is unlikely that the people at Brougham were Sarmatians, as the latter inhumed their dead.
On reflection, however, I feel this would be unlikely, because I cannot be alone in considering his regular waspish observations positive endorsement of a production.
Unlike most places in the world, learn to sail packages from sailing schools are available in Oz all year round!
The results of the toxicology tests are unlikely to be known for at least two weeks. Times, Sunday Times
Perception, unlike discursive thought or belief, is aligned not with the so-called rational part of the soul, but with the desiderative part. Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology
Unlike the kisses we shared in the past, this kiss was rough, hard, and I could smell and taste the alcohol on his breath.
Unlike his usual style, the symphony ends with an adagio that includes some of the most anguished music he ever composed.
For Christ in the Sacrament is not altogether unlike Christ in the cratch. Archive 2007-02-01
However, a solicitor is unlikely to be able to concentrate on advocacy as a barrister can.
It seems unlikely to be an infectious agent that is causing the problem as only Koi and Orfe are affected.
Unlike the other two major ski resorts, Borovets and Pamporovo, which have been specially developed as ski resorts, Bansko is a town with centuries of history.
Unlike other temperature-measuring devices, the radiometer makes its measurements remotely.
Unlike his characters, known for galumphing around European capitols, his team is on a far more appreciable quest of rooting though Washington, Philadelphia and New York.
Given the success in calming down Baghdad's neighborhoods, it would seem unlikely that the Petraeus doctrine will be rolled back ... on the other hand, Casey reportedly has been among those pressing for a quicker withdrawal from Iraq and McChrystal's mission may be to send as many troops home as he can. Who Replaces Petraeus? - Swampland - TIME.com
Men is unlike anything else on TNT, and needed a more powerful lead-in than the puerile Franklin & Bash to sell it to a mainstream audience. Ask Matt: Midseason TV, Emmys, The Good Wife, Glee, Jesse Stone and More!
Another satisfying feature of these sandals is their looks… the active sandals unlike many others appear graceful and go with almost all the casuals.
Unlike in other areas of life, in warfare disengagement can be seen as a positive outcome of the application of technology.
The Christians however seemed to be a quite different species, unlike any other foreign belief system they had yet encountered.
Older buildings still outnumber newer constructions unlike so many Thai towns and cities.
I presume he's fine, in good health and that, but it's very unlike him to pop off.
Schiff's forms depend (like Marianne Moore's) on interlocking enjambments, on syllabics, and on baroque grammar, or else (unlike Moore's) on dense repetitions derived from Provençal forms.
And unlike unipolar depression, the depression of bipolar illness tends to be treatment-resistant.
He wasn't interested in financial success, unlike most of his team mates.
Unlike most herons, the Green Heron does not typically nest in large colonies.
But, despite my boyish good looks, I'm probably unlikely to be engaged for either role.
And if the pH is 2.8 or below (highly unlikely), the wine could be called Dry. Rants
Unlike the "caucus" threads, the article and reply posts of an "ecumenic" thread can discuss more than one belief, but antagonism is not tolerable. Latest Articles
Unlike a moving fibroblast, however, the extending axon also grows in size, with an accompanying increase in the total surface area of the neuron's plasma membrane.
By day, he has to remain out of sight, but in the evening, he pushes his cart out and chooses a place where he is unlikely to be hassled by the police.
Unlike the hard martial arts, Tai chi is characterized by soft, slow, flowing movements that emphasize force, rather than brute strength.
There is a spontaneity, a wonderful painterly quality that bridges several techniques and makes them unlike other mediums.
And, unlike previous announcements, he wasn't backward in providing the evidence.
This suggests that such indices are unlikely to provide useful markers for the identification of colorectal cancer risk as previously proposed.
Unlike more advanced plants, fungi lack chlorophyll and so can only grow as saprophytes (from dead plants or animals); or as parasites (on living plants); or in a mycorrhizal relationship (symbiosis between fungi and the roots of trees).
In Quebec, unlike other provinces, common-law exes aren't eligible for alimony and the women's movement has never protested this.
His answers were claer, concis, and honest, unlike Hillary clinton! rick Blitzer on Obama: He seemed at ease
Unlike the swallow and martin it lives much of its life high in the air. Times, Sunday Times
Under the rules outlined by the Pentagon, in the unlikely case that a tribunal hands down an acquittal or a light sentence, US authorities can overrule it and impose their own judgment.
