Example sentences of "[adv] likely to be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professional footballers fared little better than cricketers and were less likely to be able to pursue their occupation for as long . |
| 2 | Semi-skilled and unskilled workers are much less likely to be able to buy their own house ( 26 per cent of unskilled workers are owner-occupiers , compared with 87 per cent of professional workers ) . |
| 3 | This group is in many ways similar to the elderly , except that they are less likely to be able to contribute to care from their own resources and are therefore more likely to receive a free service wherever they are placed . |
| 4 | Secondly , since women are generally lower paid than men — earning on average about three-quarters of men 's pay — they are less likely to be able to afford cars . |
| 5 | In a business sale , the buyer will be less likely to be able to take advantage of the implied warranty , particularly because he may well be as expert as the seller in dealing with the goods which are the subject matter of the contract , and so will not ( or it will not be reasonable for him to ) rely on the seller 's judgment and skill . |
| 6 | If you do lose those links then you 're much less likely to be able to find a job in the future because still most jobs are actually found through personal contacts of one sort or another . |
| 7 | By the time you had let them out you would have domesticated deer who are no longer likely to be able to fend for and defend themselves as they previously did . |
| 8 | The Queen would normally send for the person she deemed most likely to be able to form a government with majority support in the Commons . |
| 9 | Those who were particularly interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues ( any issues ! ) as the main themes being stressed by the parties , but the level of predictability was low . |
| 10 | Those who were interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues as the main themes being stressed by the parties . |
| 11 | Once we have been triggered into feeling the loss of someone who was important the grieving process is more likely to be able to start . |
| 12 | After all , if you have begun addressing yourself for the first time to such an issue you are more likely to be able to have the courage of your convictions at work in trying to tackle , for example , management by inertia . |
| 13 | Those with orange eyes are much more likely to be able to hear . |
| 14 | Further , the husband is more likely to be able to use family income for his leisure pursuits ( e.g. drinking ) than the wife . |
| 15 | Unless you happen to be a keen follower of American football , you are more likely to be able to answer the first six questions than the last two . |
| 16 | However , a mother who is in contact with her baby immediately after delivery is much more likely to be able to do this than one who is not given her baby until a few hours after the birth . |
| 17 | If she is staying in a comfortable hotel , has a caddie to look after her needs at the golf course and can travel on the packages arranged by the Tour 's travel operators , then she is more likely to be able to devote her full concentration on her golf . |
| 18 | by gaining familiarity with one or more segments , he is more likely to be able to assess the response from them , which is an invaluable asset for planning purposes . |
| 19 | If governing bodies set up finance committees as part of a school 's organization to meet the requirements of local management , governors and parents are more likely to be able to be involved in management decisions . |
| 20 | If they have experienced difficulties similar to the client , or live in a similar social environment , they are more likely to be able to foster the client 's own coping skills and to achieve a friendship on equal terms . |
| 21 | we 'd be more likely to be able to make it . |
| 22 | That i it would be the people who stood up first and accused the landlords and took the lead in the settling accounts procedure , they were more likely to be able to , to get more in the way of than anybody else , that they would get more land , more erm better quality land the animals , implements etcetera and those sort of , th those peasants who were taking the lead were actually members of the Party were they ? |
| 23 | You are also likelier to be able to carry it through with you at airport check-ins . |
| 24 | Even so , the upward trend in direct sales extends to software , and you are increasingly likely to be able to buy accounting software by mail order . |
| 25 | The people least likely to be able to find £24–95 to buy the first set of reports on science teaching from the Assessment Performance Unit ( APU ) of the Department of Education and science * , the latest volume of which has just been published . |
| 26 | The people least likely to be able to find £24–95 to buy the first set of reports on science teaching from the Assessment Performance Unit ( APU ) of the Department of Education and science * , the latest volume of which has just been published . |
| 27 | People who see the world differently , and therefore need to communicate , both for mutual education and to avoid conflict , may seem the least likely to be able to do so . |
| 28 | Single mothers and those with mental illnesses are the least likely to be able to establish their rights without government help . |
| 29 | ‘ They are n't very likely to be able to help her , are they ? |