Example sentences of "less likely [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skills of miners … are not easily transferable to other industries ; protest is less likely to take the form of moving to another industry . |
| 2 | The administration set up its own special task force in order to find an alternative less likely to antagonise the logging industry . |
| 3 | In the second category , general civil cases , parties should be able to choose their own lawyers because the interests of justice would be inherently less likely to fetter the client 's right of choice . |
| 4 | My reply to that is that the quiet passage of a canoe going with the current is less likely to disturb the otter than a walker tramping along the bank of the river . |
| 5 | For these reasons , and also because elderly patients were usually less mobile and less likely to leave the area , key workers for elderly patients were sometimes seen as redundant . |
| 6 | I would tend to favour the first method as you are less likely to let the compost get too wet . |
| 7 | The DSS then states : ’ Moreover , as supplementary benefit was replaced by income support from April 1988 , local offices are becoming less likely to possess the expertise to handle supplementary benefit and national assistance matters . ’ |
| 8 | In the method described previously , the analyst tries to select sentences ( or passages of some other size ) whose meaning is fairly ‘ neutral ’ from the emotional point of view , and will tend to avoid material such as ‘ Why do n't you leave me alone ? ’ or ‘ How can I ever thank you enough ? ’ because the lexical meaning of the words used already makes the speaker 's attitude pretty clear , whereas sentences such as ‘ She 's going to buy it tomorrow ’ or ‘ The paper has fallen under the table ’ are less likely to prejudice the listener . |
| 9 | Subsequently , they were much less likely to avoid the saccharin solution than rats which had been given water instead of vinegar ( Revusky , 1971 ) . |
| 10 | The modular system is less likely to encourage the development of cumulative subject knowledge and does not involve assessment through summatative exams . |
| 11 | All this is important , because young people who have good relationships with their parents are less likely to feel the need to try drugs . |
| 12 | If one jams on it is less likely to heat the tank to lethal levels , too . |
| 13 | If young people get used to the idea of the pub being a centre of the community , a place for sensible conversation and for sensible drinking , they are less likely to abuse the pub and its facilities when they become young adults . |
| 14 | Representatives ask for a full written decision as a matter of course , whereas unrepresented parties are less likely to exercise the right to a full written decision . |
| 15 | A currency which gradually adjusts up or down over a period of time , depending on the intrinsic strength of the economy which supports it , is much less likely to attract the eye of the speculator than one which is about to burst the artificial dam which has been built around it . |