Unlike elected presidents, British prime ministers get where they are by being leader of the largest party in the House of Commons.
It is also unlike most other books on the subject because it is a pleasure to read. The Times Literary Supplement
It is unlikely that the rebels will agree to demobilise.
Indeed, it is highly unlikely that White would capture on b7 in this line, 17 0-0 looking distinctly superior.
Yet unlike so many star-struck kids, Kylie had the connections to make her daydreams happen.
The by-election is unlikely to take place until mid-October at the earliest because the writ for the poll cannot be moved until Parliament is in session.
Unlike the buccaneers, who had fired high to cripple their enemies above decks, the French fifed low to smash the hull of their assailant. Captain Blood
If she's moved, it might be a sign that there's unlikely to be a Euro referendum soon.
Where a surface was unlikely to be seen but nonetheless required a finish, it was tinned.
Unlike wood, charcoal burns from the top down, so you light it from the top. Times, Sunday Times
Lots of people are using instruments that are unlikely to satisfy the exogeneity assumption required for identification. Trade Diversion
In a two-locus model, the gametic (and therefore genotypic) frequencies need not be constant across generations, even in the absence of selection, mutation, migration and drift, unlike in the one-locus case. Population Genetics
It is unlikely that hand-written entries can be tabulated with the same efficiency as the typical "tick boxes. Daniel Koh: The Race Classification Gap
Unlike most SXSW acts, which perform in vacant lots or cave-like bars, Mr. West will perform at a decommissioned power plant capacity: 2,500, with eight cameramen filming the set for release online. Kanye Steals the Spotlight
Unlike fetishism, say, or scopophilia, the unappeasable, primitive drives that figure in Antoni's work don't readily lend themselves to sophisticated, daring imagery, the stuff of art.
He seems a most unlikely candidate for the job.
The five of them forge an unlikely alliance, and head north through a vicious winter to find the last stronghold of the rebellion. Times, Sunday Times
He wore a gray suit with, unlike other board members, no pocket hankie.
It is thus unlikely that the bulk of the Carboniferous detritus could have been derived by recycling of preexisting Silurian sandstones.
The lesions in the lung and lymph nodes were often grossly inapparent and seen only on histopathologic analysis, meaning that their detection with conventional imaging techniques would be unlikely.
Antilocapridae, are native to North America, but are not true antelopes because they annually shed the outer sheath of their branched horns unlike other antelope species. Undefined
If, to give an unlikely scenario, there had been no take-over and the shares had been delisted but continued to trade in the over-the-counter market, the conversion right would still have a value determinable in the market place.
Unlike other gels held together by relatively weak noncovalent forces, the new gel kept its shape even after sitting in the solvent tetrahydrofuran for six hours. Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews
But the world of an infantryman is unlike any other, and a soldier’s motivations in battle are hard to judge from the outside looking in. The Road to Haditha
Ed Overton -- who is a Ph. D, a professor emeritus at LSU, and who unlike yours truly is a scientist (in analytical environmental chemistry) -- spoke to us the next day and told us that the kind of dispersant used was not only not poisonous, but also that the amount, though it sounded immense, was minuscule, given the volume of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Rachel Ben-Avi: Dinner at Tara
The photo is one of dozens in an online series showing animals trapped in unlikely places. The Sun
The big fella no longer is demanding a trade, which wasn't feasible anyway, or to be waived, which was unlikely.
There is unlikely to be to be a clinically significant difference in the severity of skull fracture.
Illiteracy threatens Britain's industrial performance. But, quite apart from that, the individual who can't read or write is unlikely to get a job.
Jeremy Irons provides the unlikely voice for Moe's well-traveled and irreplaceable bar rag, which goes missing on Fox's The Simpsons Sunday, 8/7c. Weekend TV in Review: Good Wife, Luck, Spartacus, Hallmark's Moon
Unlike other high-profile cases, the oil spill litigation is not being tried before a jury. Times, Sunday Times
The study suggests that birds migrating from Siberia to Alaska are unlikely to carry the virus and that few of those birds ultimately fly farther south.
Being a scientist in a western society, the researcher is unlikely to think that music or magic have much influence.
Sedov, a young Israeli of Russian extraction, has a characterful voice - not unlike Ramey's, come to think of it - and he negotiates Rossini's florid music with aplomb.
