Example sentences of "[adv] likely [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 31 | For instance it might be suggested that action sample clients were less likely to be admitted straight away to long-term institutional care than control sample clients , for service-providers might have felt that with the Home Support Project such clients could be sustained at home whereas in its absence in the control areas they were not sustainable . |
| 32 | Being female makes you less likely to be in a low status job , and less likely to go absent . |
| 33 | In addition , the fact that women are less mobile than men and more confined to the home means that they are less likely to be exposed to situations which lack effective informal social controls . |
| 34 | Thus , if convicted , women are far less likely to be given a custodial sentence . |
| 35 | Middle-class crimes , such as fraud or embezzlement , are far less likely to be discovered and reported . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | Below we include a brief extract from this study which looks at the problems and consequences of conviction for the business , ‘ respectable ’ criminal in comparison to the regular criminal — bearing in mind , of course , that the business criminal is far less likely to be convicted that most other types of criminal . |
| 38 | If the patient 's fever took several days to appear then it is much less likely to be Belladonna no matter how much the rest of the picture looks like it . |
| 39 | they are less likely to be objects of suspicion and distrust . |
| 40 | In the case of the biography the author is even less likely to be attracted to writing at second hand about a nobody , and what is more , he has a completely open field of all the somebodies that he chooses to tackle . |
| 41 | These firms will offer personal services : services that are less likely to be subject to automation . |
| 42 | It will be an ‘ entitlement ’ to children only if the teachers ' interpretation of it and their teaching style , as it is affected by its requirements , will make them more rather than less likely to be the teachers with the sorts of qualities which are likely to engage their learners , interests . |
| 43 | Plural references are less likely to be elicited by mixed description-types . |
| 44 | Perhaps the survivors of a stranding are less likely to be stranded themselves at a later date . |
| 45 | And although that may mean that stars with planets are less likely to be found in places other than co-rotation orbits , the corollary would be that they are likely to be found within such orbits . |
| 46 | As cruise missiles do not rely on long runways , and can be dispersed around the countryside in times of international tension , they are also less likely to be destroyed by a surprise attack . |
| 47 | A well-adjusted , happy child is less likely to be physically ill ( see Chapter Eight ) so it is important to get the balance right . |
| 48 | You are also far less likely to be taken on for training . |
| 49 | In 1940 , any refugee of military age was less likely to be called up than to be sent down , to an internment camp . |
| 50 | The House of Lords is less central to the nation 's affairs , less likely to be controversial in its activities and more courteous in the conduct of its proceedings . |
| 51 | The next two diphthongs are almost exactly the opposite of each other and therefore less likely to be confused . |
| 52 | Conversely , emotional or mental problems can arise from a physical cause , as was the case with the victim of the instant coffee , and this is even less likely to be recognized by orthodox practitioners . |
| 53 | It always has to be borne in mind in orthodox research that while strains of laboratory animals are highly inbred to ensure , as far as possible , consistency of response , complete homogeneity can never be guaranteed , and genetic similarity is even less likely to be achieved with plants . |
| 54 | Turntable is recessed into oven floor , so it 's less likely to be knocked as dishes are put into the oven . |
| 55 | You can use a stronger line which is less likely to be cut ; but , inevitably its extra weight and drag will put you at a disadvantage in terms of manoeuvrability . |
| 56 | Children who travel to school by bus or coach are 20 times less likely to be injured in an accident than when they travel by car . |
| 57 | Jane Bradford , head of NatWest 's small business service , said people who had been unemployed possibly took more care over the initial planning , or were less likely to be optimistic than those who had quit their jobs . |
| 58 | Checking his watch he saw it was time to swim back to the canoe and his rendezvous with Roger Courtney , who had been paddling offshore for the last few hours , keeping the canoe head or stern towards the beach so that it was less likely to be seen . |
| 59 | They are much less likely to be using mail order . |
| 60 | The amount of time the property is left unoccupied : Insurance companies recognise that if you are retired , the house is less likely to be burgled than one where the occupants are out at work all day . |