Example sentences of "[adv] likely [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Babies that are breastfed are less likely to fall victim to gastro-enteritis , respiratory infections and glue ear . |
| 2 | Solid manure stores , carefully sited and tended , are less likely to give rise to nuisance problems than is liquid storage in the form of a slurry . |
| 3 | On the other hand , and with the exception of medical services where , as the LFS also shows , use is made of agency nurses and doctors , public sector establishments of any kind are very much less likely to make use of agency workers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Certes , the first team secretary and the youngest there , the man most likely to succeed Hurst as captain , had a rather different problem . |
| 6 | Their peculiar Techno mutation is the one most likely to find favour with music lovers , as they do n't discard a sense of melody at the altar of rhythm . |
| 7 | Whole-class teaching , usually seen as the device most likely to keep children on task , may well reduce distraction ( or at least distraction of an undisguised kind ) but it may also increase the time children spend awaiting attention , and indeed our own figures on group sizes tend to confirm this . |
| 8 | Patterns of victimization vary : females are more likely to fall victim to violence in their homes ; whilst males are more likely to fall victim to violence in a ‘ road , street or park ’ , or in a place of recreation . |
| 9 | Patterns of victimization vary : females are more likely to fall victim to violence in their homes ; whilst males are more likely to fall victim to violence in a ‘ road , street or park ’ , or in a place of recreation . |
| 10 | Larger libraries were more likely to mention expansion of management training , and even more likely than small libraries to want greater flexibility with staff . |
| 11 | None of these four biases are likely to be consistent either across the two sexes or across different species : all four are more likely to affect estimates of variation in male success than estimates of variation in female success in polygynous species , though in contrary directions . |
| 12 | While I support fully the RSPCA campaign and their use of ‘ shock ’ tactics , I feel that the horrifying sight of a heap of dead dogs is no more likely to stir people to action than the sight of a pile of dead cows will turn us all into vegetarians . |
| 13 | Demand for funds was more likely to exceed supply in manufacturing districts , and country banks in this situation drew on their correspondents in the City by sending in immature bills . |
| 14 | More messages make them more active , and more likely to add phosphate to receptor molecules . |
| 15 | With the development of community mental health teams , community psychiatric nurses ( CPNs ) are more likely to meet people with bulimia , most of whom are women . |
| 16 | The children of mums who smoked during pregnancy were far more likely to show signs of hyperactivity , suggesting that fetal exposure to tobacco can be linked to later developmental problems . |
| 17 | However , they are more expensive , require more complicated care procedure and are more likely to show signs of wear . |
| 18 | There is a significant tendency for staff in more senior positions ( who tend also to have more years of service ) to recall the review better , to believe the introduction of the review to have been more adequate , to be more involved in the review activities , more likely to keep a special diary as part of the review and more likely to make use of information routinely available for the review . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They are also more likely to have parents in management posts in industry and commerce . |
| 21 | Teenage mothers are more likely to have complications during pregnancy , give birth to small babies and have babies with congenital abnormalities , states the report . |
| 22 | With respect to symptoms they were much more likely to have urgency of defecation , 44% having this symptom . |
| 23 | With respect to symptoms they were again much more likely to have urgency of defecation ( 44% v 13% , p<0.001 ) . |
| 24 | A recent study revealed that children who smoke are 3 times more likely to have time off school [ 10 ] . |
| 25 | However , those who had expressed a more general interest in politics during the parliamentary mid-term were more likely to allege bias on television and in their papers during the campaign . |
| 26 | One explanation given was that the least vulnerable may return to employment , and it is possible that Asians may be more likely to find employment through family networks . |
| 27 | With all the rain emptying itself over the Feyenoord Stadium it was hard to put last night 's match in the context of a World Cup which is more likely to present problems of heat than waterproofing . |
| 28 | While past generations of architects built cathedrals of faith , later succeeded by cathedrals of commerce , today 's and tomorrow 's master builders are more likely to provide cathedrals of entertainment . |
| 29 | Teachers of art are more likely to write books of instruction , and in their efforts to educate their students may make comments about the traditions they admire and from which they hope their students will learn . |
| 30 | Co-operative R&D ventures are also likely to affect competition in output markets . |