Example sentences of "[adv] likely [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a worry-eater — usually a woman — learns to become more aware of herself and her emotions in the way shown in part II , she will be more able to control her reactions to stress and anxiety and less likely to turn to food for comfort . |
| 2 | There is certainly some evidence that people who drink one or two units a day are less likely to die of heart disease than people who drink no alcohol at all . |
| 3 | Celebrities are much less likely to die from heart attack or stroke , but that is probably only because they die young in other ways . |
| 4 | Second , it gives our staff excellent experience to go abroad and broaden their horizons … people are less likely to complain about working conditions here when they 've seen with their own eyes what conditions are like abroad . |
| 5 | The most modified milks are the whey-based formulas such as SMA Gold Cap , Aptamil , Osterfeed and Cow & Gate Premium and these are less likely to lead to allergy . |
| 6 | Use hardwood if possible because it is less likely to deflect under load , but a softwood bar is usually adequate when dealing with short lengths . |
| 7 | Reform ( or ‘ rehabilitation ’ ) is the idea that punishment can reduce the incidence of crime by taking a form which will improve the individual offender 's character or behaviour and make him or her less likely to re-offend in future . |
| 8 | You will not only lose weight and have greater vitality , you will also find that you are able to think more dearly and are less likely to suffer from stress . |
| 9 | This is in spite of the emerging medical consensus that people who drink up to four drinks or so a day live longer and are less likely to suffer from heart disease than either abstainers or heavy drinkers . |
| 10 | Compensation comes later , though ; their heavy bones make black women less likely to suffer from osteoporosis when they 're older . |
| 11 | In LBOs , creditors are often also shareholders , making them less likely to jostle for advantage when times get tough . |
| 12 | Two heating mats would be equally good ( and probably less likely to fail on balance ) . |
| 13 | But they are less likely to benefit from family living close by to support them . |
| 14 | Active , occupied children are less likely to get into trouble . |
| 15 | Again , these problems are most likely to arise in puppyhood . |
| 16 | It 's when they 're most likely to fall in love , once and for ever . |
| 17 | The group most likely to opt for non-registration will be the very poorest , and particularly those in the underclass . |
| 18 | The decision depends partly on the previous state of knowledge of the topic under investigation — one is most likely to opt for flow visualization in a preliminary exploration — and partly on the efficacy of available transducers in the particular situation . |
| 19 | On average , the people who are most likely to opt for health insurance are those who know themselves to be relatively unhealthy . |
| 20 | The investor decides on the currency most likely to appreciate against sterling and puts money on deposit in that currency . |
| 21 | Once you begin to understand some of the antecedent events that control your own eating behaviour you will be able to plan out a positive approach , by working out those antecedent events most likely to lead to success . |
| 22 | Direct contact is most likely to lead to infection of the skin , conjunctiva or mucous membrane . |
| 23 | Cessation of growth is most likely to result from starvation , which may arise because : the whelks eat out their food supply , or the supply fails for some other reason ( perhaps as a result of pollution Bryan ( 1969 ) ; wave action dislodges the whelks and transports them away from their food supply , or prevents them from feeding in some other way ( Cowell and Crothers , 1970 ) ; the temperature drops so low that the whelks become inactive for a long period ( Feare , 1970a ) . |
| 24 | This is most likely to occur at night . |
| 25 | Superfecundation is most likely to occur in town and city cats , where the individual territories have become so reduced in size that the odour of a sexually active female can easily be detected by a whole collection of different males . |
| 26 | Caterers are most likely to come into contact with industrial tribunals if one of their past or present employees refers a matter to the tribunal with regard to his or her contract of employment . |
| 27 | The most extensive area of discretion , however , is that with which we are most likely to come into contact : police officers on the beat . |
| 28 | In particular , more still needs to be known about the characteristics of patients most likely to benefit from treatment . |
| 29 | ‘ THEY 'RE MORE LIKELY TO LIE ABOUT DRINK HABITS ’ |
| 30 | In fact a man in his late forties is five times more likely to die of heart disease than a woman of the same age . |