Example sentences of "be more likely that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Brownings and Ferdinando would be back in June so it would be best to go at once , when it would be more likely that her absence would be looked on leniently . |
| 2 | The second possibility that Nikolaev committed the murder under the guidance of the NKVD seems to be more likely that the first possibility because so many people seem to have conveniently neglected their duties but I still think that it is not the most likely . |
| 3 | However , if staff led by a head and one or two senior colleagues worked their way through these tasks ( and it might be more likely that senior staff themselves would have drafted the audit and put it forward for discussion , alteration and approval by others ) , they would be familiar with most of the important issues concerning the national curriculum . |
| 4 | During childhood they also were more likely that others to have received gifts or remained home from school when ill . |
| 5 | But on the contrary , this world of ‘ it was rumoured ’ and ‘ that may well have been so ’ followed at once by ‘ it is more likely that nothing of the sort happened ’ — again in the opening paragraphs — is as exhilarating as the challenge of life 's opacities to a healthy curiosity . |
| 6 | But it is more likely that Treasury officials are just sounding out reaction to possible measures . |
| 7 | But if the British Barlow Clowes operation had been within the licensing net , it is more likely that the Department of Trade would have found out at a much earlier stage that Mr Peter Clowes was running a parallel offshore operation — first in Jersey and then in Gibraltar . |
| 8 | It may have been that Harvey enjoyed such seniority in the Church that in his case such deviation was permitted , but given that two or three other committed Free Presbyterians have been active in the Official Unionist Party ( in 1985 there were two Free Presbyterians in local government as Official Unionist councillors ) , it is more likely that the Church leadership was genuinely able to maintain some distance from Paisley 's politics . |
| 9 | It is more likely that such hoards will be found today simply because of their size , so we may be dealing with a higher rate of recovery for these hoards than is normal for hoards of other periods . |
| 10 | But it is more likely that a physical restraint influenced the swirling liquids — just as bad weather cyclones and hurricanes are anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise south of the equator of spinning planet Earth . |
| 11 | It is more likely that rather than an increase in potency level itself , the large number of succussions produce a lateral intensification or energising of the solution within the confines of the dilution factor — a concept upheld by the LM method . |
| 12 | But it is more likely that , while they provide reasons for different things , they share the same basic structure . |
| 13 | Historians have found some manors where the local custom was for the widow to receive a half proportion , or even the whole , and yet in others apparently none — although in these cases it is more likely that the documentation is being misconstrued . |
| 14 | Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces . |
| 15 | Emancipation for women was beginning to rumble and Cook may have embraced the idea , but , being a shrewd opportunist , it is more likely that he saw potential customers among women who were striving for more freedom . |
| 16 | It is more likely that the types of crime committed by older people will be less noticed and less liable to be recorded in the criminal statistics . |
| 17 | It is more likely that the importer will have to settle his debt in the exporter 's currency or the currency of a third country , e.g. Brazil/Singapore trade deal billed and settled in US dollars . |
| 18 | If the baby cries uncontrollably for several hours each evening , it is more likely that the cause is so-called 3-month or 10-week colic ( sharp tummy ache ) . |
| 19 | However , if the crisis has been particularly sharp and the depression of sufficient duration then it is more likely that the total of will increase sufficiently to push up the price of consumer goods . |
| 20 | Lewis Carroll possibly knew of this phrase but , because he refers to the grin outlasting the rest of the body , it is more likely that his real influence was the cheese rather than the swordsman . |
| 21 | It is more likely that the waters of Marah referred to in Exodus 15:23–25 were contaminated with iron rather than algae as Dr S. Fletcher suggest ( Chem . |
| 22 | This may have been because he was ignorant or stupid but , reading between the lines of Heinz 's file , it is more likely that the foreman had taken against his young charge who was ‘ very intelligent and conceited ’ . |
| 23 | Even if they scratch a lot , it is more likely that their gills are being irritated by particulate matter in the water ( coral sand is a common culprit ) or incorrect water chemistry/quality . |
| 24 | Gandhi 's antipathy to preaching , which was characteristic of the Christian missionary activity he was acquainted with , may have derived from his attitude to mission work in general , but it is more likely that he considered a man 's life to be a more effective testimony to the truth of his religion that his words . |
| 25 | But , as we all know , beauty is only skin deep — it is more likely that the new breeds were favoured because they grew faster and to almost twice the size of bronze strains . |
| 26 | It is more likely that it came from Marks & Spencer or from that little boutique round the comer . |
| 27 | It is more likely that in many situations there is a conflict of interest between capital and labour over this issue and thus a need to negotiate the outcome . |
| 28 | It is more likely that a valuation will not be required before , for instance , a later disposal of the asset by the transferee . |
| 29 | It is more likely that a letter to ‘ Anna Payne ’ will get a response than one simply to ‘ the personnel manager ’ . |
| 30 | It is more likely that the elements of secrecy and self-deception involved in my behaviour were already so strong that what I was actually doing could n't be described in words at all , least of all in the incriminating written word . |