Example sentences of "[noun pl] and more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milton 's Poems 1645 which includes works such as Lycidas took over twenty years to sell out its first edition , which , at best , was something of the order of 1500 copies and more likely to have been much less , probably a few hundred . |
| 2 | They suggest that any average person would have some feelings of hopelessness in response to the sorts of provoking agents they describe , but that women with low self-esteem would be less able to handle such feelings and more likely to allow them to generalise . |
| 3 | In terms of location , County libraries were most likely to devote specified managerial time to training , more likely to describe specific training functions of managers and more likely to note a named training officer ( see Table 20 ) . |
| 4 | I believe that they are now closer to their customers and more able to cater for the needs of their customers , including those who fall behind with their payments . |
| 5 | Wishful thinking made political partisans more optimistic about their own party 's prospects and more inclined to forecast their opponents ' defeat . |
| 6 | They are less likely to have exclusions and more likely to have low or zero deductibles . |
| 7 | adolescent boys are out on the streets and more likely to join gangs , and this is where they can become involved in minor law-breaking which may lead to more serious criminality . |