Example sentences of "less likely [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more basic and important to life a particular metabolic process is , the less likely is it to have changed significantly throughout evolution . |
| 2 | The higher the position , the less likely is the occupant to be a woman . |
| 3 | Indeed it is probably true to say , as a rough generalization , that the larger the concern , and the larger the number of people involved or affected , the less likely is it that the concern or interest will be represented accurately , or at all , within an interest-group system . |
| 4 | In many cases the more successful a town the less likely is the chance of seeing its early development . |
| 5 | The more original and individual the mind of the lecturer , the more valuable is what he says , but the less likely is he to be bound tightly by the syllabus . |
| 6 | It suffices to note here that the more heavily firms discount the future the less likely is it that collusion among them can be sustained . |
| 7 | The more that a loss of sales to the second group is compensated by a grant paid by the first , or the more the revenues for the provision of a service to individuals come from grants , the less likely is the bureau to be concerned for consumer interests and , hence , efficiency . |