At first Rush may have seemed an unlikely figure to revolutionize radio.

Yet unlikely figures often have a nasty habit of turning out to be true.

At first glance, Collins appears to be an unlikely figure to defy her Republican leadership.

Coghlan won indoor mile No. 50, a figure unlikely to have been reached by any other miler in history.

Saul would sit and listen as the three unlikely figures murmured together.

The unlikely figure of his saviour loomed above him.

Agim Krasniqi cuts an unlikely figure for a politician here.

John Birt cuts an unlikely figure for a revolutionary.

Roberts was in many respects an unlikely figure within this group.

Accounts by officials involved in the project portray Wallach as an exceedingly unlikely figure on the international political scene.