Example sentences of "is much [adv] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liverpool 's dockland is much too complex to be described in detail in a work of this kind , and is in any case largely inaccessible to the general public , but Albert Dock , which you can visit , is of particular interest and importance . |
| 2 | If the patient 's fever took several days to appear then it is much less likely to be Belladonna no matter how much the rest of the picture looks like it . |
| 3 | What is much less likely to be recognized is the importance of considering the interrelationship between these various initiatives , and certainly there is no sign as yet that such an evaluation is to take place . |
| 4 | This is much less likely to be a problem in numerical work , which is therefore particularly important for studies of regimes inaccessible in the laboratory ( e.g. convection in conditions where non-Boussinesq effects — see the Appendix to Chapter 14 — are significant , perhaps in connection with an application such as solar granulation , Section 26.6 ) . |
| 5 | Giving up smoking together too is much more likely to be successful than if you have to struggle alone . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Or , as is much more likely to be the truth of the matter , evidence of the parents ' fear that they might be depriving the child of some advantage if the ritual is omitted . |
| 8 | Nowadays the public attitude is much more likely to be : I must be in the house at 10.30 to watch Sports Report or whatever . |
| 9 | Competition in a market with few suppliers , none of them controlling the market but each relatively large ( oligopoly ) is much more likely to be distorted if one of those suppliers takes over or acquires an interest in another , than in a market characterised by fierce competition among many suppliers . |
| 10 | The eldest daughter , even if she is not the eldest child , is much more likely to be asked by her mother to help in the care of younger children than is an eldest son . |
| 11 | A school which is seen to be supporting its clients is much more likely to be supported in turn , by the community it is there to serve . |
| 12 | Of course often they also fall into the first two categories mentioned , but it seems that household membership operates separately in relation to giving assistance , so that a particular child who shares a home with their parent is much more likely to be giving personal care than their siblings . |
| 13 | For example in the case of people of Asian origin living in Britain , the expectation is much more likely to be that the main supportive bond , especially in respect of financial support , will be between sons and parents . |
| 14 | Since paid work still is much more likely to be distributed this way than the reverse , there is a built-in tendency for caring responsibilities to fall on women , even without cultural expectations that women are particularly suited to these tasks . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Male sexual difficulty in middle life is much more likely to be caused by psychological or social circumstances . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Thus the speaker who says ‘ I 'd really like to ’ , leaning forward , smiling , with a ‘ warm , breathy ’ voice quality , is much more likely to be interpreted as meaning what he says , than another speaker uttering the same words , leaning away , brow puckered , with a ‘ sneering , nasal ’ voice quality . |
| 19 | Such a border can be at least as ornamental as the conventional one , given the range of plants which are now considered to be herbs , and it is much more likely to be the haunt of bees and butterflies , as well as being more aromatic and fragrant . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Cargo carried by oil and gas tankers or in bulk vessels is much more likely to be sold afloat than is cargo carried by general cargo vessels . |
| 22 | Any puzzling ruff-sized wader is much more likely to be a Ruff than an American vagrant . |
| 23 | A bisyllabic pet name could be either male or female , but a monosyllabic one is much more likely to be male . |
| 24 | And we would say that that is much more likely to be achieved . |
| 25 | Experimental evidence indicates that if the acoustic cues specifying these segments are varied along a continuum with at one end and at the other , the same ambiguous segment is much more likely to be interpreted as in the context of and as in the context of ( Ganong 1980 ) . |
| 26 | In this situation , it is much more sensible to be in the second or even third row from the start line , but you should be right at the starboard end . |
| 27 | If there are problems , le we could work them through together , but I think this is much more interesting to be , sort o I think to be linked in with an outside project like this , and just to be working away in isolation , and so we 'll feel our way experimentally . |