Example sentences of "[verb] are more [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those crimes which are reported are more likely to be committed by the working class because they are more visible , such as crimes against property . |
| 2 | Children who smoke are more susceptible to coughs and increased phlegm and are more likely to have chest illnesses than those who do not smoke [ 9 ] . |
| 3 | Infants of parents who smoke are more likely to be admitted to hospital for bronchitis and pneumonia in the first year of life . |
| 4 | It also follows that in looking at whether to call in , Ministers do not consider the planning merits of the proposal , but only whether the kind of issues that need to be decided are more appropriate for consideration in a wider than local context by the Secretary of State . |
| 5 | The hardwoods from which English ships were usually built are more resistant to soakage and there are several instances of wooden ships afloat and in service for over a hundred years . |
| 6 | Words recently seen are more likely to be remembered at deeper levels of processing . |
| 7 | Thus the potential ‘ pollutions ’ which the officer himself discovers are more likely to be viewed as ‘ marginal ’ or ‘ non-polluting ’ cases where no action may be taken . |
| 8 | Those who strongly doubt whether the cost-benefit exercise can be adequately performed are more inclined to a rules based or structural approach . |
| 9 | You learn too , which swims are more likely to be productive at any particular time . |
| 10 | Thus , although I use the present tense , the physical organization of communities and the economic organization that I discuss are more relevant to the pre-1970 period . |
| 11 | The concepts involved are more vital to measurement than to those areas where girls do relatively well . |
| 12 | ‘ Boardroom struggles for power , wheeler-dealing in the buying and selling of shares and , indeed , of whole clubs sometimes suggest that those involved are more interested in the personal financial benefits or social status of being a director than of directing the club in the interests of its customers . ’ |