Example sentences of "likely [pron] [be] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more distant one of those later groups is , the more likely we are to be able to construct a counter-example ; as is revealed in our own example where = you are a brain in a vat ; |
| 2 | The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre , the more likely we are to be able to identify norms . |
| 3 | The more shots you fire into somebody , the more likely they are to be dead at the end of it . |
| 4 | This example illustrates a general point , namely that the more heavily regulated by statute a government activity is , the more likely it is to be amenable to judicial review . |
| 5 | The more complicated and far-reaching that the clause is , the more likely it is to be ineffective . |
| 6 | Where the breach is caused by inadvertent default the more serious the type of breach covered by the clause , the less likely it is to be reasonable . |
| 7 | The longer it stays in the air , the more likely it is to be oxidised acid , the process speeded up by pollutants such as ozone and hydrogen peroxide . |
| 8 | Nothing is impossible and the more unlikely the allegation the more likely it is to be true . |
| 9 | Confirming instances are such if they give inductive support to a theory , and the greater the number of confirming instances established , the greater the support for the theory and the more likely it is to be true . |
| 10 | The more we do to our hair — whether it is blow-drying , heat-styling , perming or colouring — the more likely it is to be porous , dry and dull . |
| 11 | The more the analyst knows about the features of context , the more likely he is to be able to predict what is likely to be said ( see 2.4 ) . |