Example sentences of "they are more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because larger crests are preferred , auklets bearing them are more likely to obtain mates or form pair bonds earlier , a suggestion supported by observations of the marked auklet population . |
| 2 | Thus the large datasets are still there , but those who manage them are more likely to place them on a file server with appropriate network access ( Knight 1993 ) . |
| 3 | The explanation for this is that an automatic car is not always immediately available and they are more expensive to produce . |
| 4 | But among the post-war generations , the relationship has the opposite sign : the less educated are the ones who say they are more prepared to break the law . |
| 5 | However , the owners may win because they are more prepared to fight it out than the intruder ; when an owner beats a non-territorial intruder , he may win simply because he is stronger . |
| 6 | He then goes on to say that he would like the plebeians to believe him because he is an honourable man , they respect him and to remember his honourable reputation so that they are more ready to believe him . |
| 7 | Giving parents a measure of choice would , it was argued , be more likely to secure their involvement in the school and in their child 's schooling : ‘ They are more likely to support a school they have freely chosen and to give it the loyalty which is so essential if their children are to do the same . ’ |
| 8 | They are more likely to do this if they are seen to be making a direct and positive contribution to the school 's consultative and decision-making processes , rather than observing from a distance in a way that underlines the ‘ us-them ’ relationship . |
| 9 | It has often been argued that girls in single-sex schools are likely to have higher educational achievements than girls in mixed schools , and in particular that they are more likely to do well in scientific subjects ( e.g. Department of Education and Science 1980 ; Steedman 1980 ) . |
| 10 | Now they are more likely to do research on narrow topics like arms control . |
| 11 | They are more likely to go to your door with the money at the ready . |
| 12 | The energy which creates earth lights seems to have a sensitizing effect on people so that they are more likely to see things psychically , and there may be outbreaks of psychic effects , such as poltergeist activity . |
| 13 | Perhaps , in contrast , migrants are people who are willing to consider a wider range of course options because they are more likely to see broader gains , such as personal development , from participation . |
| 14 | They are more likely to use ordinary store accounts and bank credit cards . |
| 15 | Educated women have fewer unwanted babies ; they are more likely to use family planning methods . |
| 16 | When boys do get around to talking among themselves about what it was like they are more likely to lie . |
| 17 | They are more likely to open up themselves . |
| 18 | Alternatively , the public may simply have become more sensitised to crime , through media and press reports or the Government 's crime prevention publicity , and so believing crime to be on the increase they are more likely to report offences leading to a rise in recorded crime which will lead to further media attention and so on in a ‘ deviancy amplification spiral ’ . |
| 19 | It 's been found that in Homes where residents are busy or active during the day , with plenty of stimulation , they are more likely to sleep well without drugs , and the rate of bed-wetting goes down dramatically . |
| 20 | Now they are more likely to spend their time sitting in front of the television , watching videos or staring at a computer screen . |
| 21 | People are not merely dupes , but are more likely to accept uncritically a line which is constantly propagated by the media if it does n't touch them personally ; otherwise they are more likely to insist on making up their own minds . |
| 22 | The decision based on a number of current offspring , larger numbers can be greater benefited with and therefore it 's more likely that if the parent had a lot of er offspring then he would continue with the investment and erm the conclusion from now is that males have a greater reproductive success , therefore they are more likely to desert because they can erm and erm this and erm the basic argument of this is one parent can get away with investing less share of erm resources they 're likely to spend more er then they 're to do it , so in other words erm if , if one of the , of the two is being to get away with having the other they can go out to er pursue their own and therefore erm each partner force the other to invest more . |
| 23 | On the other hand they are more likely to arise with larger samples simply on common sense grounds : the investigator 's distance from the data is increased through the involvement of others ( interviewers , research assistants , coders , etc ) in data-gathering and processing , and possible occasions for the introduction of bias are thereby multiplied . |
| 24 | Are the rich more prepared to break the law because they are more likely to view laws as unjust ? |
| 25 | The reasons for the gilts ' good performance since the election are the feelings among investors that the Conservatives are determined to keep inflation low and also that they are more likely to control government spending . |
| 26 | They are more likely to perform the classical political role ‘ of mediator and reconciler of different interests ’ . |
| 27 | They are likely to enjoy higher standards of health , and to live longer ; they are less likely to be convicted of a criminal offence ; they are more likely to own their own house and a variety of consumer goods . |
| 28 | From an evolutionary point of view asymmetric arms races are more interesting , since they are more likely to generate highly complex weapons systems . |
| 29 | and you 've got a group , the rich within the agricultural sector who are going to invest and they are more likely to invest in agriculture . |
| 30 | Breaches of pollution control are more likely to be picked up ; they are more likely to lead to enforcement action , possibly criminal prosecution ; more and more remediation is demanded ; and they are more likely to have an impact on a company 's image — and hence exact a heavier toll on company profits . |