Example sentences of "[was/were] more [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | This indicated that Inner London and County libraries were most likely to regard themselves as offering formal induction training , County libraries were more likely to say that they offered formal training of most types , and that Outer London and Metropolitan libraries made most distinction between training offered to professional and non-professional staff , Scottish , Welsh and Northern Ireland libraries , least . |
| 2 | Libraries with no training officers were more likely to say that decisions were made by chief executives , and to specifically note that local authority approval was needed . |
| 3 | As Appendix II , and indeed the main survey results , make clear , it is not necessarily low income which makes credit at the same time both an obvious refuge and an unduly heavy burden — though in the main survey we found that in general people on low incomes were more likely to say that they were worried about money than people on high incomes . |
| 4 | It is interesting to note that detailed cross-tabulations of the main survey data ( not included in Appendix 1 ) showed that in general people who consider credit to be ‘ occasionally necessary ’ ( rather than either convenient or sensible , or never a good thing ) were more likely to say that any of the types would be difficult to arrange . |
| 5 | Similarly , schooled children were more likely to say ‘ they — round ’ than to itemise each member of the array ‘ this — round ; this — round ’ etc . |
| 6 | Migrants were more likely to say that a course would help them change career direction or , if they were currently unemployed , help them get a job . |
| 7 | Paige pressed her lips together tightly , knowing Lori was more inclined to say she was . |