Example sentences of "it [is] more [adj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours have been circulating that they wanted to hold it to tie in with Aliens 3 , although with that still way off in the future , it 's more likely that a full-scale theatrical release of The Special Edition is planned for the distant future . |
| 2 | But it is more likely that a physical restraint influenced the swirling liquids — just as bad weather cyclones and hurricanes are anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise south of the equator of spinning planet Earth . |
| 3 | It is more likely that a valuation will not be required before , for instance , a later disposal of the asset by the transferee . |
| 4 | It is more likely that a letter to ‘ Anna Payne ’ will get a response than one simply to ‘ the personnel manager ’ . |
| 5 | It is more likely that a family will lie somewhere on the continuum between these positions in its behaviour patterns . |
| 6 | Indeed , it is more likely that a small child will attempt to command an adult than the other way around . |
| 7 | It is more likely that a kid will die than reach sexual maturity at three years old . |
| 8 | Since the working class is most affected by these constraints , it is more likely that a characteristically rural working class will develop than a distinctly rural middle class . |
| 9 | It is more likely that a high-level package will be identified initially , and then after some investigation this will be refined to one or more lower level packages . |
| 10 | It is more likely that a high-level package will be identified initially , and then after some investigation this will be refined to one or more lower level packages . |
| 11 | If the mother denigrates her husband , it is more likely that a boy will become particularly anxious ( Wolff , 1983b ) . |