Example sentences of "more [adj] to be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently the forms of paternalism signified by feudal relations are more likely to be a recent tradition rather than a distant memory . |
| 2 | On that evidence , therefore , and in spite of last night 's ominous phrases that the government would not tolerate ‘ chaos and anarchy ’ , it seems that the statement is more likely to be a specific warning — that people breaking in to armouries to steal weapons or ammunition could expect to be met by physical force — than a sign that the military are planning a political takeover . |
| 3 | At supper there is more likely to be a simple salad than a roast on the menu , which has the advantage of leaving you with more room to do proper justice to the pudding . |
| 4 | All it means is that a preference for managerial power rather than recognition is more likely to be a successful mix for a manager . |
| 5 | And their very clear view based on their long and practical experience of the Greater York development market , is that a location South South West of York is more likely to be a successful location particularly for the employment component of the new settlement , than any other sector of York . |
| 6 | After his broadcast on Thursday , it is more likely to be a new , and even bloodier , phase of his war . |
| 7 | I tell myself that silence is more likely to be a personal choice than an imposed one . ’ |
| 8 | The boxer hero is more likely to be a nasty thug who glares at his opponent at the weigh-in and acts like Mr Nasty . |
| 9 | There is more likely to be a gradual wearing down of viral disease , with a wide variety of drugs becoming increasingly effective against specific types of virus . |
| 10 | The modern actuary is far more likely to be a well-rounded individual , meeting people and advising on vital aspects of corporate development , than buried in a statistical department . |
| 11 | A society which is well-informed about AIDS is also more likely to be a compassionate one . |
| 12 | I think if you have mainly pain in there it 's much more likely to be a little bit of inflammation under the this tendon which goes from the muscle here over the top of the kneecap and attaches in there . |
| 13 | It is much more likely to be no more than a reflection of the fact that almost everything we know about Richard as Duke of Aquitaine comes from an English chronicler , Roger of Howden , and Roger only has information when he has access to the reports sent by Richard to his father , that is to say when Henry is in England . |
| 14 | Furthermore , earn outs encourage the vendor to concentrate on short-term profitability whereas the purchaser 's concern is more likely to be the long-term prospects of the business . |
| 15 | Used as I am , of course , to drinking from glittering crystal , I admit that for everyday use it is more likely to be the ordinary glass you buy from Woolies or Habitat — sensible , cheap , and reasonably designed . |
| 16 | The ‘ giant sucking sound ’ that Ross Perot keeps hearing , and which he thinks is the rush of American jobs to Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement , is more likely to be the magnetic pull of the still-irresistible United States . |
| 17 | Figures for earlier years also showed that earnings area more likely to be the main source of income for lone fathers than lone mothers . |
| 18 | ‘ But it 's more likely to be the little fat chap who laughs when people make love . ’ |
| 19 | For example for ‘ ha ? ’ , if had , hag , ham , has , hat , haw and hay were found to be candidates , it would be left to further stages of analysis of the system to determine which of these is more likely to be the intended word , although they can be suggested in order of their frequency of use calculated from a corpus of English text . |
| 20 | The type of person who goes on this holiday to destinations for example want somewhere unusual perhaps to India , is more likely to be an alocentric person cos they 're getting away from the crowds . |
| 21 | But a librarian , more likely to be an Adonis-type than a Boar or a Goddess , might be tempted to catalogue this book under ‘ Hughes ’ rather than under ‘ Shakespeare ’ . |
| 22 | Low cusped molars with thick enamel ( although this is more likely to be an ancestral character for the pongine and hominine clades ( Box2 ) ) |
| 23 | McCrea sums up the Western code by his declaration that all his wants is to ‘ enter my house justified ’ while Scott is more easy-going and hence survives to mourn his partner in a world where a Westerner is more likely to be an unshaven brute played by Warren Oates than a white-hatted , true-hearted paladin . |
| 24 | The figure of 2 km assumed here for the area of interest further north is therefore more likely to be an over than an underestimate . |
| 25 | It is more likely to be an intracellular effect of tubulin binding . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's more important to be the best surfer at St Agnes on a Sunday afternoon than to have the right T-shirt . ’ |