It is not much unlike a conventional camera in the conception of design, consisting of a lens and a diaphragm that adjust the focus and control the amount of light coming through.
Unlike PVC gloves, neoprene and nitrile gloves showed leakage rates comparable to latex gloves.
Raining days in Southern Spain are unlikely to endure too long. It was dry again then the ponds on the square soon all became traceless.
She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes.
He is unlikely to succeed in getting his bill through Congress, however worthy it is.
Yet unlike the systemic risk problem, which is endlessly jawboned in Washington today, no one is really talking about the dispersion of responsibility problem. Legislating a Conscience on Wall Street
When your clients are running late on their payments, it is unlikely that they will be able to retire the entire balance in one payment.
It's unlikely that the IHA seeks to return the Emperor to the position that he once held but it's equally unlikely that it favours a democratic, populist approach to the monarchy.
'' She's actually taking the listener with her, unlike Rudd who tended to sort of put words out there, often with a kind of syntactical convolution, and you had to try to keep up with him, '' he says. The Age News Headlines
As Diana Archibald has argued, station houses in the bush utilized spatial patterns unlike those found in a British town house or country home, thus necessitating new cultural practices and domestic routines.
This was a case in which the actual facts appeared unlikely to be in dispute. Times, Sunday Times
Tropical marine invertebrates, unlike marine fish which are notoriously difficult to successfully breed in captivity, are far more accommodating.
Unlike many of the villages we've passed, this one appears scrubbed.
Donna might be able to come tomorrow, but it's very unlikely .
Unlike many other politicians, he refuses to indulge in cheap jibes at other people's expense.
This last contraction unlike the previous one tries to move the thigh faster preventing the knee from damage by over-straightening.
If this sounds like an unlikely subject for knockabout comedy, it is, but Booker prize winner DBC Pierre almost pulls it off.
It is unlikely that private capital will finance such a tremendous undertaking until the risks are retired and the scalability challenge can be addressed.
Unlike the more familiar and common pea aphid, relatively few spotted alfalfa aphids can significantly reduce the growth of alfalfa, particularly in new seedings.
Angelides hinted that when done three times, it would be incredibly unlikely that Clayton would again discover those individual questionable loans, and that they'd find their way into securitization deals. New Proof Wall Street Knew Its Mortgage Securities Were Subpar: Clayton Execs Testify
By the time we arrived around 1 p.m., though, even the greens were gone — but, unlike the Seattle markets, where eggs sell out post-haste, we still could have scored a basket of pastel beauties practically custom-laid for Easter. Vashon Farmers Market and La Boucherie
A large proportion of our researchers are therefore unlikely to make major contributions to the literature of their research area.
The majority of the firms are turning profits, they pointed out, unlike all those Web sites that went public in the late 1990s and hemorrhaged money.
There'sunlikely to be firm news about the convoy's progress for some time.
This currently uses the standard turbo installation, which unlike some aftermarket turbo fitments looks neat enough to be an original factory fit.
Unlike IP, works of craft are both _exhaustible_ and _rivalrous_. Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Unlike your average male specimen, he did not look proud and boastful when first me, then Riley squealed over his car.
These leaders, unlike Jesus, who was humble and simple, are the affluent lot.
Evidence that Woodrow Call harbored no light feeling for Maggie was right before him: Call looked blank and sad, not unlike the way survivors looked after an Indian raid or a shoot-out of some kind. Comanche Moon
Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, a recent exile from London, who also loves scouring the beaches. WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR JANUARY 3RD | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
She stood tall, unlike Winnie, she was 5'8, with a nice slender figure, with womanly curves.
For all its gingerbready charm, the American Airlines Theatre unlike London's 482-seat Duchess Theatre, where Ms. Aitken directed "Man and Boy" six years ago simply doesn't lend itself to the kind of concentrated intimacy needed to do justice to a small-cast, single-set play. Fraud in the Family
In practice, attempts to generalize research results are unlikely to rest on anything that happens in a single study, including the type of sampling carried out or the type of statistical test used.
It certainly helped that the U. S. — unlike just about every other major power in Europe or Asia — did not endure a ruinous war on its home territory.
The virtues of tomorrow, unlike the virtues of yore, will be inspiring shape-shifters whose purpose, in addition to saving us, will be to baffle the certainties and absolutisms of ideologues everywhere.
