Example sentences of "[adv] likely [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some large firms have demonstrated a preference for female workers , often on the grounds of their supposed nimble fingers though , in reality , usually because they can be paid less and are less likely to unionise and form any opposition to management . |
| 2 | Benedict , a Californian now based in Hertford , has given the 405 low-volume side-tanks to make the boat less likely to invert and easier to right . |
| 3 | Inter-departmental disputes are less likely to arise and cooperation between managers is more easily achievable in the absence of ‘ political ’ in-fighting . |
| 4 | The cover has to be disturbed and scratched open by frequent hoeing ; a claw hoe is ideal for this , as it is less likely to snag and damage the root stems . |
| 5 | In general , the lower an individual 's class position , the more likely he or she is to leave school at the minimum leaving age and the less likely to aspire and strive for a highly rewarded position . |
| 6 | There is already substantial evidence to show that the wives of unemployed claimants are less likely to work and more likely to stop working once their husbands are unemployed , than other women . |
| 7 | If on the other hand the consequences are neutral or unpleasant , then the behaviour is less likely to occur and an alternative will be found . |
| 8 | These were chosen by examining the mathematics scheme , deciding what the children were most likely to grasp and determining what is important , in terms of relevance and application to their present world and to their future mathematical learning . |
| 9 | A basic principle is to try out the things you think you are most likely to enjoy and to incorporate them into your routine on a long-term basis . |
| 10 | The first , central group contains the best examples of SF elements , which are most likely to instantiate and substantiate the schema ( the keyword header " Martian " is in this group ) . |
| 11 | Although there is much social and occupational mobility , and our choice of marriage partner is wider than it used to be , we are obviously most likely to meet and continue acquaintance with people used to similar standards of living , values and expectations . |
| 12 | Burton was hurling himself on the course most likely to tempt and test him to the limit . |
| 13 | In that case , although section 5 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act will not apply , other sections of the same Act are most likely to apply and to prevent the seller from excluding his liability . |
| 14 | The manual alerts the teacher to the kinds of ‘ errors ’ children are most likely to make and emphasises that in the ‘ correct ’ drawing ‘ the front of the road occupies the whole width of the picture , and the distant end of it vanishes away to a point far back on the horizon ’ . |
| 15 | The teacher who sometimes admits ignorance , is prepared to accept hunches and half-truths , and generates a feeling of shared problems , is more likely to enjoy and encourage their own thought-processes . |
| 16 | Elderly people are therefore more likely to fall and fracture a bone . |
| 17 | Nagged to fix a shelf , the male Procrastinator is more likely to go and polish his prize onions than fetch a hammer . |
| 18 | When you act in a loving way , the other person is more likely to respond and to show the best side of their nature . |
| 19 | It is change of this kind which is more likely to surprise and challenge you when you first return . |
| 20 | There can be high peaks of pleasure , but these can not last , whereas steady , constant relationships are more likely to sustain and deepen the qualities of true happiness . |
| 21 | Landowners are more likely to plant and maintain woodland if it provides income . |
| 22 | In particular , mothers were socioeconomically disadvantaged , younger , and more likely to smoke and their infants were of lower birth weight and more likely to share a bed with another person . |
| 23 | However , as we grow older , they are more likely to deteriorate and to separate . |
| 24 | The organisms with these errors would be more likely to survive and reproduce . |
| 25 | Creatures that correctly recognized the implications of data gathered by their sense organs and took appropriate action would be more likely to survive and reproduce . |
| 26 | Second , local and regional government will have to be created and is more likely to require and use powers of economic initiative . |
| 27 | So while we may now know something about who is more likely to abuse and who is more likely to be a victim , we do not know why , when , how often and with what degree of certainty , abuse will take place , nor what the consequences will be for the child . |
| 28 | Wahler has tried to identify in which families these problems are more likely to occur and has suggested that ‘ insular ’ families are at greater risk for producing non-compliant and aggressive children . |
| 29 | Purchase intentions are unlikely to grow continuously throughout the sales presentation ; they are more likely to rise and fall as the presentation progresses ( see Fig. 15 ) . |
| 30 | Thus , such a society is more likely to prosper and to spread its system of values . |