Example sentences of "[is] more [adj] to occur " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pelvic infection is more likely to occur in women using an IUD than in those using other contraceptive methods . |
| 2 | By contrast , waking is more likely to occur if the body temperature rising or has reached a high level . |
| 3 | Actually , resistance is more likely to occur with prolonged exposure to large dosages which leave only a few ‘ resistant ’ individuals to form the nucleus of the next generation ; and it is one of the characteristics of pests that a few individuals can rapidly give rise to large populations . |
| 4 | Breathing is affected and bronchitis is more likely to occur in overweight people . |
| 5 | Verbal aggression is more likely to occur than physical aggression in groups whose members come from middle- or upper-income families . |
| 6 | Such a discussion is more likely to occur after a meeting when some of the players are having a post mortem , and of course , when the ‘ other side ’ is not present . |
| 7 | This attitude of conflict by line towards staff management is more likely to occur where staff departments use tactics of their own to obtain more influence over line department operations . |
| 8 | Consequently , football hooliganism is more likely to occur wherever rival fans meet — i.e. in shopping centres , public houses , inside railway stations , on roads and rail , and motorway service stations ( Dunning et al. , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | This is more likely to occur in residential units . |
| 10 | This is more likely to occur the further away the spot price is at the time of delivery from the price that was agreed at the time the contract was negotiated ( i.e. the forward price ) . |
| 11 | that at least for women this disease is more likely to occur in |
| 12 | ‘ Resistance is more likely to occur in systems which are cumbersome , ‘ unfriendly ’ , unreliable , lack functionality , and slow . |
| 13 | This is more likely to occur when there is an obvious contrast between the balance on intra-trade ( trade within the EC ) and the balance on extra-trade ( EC trade with outside countries ) . |