Example sentences of "time more [adj] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suicide was the biggest cause of death , but the homeless are also 150 times more likely to be killed in an assault . |
| 2 | MERSEYSIDE youngsters are 100 times more likely to be injured by fireworks than the government admits , according to a report published today . |
| 3 | Here , motorists are now three times more likely to be breathalysed than in 1978 , and around 2,000 drivers are prosecuted every week . |
| 4 | A report prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology published on Oct. 23 , 1989 , showed that an Aboriginal was 28 times more likely to be sent to prison than a white person . |
| 5 | So we are 60 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to die from salmonella ! |
| 6 | As a result , an accused person in Dorset ( for example ) is 10 times more likely to be remanded in custody than a similar person in Bedfordshire . |
| 7 | As a result in some parts of the country you 're three times more likely to be cautioned than in others . |
| 8 | In 1983 , for example , men working full time were three times more likely to be covered than were men working part time . |
| 9 | The last similar study , published in 1982 , had indicated that Aboriginals were 14 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Aboriginals . |
| 10 | An inquiry into the referral and suspension of Afro-Caribbean pupils from Birmingham schools recorded that they were almost four times more likely to be suspended from secondary schools as white pupils ; even when the main reason for expulsion was common to both white and black pupils , the latter were more likely to be suspended and the inquiry alluded to a considerable level of hostility , mistrust and ‘ cultural misunderstanding ’ as between black pupils and white teachers ( CRE , 1985 ; see also Driver , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | Yes , it is difficult to believe that before Sly Stallone was blasting out showers of bullets , he was at one time more likely to be seen wielding a pair of scissors and blowing hot and cold with a hairdryer . |