Example sentences of "likely [conj] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contrary to what is implied in much of the recent discussion of the " flexible firm " we found that establishments using either of the two forms of temporary worker were , in general , no more ( or less ) likely than other establishments to use certain other forms of " non-standard " worker — namely part-timers , freelancers and homeworkers — which the survey identified [ see Tables 3.14–15 ] . |
| 2 | Together with ‘ fallen women ’ , unmarried mothers were more likely than other women to be employed on the unpleasant task of picking oakum , and were also more likely to be deprived of Sunday outings to church , despite the fact that previous behaviour was not supposed to influence the treatment meted out inside the workhouse . |
| 3 | One parent families are more likely than other families with children to live in poor physical conditions ; to have fewer amenities ; to be overcrowded and to live in unpopular areas , especially the inner cities . |
| 4 | So we have the disappointing conclusion , from the point of view of prevention , that people with a neurotic type of personality are more likely than other people to develop clinical neurotic symptoms when faced with adversity . |
| 5 | The World Bank report added , however , that the poorest countries , and particularly those in Africa , would be less likely than other regions to climb out of the so-called " debt trap " . |
| 6 | Young people , as a group , also use a wide range of credit sources , and are slightly more likely than other age groups to use bank credit cards or to get bank loans . |
| 7 | They are more likely than other psychologists to define themselves as lesbian . |
| 8 | As homeowners , disabled people are more likely than other households to experience poor housing conditions . |
| 9 | Moreover , the detailed cross-tabulations ( not in the Appendix ) showed that people who had ended up using bank loans were more likely than other borrowers to have considered some other forms of credit too — usually HP . |
| 10 | It is also likely that other effects , in particular the altered -system and its effect on base stacking , contribute to d 3C A induced destabilisation . |
| 11 | It is likely that other forms of conversation can be analysed in the same way , though this is considerably more difficult . |
| 12 | If there is undetected contamination in the Esk , then it seems likely that other areas of the west coast are also contaminated without showing up in official statistics , Mr Green says . |
| 13 | It is more likely that other factors , as yet unrecognised , are important . |
| 14 | However , it is also likely that other factors , as yet unrecognised , are important . |
| 15 | In practice , the issues may never be put to the test because it is very likely that other parties would succeed in preventing referenda , but it is still enough of a departure for some evangelical DUP activists to have been initially opposed to the change . |
| 16 | These are stray survivals , but it is likely that other forfeitures were authorized in the same way . |
| 17 | These are stray survivals , but it is likely that other forfeitures were authorized in the same way . |
| 18 | SHOWBIZ stars are twice as likely as other people to die in accidents and three times as likely to commit suicide , according to an American researcher . |
| 19 | Black people on average are almost twice as likely as other people to be victims of assault and women are almost twice as likely again as men to be assaulted . |