Example sentences of "likely to be [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of employing a specialist firm is that its tradesmen are more likely to be well trained and experienced in this field of building preservation , with a thorough and successful job being a more certain result . |
| 2 | Moreover , among those who are involved in caring , women are more likely to be heavily involved and to undertake activities which are arguably more demanding and unremitting . |
| 3 | Those in middle-class occupations are more likely to be better paid and pursue a preferred life-style than those in working-class occupations ( though the emphasis should be on the likelihood , not the certainty ) . |
| 4 | There is good evidence to show that the Mental Health Act is used disproportionately against black people and other disadvantaged groups , and this element of social control that is invested in psychiatric practice is likely to be further strengthened and made more pervasive by the introduction of community supervision orders . |
| 5 | In certain elections , they will appear to be particularly high and the expedients to sway public opinion are likely to be correspondingly determined and extreme . |
| 6 | The difficulty is that the indicators of this integration which are capable of being treated quantitatively ( to enable such a comparison ) are likely to be culturally determined and to vary from one community to another . |
| 7 | Rather , if found at all , such work is likely to be roughly handled and very much read . |