Example sentences of "much [adv] [adj] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Involuntary discharges through bankruptcy are though much less likely to be significant in larger firms where labour turnover is much more related to age . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was , therefore , at least until 1938 much more inclined to be hostile to Italy than to Germany . |
| 5 | That next-door neighbour dabbler you are so concerned about is much more likely to be involved in the ‘ soft-occult ’ , and may still be open to a little reasoning . |
| 6 | A bisyllabic pet name could be either male or female , but a monosyllabic one is much more likely to be male . |
| 7 | Of course , these are not the abilities which we pride ourselves upon , and we are much more likely to be impressed by the few things which computers do well which we do badly . |
| 8 | Giving up smoking together too is much more likely to be successful than if you have to struggle alone . |
| 9 | But it 's much more likely to be due to human error . |
| 10 | Those with orange eyes are much more likely to be able to hear . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Male dysfunction due to fear or anxiety about such a condition is much more likely to be responsible ; and female dysfunction or dissatisfaction is often mistakenly thought to be due to it when the true causes lie elsewhere . |
| 13 | They were also much more likely to be unemployed — whilst 30 per cent of the white 16 — 19 year olds were out of work , 46 per cent of the West Indians and 35 per cent of the Asians in the same age group were . |
| 14 | Management is on much stronger ground in doing so , and the results are much more likely to be fair . |
| 15 | On the other hand , there were much more likely to be single children still living at home . |
| 16 | It is easy enough to be obscure and esoteric , much more difficult to be lucid and memorable to all . |
| 17 | Urquhart stared at her for a moment and then shattered into a hearty laugh , much too hearty to be genuine to Blanche 's ears . |
| 18 | It was much too obsessive to be erotic . |