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Example sentences of "more [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	1973 ) found that those with a daughter or daughters were more likely to die in their own homes than those with just a son or sons .
2	Graham Gooch leads the senior side to India and Sri Lanka , but after failing to make an impact in the Test team during the series against Pakistan he seemed more likely to go on his third A-team tour , this time to Australia .
3	on same date because people are like , more likely to go to their own local pantomime are n't they ?
4	Producers are more likely to remain within their own national markets where they are familiar with the rules and standards to which their production facilities are adapted .
5	In practice the widowed of any age were much more likely to stay in their own homes than to move to find support .
6	In general , employers were more likely to provide for their better-paid skilled workers who were less easily replaced than the unskilled labourers .
7	No , there was absolutely no reason why she should n't take Richard along , and it might even be more comfortable to arrive with her own partner .
8	Having broken the ice , the shy one then feels more confident to contribute on his own later .
9	We made no mention of Oswald or his murder ; he seemed totally oblivious of that , being more concerned to hear about our private conversation with Lord d'Aubigny .
10	Until you feel more able to cope with your new situation . ’
11	It may be more pertinent to think of their pragmatic acceptance of the new system .
12	Thus , many manic-depressives , even in their ‘ up ’ phases , describe feelings of depression and it is probably more correct to think of their psychotic state as a whole as a rather peculiar co-existence of irritable moods .
13	But my principal aim is to help to create a mood in which individual teachers are more keen to push for their own changes , and to become more effective in doing so .