Example sentences of "more likely [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we accept the discoveries of the students of Recent sediments , we must accept the conclusion that Interpretation 2 in figure 6.1 is more likely than Interpretation 1 . |
| 2 | There are various possible causes — most of them more likely than cancer . |
| 3 | ‘ Inevitable ’ is a word that historians should use sparingly , if at all , in relation to complex historical phenomena such as the failure and collapse of political regimes ; suffice it to say therefore that in the case of the Spanish Republic failure was always more likely than survival . |
| 4 | conversion students were more likely than IT specialists to be both in work and to be seeking employment . |
| 5 | In the one such study reported , 91 women who had had a hysterectomy were more likely than age matched controls to report infrequent defecation and to have consulted a doctor for constipation . |
| 6 | One study , for example , has shown that children separated early on from their schizophrenic mothers are not only more likely than control children to become schizophrenic themselves but also show greater artistic and musical talent . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , ex-care women were much less likely to experience the protective effect of a non-deviant supportive spouse , firstly because they were more likely than comparison women to marry men with problems , and secondly because they were much more likely to be without any kind of spouse . |
| 8 | Painted steel is likely to be less durable than the other kinds , but it is equally important to choose strong frames that are not likely to buckle : ( aluminium may be more likely than steel to bend under strain ) . |
| 9 | Progress or improvement is no more likely than decline : he now repeatedly disowns any necessary historical logic of progress ; its incarnations will always , strictly speaking , be accidental ones in relation to the objectives which were at the origin of praxis : |