Example sentences of "likely [prep] be married " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Men are less likely in future to spend old age with their spouse , while women are more likely to be married . |
| 2 | The figures also demonstrate how well matched are the action and control samples : that in both places they were well matched on age , proportion with an involved relative/ friend , proportion in owner-occupied housing , and on OBS score ; they were less well matched on gender and on proportion without an inside lavatory ( though the difference was not great ) , and least well matched on marital status and on proportion living alone , with the Ipswich control sample and the Newham action sample being more likely to be married and ( therefore ) not living alone . |
| 3 | There were interesting differences in the sociodemographic background of men and women in the same grades — men in the higher grades were more likely to be married and have dependent children than women , whereas the opposite pattern was observed in the lower grades . |
| 4 | At all ages over 65 women are less likely to be married than men ; 78 per cent of all males aged 65 + were still married compared with 46 per cent of females . |
| 5 | Women were significantly more likely to be married or cohabiting than men , with 44% of women and 26% of men in such relationships ( difference 11.2% to 24.5% ) . |