Example sentences of "[adv] likely [to-vb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's more likely to happen on the third or fourth flight , once the bird has caught on to the idea of freedom , which is why it 's important to keep it reasonably hungry . |
| 2 | The first part of the Book of Daniel ( approximately chapters 1–6 ) and the Books of Esther and Judith are more likely to belong to the third than to the second century B.C. They combine edification with entertainment . |
| 3 | If someone 's natural breathing is already shallow , that person is much more likely to panic in the first place . |
| 4 | If whatever pattern of cues he is emitting happens to affect the subject 's response , so that the experimenter obtains the response he expected to obtain , that pattern of cues may be more likely to recur with the next subject . |
| 5 | Relationships with partners or employers are also likely to deteriorate around the 26th . |
| 6 | Most of the reorganisation charges incurred in the efficiency drive announced last month , which will prune 3,000 jobs , are also likely to appear in the next accounts . |
| 7 | Again , it is limited but it shows that an audit failure is three times as likely to occur in the first two years after a change in auditor as in subsequent years . |