Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] likely that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather more likely that clerks had benefit of formal education than knights . |
| 2 | Isotope studies of the small amounts of lead in the unalloyed copper may help to identify the source , but it is only too likely that alloys will contain lead from different ore bodies and thus be unidentifiable . |
| 3 | It is perhaps more likely that Freeman has been deceived by the fact that the linguistic patterning of King Lear so under-determines how it is to be interpreted that it is compatible with his and a large number of other theories of metaphor which all equally predict it , and hence appear to explain it . |
| 4 | It is much more likely that Matthew has purposely used a verse that would point towards Jesus as the new Moses who would , once again , lead his people from slavery to freedom . |
| 5 | I feel that it is much more likely that Brutus was strongly influenced by the anonymous letters which Cassius had sent him . |
| 6 | It is also quite likely that allegations of malingering will be made and we would be grateful for your comments . |
| 7 | It is also more likely that patients , and their partners , will see how treatment is related to their everyday lives , and they will be able to act on the feelings more immediately and carry out the tasks arising from the session . |
| 8 | Nowadays , with unemployment at an appallingly high level , it is far more likely that people who have been unable to find work are simply the victims of economic and political circumstances . |