Example sentences of "[is] more likely [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the normal and primary way of justifying the legitimacy of an authority is that it is more likely to act successfully on the reasons which apply to its subjects then it is hard to resist the dependence thesis . |
| 2 | The main argument for the legitimacy of any authority is that in subjecting himself to it a person is more likely to act successfully for the reasons which apply to him than if he does not subject himself to its authority . |
| 3 | While some people believe discrimination can be outlawed and the Boards for Race Relations and Equal Opportunities have had some limited success , many would argue that the malaise is more likely to respond to public education because much of it is implicit in what people say and do . |
| 4 | When you act in a loving way , the other person is more likely to respond and to show the best side of their nature . |
| 5 | Another problem with this view of reality is that it is more likely to respond to the respectable face of feminism than to women 's liberation . |
| 6 | One reason put forward for this is that a person is more likely to lose their job in an area of high unemployment , and this lack of job opportunities must apply equally to wives . |
| 7 | Do n't you understand that in small countries power is more likely to remain undisguised because there is n't sufficient societal depth to conceal the realities of institutionalised brutality beneath a respectable fiction ? ’ |
| 8 | If , at the start of a difficult problem , the glass is fairly full obviously the body is more likely to signal stress than if the glass is empty . |
| 9 | Being a combination , this is more likely to score than a single face punch which , as I said earlier , is often simply overlooked by the referee . |
| 10 | Unemployment locks the underclass into place in three ways : it is more likely to hit those who are poor ; the poorest are likely to be unemployed longest ; and , in addition , instead of compensating the unemployed , the welfare state penalizes them more than any other group on welfare . |
| 11 | The bullish spread , as its name suggests , indicates an optimism about the future of the share price whereas the bearish money spread is pessimistic in that the balance of expectations is that the share price is more likely to fall . |
| 12 | So the geographical distribution of the disease in older women is more likely to point to dietary pathogens . |
| 13 | Snow is more likely to cause damage to a small-mesh net . |
| 14 | This gives better support at the edges but is more likely to cause wear on the mattress . |
| 15 | As we move into our twenties and thirties , hormones are no longer racing through the body like the clappers and , from time to time , the penis is more likely to cause embarrassment by its lack of activity than by its exuberance . |
| 16 | True food allergy , such as to shellfish , affects systems beyond the gut and is more likely to cause vomiting and diarrhoea than IBS symptoms . |
| 17 | It would probably be true to say , however , that the long and passionate ‘ french ’ hiss is more likely to give the gonococcus a chance to spread than the toothless peck on the cheek from an aged aunt . |
| 18 | There has been some suggestion that parents are more likely to argue in front of their sons than their daughters ; that a disturbed parent is more likely to pick on a son than a daughter ; and that mothers may transfer negative experiences with their husband into negative expectations of their sons . |
| 19 | Of course some boys may be asked to perform some or all of these tasks , but I think that ( for historical rather than biological reasons ) the task of substitute-mothering is more likely to devolve upon a girl than upon a boy who is in a similar position within the family . |
| 20 | He is more likely to enjoy going to a restaurant that has good traditional furnishings that are well designed in their own terms . |
| 21 | The teacher who sometimes admits ignorance , is prepared to accept hunches and half-truths , and generates a feeling of shared problems , is more likely to enjoy and encourage their own thought-processes . |
| 22 | A psychology that ignores it is more likely to turn into a dogmatic police force of a discourse . |
| 23 | It has been known for many years that damage to the left hemisphere is more likely to affect language ability than damage to the right , suggesting that the left hemisphere is very important for language . |
| 24 | The £75,000 ceiling on earnings applies to all age groups , although in practice , since it is only relevant to high earners , it is more likely to affect senior people . |
| 25 | The arrival of new information is more likely to affect spot and futures prices in the same way ( so reducing basis risk ) if it arrives closer to delivery instead of further away . |
| 26 | Now he is more likely to ask for a body spray or shower gel . |
| 27 | Again the motivation is more likely to arise if the choices are real and begin from propositions or activities acceptable to the student . |
| 28 | This problem is more likely to arise at a time when the patient is unconscious and can not be consulted . |
| 29 | The male is lucky in that he is more likely to leave the clinic with a diagnosis at the end of his first visit . |
| 30 | ‘ The organisation manager ’ has moderate concern for both people and production ; he/she is likely to stress high concern for ethos but , under pressure , is more likely to opt for a production orientation . |