Example sentences of "it be more likely that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's more likely that the cloudier west coast will only struggle to ten celcius , that 's fifty farenheit . |
| 2 | But if the British Barlow Clowes operation had been within the licensing net , it is more likely that the Department of Trade would have found out at a much earlier stage that Mr Peter Clowes was running a parallel offshore operation — first in Jersey and then in Gibraltar . |
| 3 | It may have been that Harvey enjoyed such seniority in the Church that in his case such deviation was permitted , but given that two or three other committed Free Presbyterians have been active in the Official Unionist Party ( in 1985 there were two Free Presbyterians in local government as Official Unionist councillors ) , it is more likely that the Church leadership was genuinely able to maintain some distance from Paisley 's politics . |
| 4 | Historians have found some manors where the local custom was for the widow to receive a half proportion , or even the whole , and yet in others apparently none — although in these cases it is more likely that the documentation is being misconstrued . |
| 5 | It is more likely that the types of crime committed by older people will be less noticed and less liable to be recorded in the criminal statistics . |
| 6 | It is more likely that the importer will have to settle his debt in the exporter 's currency or the currency of a third country , e.g. Brazil/Singapore trade deal billed and settled in US dollars . |
| 7 | If the baby cries uncontrollably for several hours each evening , it is more likely that the cause is so-called 3-month or 10-week colic ( sharp tummy ache ) . |
| 8 | However , if the crisis has been particularly sharp and the depression of sufficient duration then it is more likely that the total of will increase sufficiently to push up the price of consumer goods . |
| 9 | It is more likely that the waters of Marah referred to in Exodus 15:23–25 were contaminated with iron rather than algae as Dr S. Fletcher suggest ( Chem . |
| 10 | This may have been because he was ignorant or stupid but , reading between the lines of Heinz 's file , it is more likely that the foreman had taken against his young charge who was ‘ very intelligent and conceited ’ . |
| 11 | But , as we all know , beauty is only skin deep — it is more likely that the new breeds were favoured because they grew faster and to almost twice the size of bronze strains . |
| 12 | It is more likely that the elements of secrecy and self-deception involved in my behaviour were already so strong that what I was actually doing could n't be described in words at all , least of all in the incriminating written word . |
| 13 | It is more likely that the accounts in Matthew and Luke are shortened versions of Mark than that Mark has expanded one of theirs . |
| 14 | It is more likely that the white ear spots are there as a signal to cubs following their dam in thick jungle . |
| 15 | When this happens it is more likely that the two strands mix indifferently . |
| 16 | At least in the higher animals , it is more likely that the visual perception of shape and motion have evolved in response to such biologically significant environmental features as the gait or stance of hunter or prey , or the facial grimaces and tail-waving of conspecifics . |
| 17 | It is more likely that the different reproductive roles of males and females have led to the divergence of size . |
| 18 | Recent research has shown that in such cases it is more likely that the animals and humans had been eaten by other predators , such as leopards an hyenas . |
| 19 | It is more likely that the sentence beginning with also is adding more detail to support the general conclusion that the individual concerned is right-sided and is part of the internal structure of a paragraph beginning with Generally . |
| 20 | Other researchers think it is more likely that the fish remember the chemical composition of their home stream , and so pick up its scent in the open ocean . |
| 21 | It is more likely that the incorporation of radical ideas will contribute to their dilution and distraction . |
| 22 | Where such considerations do not arise , for example in the production of uniforms , it is more likely that the production of defence goods will take place in private firms . |
| 23 | If one word is incorrect then it is more likely that the surrounding words are also incorrect , possibly due to incorrect word segmentation . |
| 24 | It is more likely that the Secretary of State for the Environment is preparing us for what used to be called ribbon development and pock-marked urban sprawl stretching from Stratford to Southend , with unfettered market forces destroying the flora and fauna and every living thing that gets in its way . |
| 25 | It is more likely that the eventual , inevitable success of HDTV will owe more to the power of huge marketing campaigns which will soon be waged throughout the world than to any urgent need among consumers . |
| 26 | We would suggest that in neuropathic pseudoobstruction it is more likely that the tachygastria is induced by loss of intrinsic inhibitory innervation which may normally modify the frequency of polarisation of the plasmalemmal membrane of the gastric smooth muscle cells . |
| 27 | If an employee has produced a computer program outside the normal course of his duties , but has used his employer 's equipment or done it during the hours of his employment , the ownership of copyright is more difficult to predict , although it is more likely that the employer will be treated as owner . |
| 28 | However , it is more likely that the marital conflict which precedes the separation and the stressful events which follow it are the real sources of difficulty . |
| 29 | The Economist reported that , although it was more likely that the SDA would receive just 22,000,000 million yen , a 6.1 per cent increase to 4,159,000 million yen had been allocated for defence spending in the draft budget unveiled in January 1990 for the forthcoming 1990 fiscal year . |