This recipe uses the Night Hawk seasonings, but unlike the restaurant, which deep-fries its CFS, Mr. Alexander fries it in a cast-iron skillet as his mother did. One Big Table
Unlike the destruction caused by an earthquake, which may affect several buildings across an expansive area, this disaster involved many buildings and a massive debris pile in a small, confined area.
However, unlike Swiss chard, beets have both edible greens and roots.
And if you are treated disrespectfully during the initial contact, it is unlikely to get any better.
She worked in the antiques trade, searching out hidden gems in the most unlikely places.
The designs are unlike traditional Indian art forms and are eye-catching, bold and dramatic.
Ramsay Gardens' facade is a random, unlikely mixture of bold baronial turrets and bland English cottage-styles.
Unlike laboratory stimuli such as sinusoidal grating or the Gabor patch, natural images generally contain signals broadly distributed over different spatial frequencies. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
Here it is demonstrated for hitting an overhead shot (the most-played shot in badminton, unlike tennis or squash which are primarily underarm swings).
His actorly slam-dunk is equalled, however, by half-lidded ingenue Scarlett Johansson, whose sheer unlikelihood as a romantic foil paradoxically renders her perfect.
Meanwhile, Yam said Hong Kong's exchange rate system is unlikely to be affected by the situation of the Chinese yuan, also known as the renminbi.
The evidence suggests this committee was unlikely to be overborne.
Unlike most museums and art galleries, the National Trust's responsibilities extend beyond works of art to buildings, gardens, and natural and designed landscape.
Unlike many of the games in the tournament this one was played without fear by both teams.
It is unlikely that the remaining unsampled areas of the developing countries in tropical climates, or other highly populated parts of Europe, could significantly increase the overall urban bias above 0.05C during the 20th century. The 1930s are getting Colder « Climate Audit
The irregular shape of the cornea distorts the image causing it to blur, unlike in a lazy eye where the eye is essentially normal.
They are quite unlike the radiating ribs of ordinary mushrooms, but serve the same function, i.e. they constitute the gills on which the spores are carried.
It also feels like a wish that is increasingly unlikely to come true. Times, Sunday Times
The liver, which is the relay station for energy circulation in the body, has immediate access to this omental fat, unlike the cellulose cluttering up the back of our thighs. You: On a Diet
It details my unlikely climb from stay-at-home dad and freelance writer to Chinese rock star and the deep relationships I developed with my Chinese bandmates as we barnstormed across the country. Alan Paul: My Unlikely Journey from Journalist to Chinese Rockstar to Voice Actor
The civil-service strikers may indeed draw attention to their employment conditions, but only at the expense of antagonising the people they are supposed to serve because they are extremely unlikely to change the government's plans.
Unlike the six exteroceptive senses (sight, taste, smell, touch, hearing, and balance) by which we perceive the outside world, and interoceptive senses, by which we perceive the pain and movement of internal organs, proprioception is a third distinct sensory modality that provides feedback solely on the status of the body internally. UUpdates - All updates
Unfortunately, that is highly unlikely in the United States, where a bloated budget deficit has already become a major talking point for politicians looking to November's congressional elections.
Unlike the torque sensor on Miller's car, which is fitted around the pinion shaft, Kalitta's is bolted to the back of the reverser.
If a result is significant, it means that you're pretty sure that it's unlikely to have happened by chance.
Unlike the first letter way back in November, these later missives brought a response.
The result was an unlikely triumph plucked from the jaws of national humiliation. Times, Sunday Times
Laurel and lemon, olive and oak, cypress and palm trees make unlikely neighbors in the region's mild, dry climate.
Transitions between items were subtly managed — cadential flourishes on the harpsichord let unlike segue into unlike. Times, Sunday Times
Sang claims while patients could take the drug by eating one of the ‘designer’ eggs, it is unlikely the drug regulation authorities would allow it to go on the market unpurified.
Unlike in the case of established shops, these hawkers give them an option for bargaining too.
Ben Wyvis, for instance, is unlikely to win any prizes in a contest against some of the more shapely Highland summits.
Unlike the stereotype of salmon returning unerringly to their natal streams, salmon are innately resilient and opportunistic.
The lack of overlap between the two companies makes antitrust problems unlikely, although it also limits cost synergies from crunching the two businesses together to $400 million. Times, Sunday Times

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