Example sentences of "likely to have [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ex-care women studied by Quinton and his colleagues were not only more likely to have parenting problems than other women , however . |
| 2 | You are less likely to have problems if the beans have plenty of nourishment . |
| 3 | As a special feature , a letter code indicates which nationalities are likely to have problems with the sound(s) in question . |
| 4 | You 're more likely to have problems with cleaning — if it 's hand washable , the pleats will drip-dry and stay in , but dry-cleaning could be expensive as each pleat may have to be hand-pressed . |
| 5 | He 's about as likely to have sympathy for the devil as he is to have satisfaction . |
| 6 | In the less prestigious occupations , Unionists were still more likely to have investments in railways , banking or insurance than in coal , textiles or engineering , more likely engage in commerce than in industry . |
| 7 | People who are overweight are more likely to have heart attacks ; there is also a link between certain forms of cancer and people eating too much stodgy food . |
| 8 | Although there is no doctrine of consideration in international law , treaty rights are likely to have obligations attached , and vice versa . |
| 9 | Children who smoke are more susceptible to coughs and increased phlegm and are more likely to have chest illnesses than those who do not smoke [ 9 ] . |
| 10 | This ‘ tidy ’ wound is not very likely to have complications in the healing period . |
| 11 | Teenage mothers are more likely to have complications during pregnancy , give birth to small babies and have babies with congenital abnormalities , states the report . |
| 12 | Parents who have watched their children grow and develop are just as likely to have insights into the development of their child as the teacher who has taught for a couple of years . |
| 13 | ‘ Evidence seems to suggest that young drivers are far more likely to have accidents , which is not surprising because they are very inexperienced , ’ he says . |
| 14 | ‘ Dried old cows and retired old bulls are more likely to have gallstones , ’ they helpfully inform . |
| 15 | The combination of lack of access to a car , difficulty in using public transport because of the increased likelihood of disability , and inaccessible location of necessary services , means that older people are both more likely to have difficulty walking and yet more likely to depend on walking as means of getting about . |
| 16 | Children who , for any reason , have difficulty in recognising or naming pictures are therefore likely to have difficulty with both these tests . |
| 17 | The converse of the ‘ human sense ’ theme is the ‘ disembedded task ’ theme : young children are likely to have difficulty with tasks which are divorced from human sense . |
| 18 | Secondly , and more importantly , speakers who are not familiar with the use of weak forms are likely to have difficulty understanding speakers who do use weak forms ; since practically all native speakers of British English use them , learners of the language need to learn about these weak forms to help them to understand what they hear . |
| 19 | They are also more likely to have parents in management posts in industry and commerce . |
| 20 | Girls who become pregnant by their 16th birthday are likely to have parents who are divorced , separated , alcoholic , or in gaol , or to have been themselves in care or in a special school . |
| 21 | Women who work full-time are more likely to have affairs |
| 22 | Indeed , they may be considered to be much more practical than the visions given to us by politicians and hence may be more likely to have support . |
| 23 | And that is why fashion at any level needs to capture the imagination , most particularly in a time of economic recession when the consumer is likely to have priorities more urgent than a new frock . |
| 24 | As previously mentioned in this book , signalboxes are the sort of railway infrastructure that , by their often remote location , are likely to have experiences of a supernatural nature and so it is no surprise that most signalmen have a tale of mystery and suspense that happened to friends of theirs . |
| 25 | If fantasy depictions of others are likely to have consequences for one 's behaviour outside the fantasy , then so are real ways of treating the other in love-making . |
| 26 | Thus , a man 's not treating a woman as autonomous in love-making is likely to have consequences for the way he treats her elsewhere . |
| 27 | Lone parent families are more likely than two parent families to depend on social security benefits , and are less likely to have earnings from employment as their main source of income . |
| 28 | In addition to working with other musicians , whether singers or players , the director is likely to have dealings with people who are not regular churchgoers , but come to choose music for weddings or funerals . |
| 29 | Even where a suitable job is found , a handicapped young person is likely to have difficulties with getting to and from work . |
| 30 | In the Patel villages the men who emigrated were mainly those from lower status groups because they were least likely to have land . |