Example sentences of "[adv] likely it [be] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more comparable writers we study , the less likely it is that they are out of step with the norm of the language rather than Swift . |
| 2 | They seem to have happened periodically over the last 900 million years , and may have been doing so since the early days of Earth ( the longer ago something happened , the less likely it is that we will have tripped over the evidence ) . |
| 3 | The less constrained the genre , primarily interactional ‘ chat ’ , for example , the less likely it is that we can confidently state norms of expectation which will generalise even over the experience of the English-speaking population . |
| 4 | Second , most workers believe that the more time they spend searching for a job , the more likely it is that they will obtain one which meets their requirements , particularly in so far as the wage rate and working conditions are concerned . |
| 5 | Ironically , the more striking and distinctive objects are , the more likely it is that they will have been stolen and therefore absent from the archaeological record . |
| 6 | In general , the more persecutory and overpowering the reality principles of racism , the more likely it is that they will be ‘ totalized ’ in this way . |
| 7 | The more we anticipate the fear reaction the more likely it is that it will occur . |
| 8 | The more people have access to the telephone , the more likely it is that you will encounter unskilled telephone users . |
| 9 | However , the longer you are infected and the weaker your immune system becomes , the more likely it is that you may become ill . |
| 10 | is that more similar your attitudes and beliefs are to somebody , the more likely it is that you 'll mutual attraction . |
| 11 | The more features that 're fired , the more likely it is that you 'll get an out or the higher the activity level of the cognitive demon and then the more likely that the decision demon will decide that that 's the appropriate character . |
| 12 | The more firmly he tells them and the country that , as Prime Minister , he and not they will rule , the more likely it is that he will eventually reach Downing Street . |
| 13 | The more partners a man has had , the more likely it is that he will entertain fantasies about people with whom he has not yet had a sexual relationship . |
| 14 | The longer a person ( here defined as the head of the household ) is unemployed , the more likely it is that he or she will belong to the general labourer or other occupational groups . |
| 15 | The more varied or diversified the business of the client , and the larger the amount of insurance to be placed , the more likely it is that he will look around the market for himself in order to obtain the best terms . |
| 16 | The longer I stayed there the more likely it was that I 'd make some betraying movement and fix their attention in me . |