Example sentences of "[adv] likely to produce " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably a hierarchy of managers was considered less likely to produce local ‘ bodies ’ with sufficient authority . |
| 2 | Good parents are less likely to produce problem children than bad parents . |
| 3 | This technique employs a more gradual fixation procedure and is less likely to produce broken preparations showing artefactual losses of chromosomes . |
| 4 | In general , the dirtier the receiving watercourse the less likely a discharge is to be defined as polluting , since the pollutant is less likely to have any measurable impact on the stream , less likely to be visible in already dirty water , and less likely to produce any noticeable ill-effects upon already scarce fish , plant , or animal life . |
| 5 | Traditional dry cure bacon is far less likely to produce this substance — do n't miss our feature on dry cure bacon on page 77 . |
| 6 | Petra , it was pointed out , was rather nervy and scared by nature so Chris announced that a ‘ bold and confident dog would be the best mate and most likely to produce a lit-ter ’ . |
| 7 | Urging a review of the UK system , compared it with France where , although special support went to deprived regions , there was a wide range of financial incentives specially tailored to industrial programmes so a higher proportion went to businesses most likely to produce the best results . |
| 8 | It 's always been my philosophy that the first bait out is the one most likely to produce a run and I will try to get a drifting float out in almost any conditions ( except flat calms ) using balloons to assist the float 's passage through calm water and into the wind lanes . |
| 9 | The latter option is the more likely to produce a stable , peaceful and united Ireland in the long-term . |
| 10 | In the acquisition phase , subjects learned to say a particular noun ( R ) to shape A. The test showed that training in the acquired equivalence ( AE ) condition was more likely to produce generalization of this response to a B stimulus than was acquired distinctiveness ( AD ) training . |
| 11 | Warning the child that he or she will go to bed at the end of the programme is much more likely to produce a successful outcome . ) |
| 12 | Stable homes are more likely to produce stable children than unstable homes . |
| 13 | He also stated that although in acute illness low potencies could be effective , in chronic conditions high potencies were much more likely to produce good results if the most similar remedy could be discerned . |
| 14 | However , it is much more likely to produce the correct answer , even if this answer is one of several alternatives . |
| 15 | It is this aspect which then makes them more likely to produce the interlanguage of signs in English order . |
| 16 | Interpreters were more likely to produce non-English sentences and omit or use incorrectly , referents in the message during simultaneous interpretation . |
| 17 | After all , paying for something that does not work is presumably more likely to produce frustration than receiving the same ineffective care ‘ free ’ . |
| 18 | Hence , my boss is more likely to produce a change in my role-performance than one my peers . |
| 19 | The use of the mouth to caress and suck the genitals of either sex is more likely to produce disgust in some people , and is treated by many who indulge in oral sex as a ‘ problem ’ , an activity they have learned to see as a deviation from normal sexual activity . |
| 20 | Is self-demand feeding more likely to produce a confident and non-neurotic personality than rigidly scheduled feeding ? |
| 21 | There is the important question of which court is likely to produce the fairest result following a trial , and in certain cases a jury trial has a number of important procedural benefits which are more likely to produce a just result . |
| 22 | The proactive approach involves considerably more effort but is more likely to produce a positive result . |
| 23 | The harder waters need at least a week of continuous fishing to stand any reasonable chance of success whereas one trip to the Severals is more likely to produce the goods . |
| 24 | In some studies increased numbers of Escherichia coli have been reported in the faeces of colitic patients in comparison with control groups of patients and isolates from colitics are also more likely to produce haemolysin and necrotoxin . |
| 25 | This fear is often out of proportion to reality — the glass of sherry consumed at bedtime throughout the pregnancy is more likely to produce important long-term adverse effects . |
| 26 | The present international system of nation states , or blocs of nation states , in each of which nationalism is a powerful force , is inherently likely to produce serious conflicts . |
| 27 | Another less weighted but no less effective criticism is that those areas which most need really effective state intervention are the least likely to produce the conditions in which intervention can work , the most obvious reason for this being that deprived peripheral regions are , as Banfield noted , not locations attractive to administrative and political elites of the kind needed to implement the reforms . |
| 28 | The stage is not , we think , very likely to produce good officers . ’ |