Example sentences of "[adv] likely to be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grandchildren do not appear on Qureshi and Simons 's ( 1987 ) hierarchy of preferred carers , indicating that they are very much a minority group subsumed under ‘ other relatives ’ and therefore much less likely to be providing personal care than their parents ' generation . |
| 2 | Thus , establishments with declining output , falling overtime and declining employment levels were less likely to use temporary workers or , more precisely , were less likely to be using fixed-term contract workers . |
| 3 | In line with what we had expected was the finding that establishments where the level of output , the amount of overtime being worked and the number of persons employed was falling were rather less likely to be using fixed-term contract workers . |
| 4 | It is important to bear in mind that there may be a significant amount of delinquency and crime amongst the middle classes , but we are less likely to be made aware of it . |
| 5 | Long words are less likely to be identified given current performance , but parts of these words will be , and they will correspond to homophones in the second set of valid words . |
| 6 | A slightly better idea may be to prepare a separate set of terms for use in consumer transactions , since the supplier 's freedom to restrict liability is more restricted in such cases , and exclusions are less likely to be held reasonable . |
| 7 | When the kite is removed from its bag , it is most likely to be folded short . |
| 8 | As expected , they are also less likely to own or to be buying their house , less likely to be living in council accommodation and more likely to be renting furnished accommodation . |
| 9 | At all ages older women are more likely to be living alone than their male contemporaries ( Figure 2.10 ) . |
| 10 | Thirdly , although some data is collected in relation to gender , it would be helpful to see some interpretation of statements like these : Although ‘ women were more likely to be living alone than men , there were a number of very elderly men living on their own and some of them caused their carers great concern ’ . |
| 11 | The marital status of most of the opioid users known to two drugs agencies were obtained : the Drugs Council , which attracted users seeking therapy and counselling , and the Detoxification Unit , which attracted users more likely to be seeking medical treatment . |
| 12 | The dressing staff was taken on " as required " and a good worker , lad or lass , was more likely to be given regular work . |
| 13 | Women earn less than men , have lower hourly rates of pay even in the same occupation , are more likely to be employed part-time or in homeworking , and are more vulnerable to unemployment . |
| 14 | Nonetheless , a standard form drafted by both parties or by bodies representing both parties is more likely to be considered reasonable . |
| 15 | The teenage girls and young women recorded in the CECOS Report were more likely to be doing industrial or domestic work . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The unison of flutes , oboes , clarinets , and violas is powerful and striking , but is more likely to be found appropriate in the full orchestra than in the small orchestra . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Under Sched 2 , para ( c ) , a clause is more likely to be held reasonable if the party knew or should have known of it when he entered into the contract . |
| 20 | Reports about performance will be produced regularly so that results can be compared to the targets set , and the facilities of the database are also likely to be made available to managers with the help of a query language . |
| 21 | But one of the cost factors , particularly the amount of each instalment , is as likely to be rated important by people deciding to use hire purchase . |
| 22 | Also , as a result of their greater longevity , elderly women are more than twice as likely as men to be widowed and , as a consequence of this and the lower propensity of the current generation ( if not succeeding ones ) to have married in the first place , they are three times as likely to be living alone . |
| 23 | This ascribed passivity means that women from subordinated social groups are particularly likely to be thought unskilled in expressing themselves actively . |
| 24 | The figures demonstrate something about the characteristics of people with dementia referred to psychogeriatricians : that they are on average around 80 years of age , mainly women , mainly widowed or single , quite likely to be living alone but not without the involvement of relatives or friends , and with fairly advanced dementia ( assuming that this is the implication of a score of nearly seven on a scale , running from one to ten , designed mainly to measure impairment of memory ) . |
| 25 | Time and history , and above all the revelation in ( and not merely through ) Jesus Christ , were all too likely to be sold short by this . |
| 26 | But those barristers retained to represent the Government — called Treasury Counsel — are very likely to be offered High Court judgeships in due course . |