Example sentences of "be more likely that " in BNC.
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| 31 | On the whole , however , it is more likely that they used a comparative test , tying the two competing ropes end to end , in series , and breaking them by means of a capstan . |
| 32 | It is more likely that the accounts in Matthew and Luke are shortened versions of Mark than that Mark has expanded one of theirs . |
| 33 | It is more likely that what connects creativity to madness is some aspect of the thought styles which psychotic and original forms of thinking have in common and which , in the psychiatric domain , can be observed across the arbitrary diagnostic categories of psychosis . |
| 34 | It is more likely that she was a schizophrenic , for whom the religious beliefs of her day provided a means of escape from the daily life with which her inadequate personality could not cope . |
| 35 | It is more likely that a family will lie somewhere on the continuum between these positions in its behaviour patterns . |
| 36 | Indeed , it is more likely that a small child will attempt to command an adult than the other way around . |
| 37 | It is more likely that a kid will die than reach sexual maturity at three years old . |
| 38 | It is more likely that the white ear spots are there as a signal to cubs following their dam in thick jungle . |
| 39 | When this happens it is more likely that the two strands mix indifferently . |
| 40 | At least in the higher animals , it is more likely that the visual perception of shape and motion have evolved in response to such biologically significant environmental features as the gait or stance of hunter or prey , or the facial grimaces and tail-waving of conspecifics . |
| 41 | It may be ‘ accidental that there is no Beaverbrook or Rothermere ’ but it is more likely that they would encounter an enormous backlash if they trespassed into the formal world of politics . |
| 42 | Of course it is more likely that women rather than men would be in a position to offer such assistance ( Anderson , 1971 , pp. 139–44 ) . |
| 43 | The Pauline Annalist reported a rumour that Arundel confessed to having plotted the death of the queen , but it is more likely that Mortimer saw him as a territorial rival in the Marches of Wales , where he had held the lordship of Chirk since the confiscations after Boroughbridge . |
| 44 | It is more likely that other factors , as yet unrecognised , are important . |
| 45 | The authors conclude that it is more likely that many other factors should also be included in the analysis such as motivation , nicotine dependence , personality type , self-efficacy , therapeutic support , etc , which act together in a complex way and would substantially increase the explained variance of smoking cessation . |
| 46 | When you remove the basin brackets from the wall , it is more likely that you will damage the plaster ( there may also be some wood there with an advanced case of wet rot ) ; Allow time in the schedule for repairing the plaster before you go any further — modern d-i-y plasters can be applied up to two inches thick . |
| 47 | If class membership is transmitted across generations ( that is , if there is little social mobility ) then it is more likely that these classes will become distinct social entities , differing in many ways in their social characteristics . |
| 48 | In certain cases , we may advance the total cost of the car , but it is more likely that we will want you to make a contribution . |
| 49 | It is more likely that by mid May contemporaries had recovered from any anxieties prompted by the seizure of the prince and were prepared to accept Gloucester 's protectorship at face value . |
| 50 | It is more likely that the different reproductive roles of males and females have led to the divergence of size . |
| 51 | A set of criteria might be given as a list , but it is more likely that at least some of the relationships between individual criteria will be indicated . |
| 52 | Recent research has shown that in such cases it is more likely that the animals and humans had been eaten by other predators , such as leopards an hyenas . |
| 53 | It is more likely that the sentence beginning with also is adding more detail to support the general conclusion that the individual concerned is right-sided and is part of the internal structure of a paragraph beginning with Generally . |
| 54 | These statistics must be treated with caution , but if anything it is more likely that they underrate rather than overrate the political content . |
| 55 | Since the working class is most affected by these constraints , it is more likely that a characteristically rural working class will develop than a distinctly rural middle class . |
| 56 | Other researchers think it is more likely that the fish remember the chemical composition of their home stream , and so pick up its scent in the open ocean . |
| 57 | It has been suggested that now that unions ( and not merely officials ) may in certain circumstances be liable in damages for unlawful industrial action it is more likely that an employer will pursue his claim to a full trial and there is less reason to refuse an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases ; but it has also been said that the ‘ right to strike ’ is a valuable ( indeed essential ) element in the system of collective bargaining and that it ‘ should not be rendered less valuable than Parliament intended by too fanciful or ingenious a view of what might develop into a serious issue to be tried . ’ |
| 58 | However the evidence suggests ( see pages 75–6 ) that it is more likely that this decision was reached at a later date , when the force of events made it seem imperative . |
| 59 | In some circumstances one might seek a maximally parallel version of a program , but it is more likely that one will be attempting to optimise it for a particular configuration . |
| 60 | It is more likely that such a talent lay in site administration and the guidance of taste rather than in any practical work as craftsman , architect , or mason . |