Example sentences of "more [adj] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly farmers are more prepared to be indulgent about their employees ' working hours as long as the necessary tasks are carried out efficiently . |
| 2 | Secret eaters were more likely to be dissatisfied with their bodies , have severe eating disorders and be more concerned about their addiction . |
| 3 | Experiments have shown that males which perform the zigzag display at a higher rate ( more swims back and forth per minute ) are more likely to be successful at courtship : a female is more likely to mate with a male whose zigzagging is more energetic . |
| 4 | As noted earlier in this chapter , and by many authors , including Kanter ( 1983 ) , an attempt to change basic ideologies/schemas of multiple parties is more likely to be successful in times of crisis when it becomes obvious that traditional modes of operation are no longer achieving success . |
| 5 | While even the richest states are anxious to attract or retain TNC investment , they are more likely to be successful in imposing conditions on their operations than less developed states . |
| 6 | He meant by this that people are more likely to be convinced of the reality of the faith if our expression of it is coherent , sensible and entire . |
| 7 | This is more likely to be feasible in relation to questions relating to demographic and other background characteristics , than for behavioural or product market data . |
| 8 | A national survey of teachers ' attitudes to equal opportunities found that men were more likely to be opposed to promoting equal opportunities than women , but that differences in subject taught were more important than the sex of the teacher in determining his or her attitude . |
| 9 | ALTHOUGH any couple can try , people who live together are more likely to be familiar with each other 's body odour . |
| 10 | There is an arrow straight to absentee behaviour ; this says that women are more likely to be absent from work than men , regardless of the kind of job they are in . |
| 11 | Anecdotal evidence suggests that managers and professional employees are more likely to be absent from work without record than employees with lower status . |
| 12 | It also ties in well with the availability of seismic vessels which are normally based in the North Sea — because of bad weather there during winter the boats are more likely to be available for other assignments . |
| 13 | It is more likely to be relevant to medium and long term planning and forecasting , especially ( as far as this book is concerned ) as regards market development , growth and decline . |
| 14 | It is more likely to be relevant to medium and long term forecasting and planning than quantitative techniques . |
| 15 | Shorter terms are more likely to be present in the same form in both the indexer 's and the searcher 's normal vocabulary for the subject . |
| 16 | Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis complicated by biliary tract calculi were more likely to be symptomatic at presentation than those without calculi . |
| 17 | In general , children under 5 years were more likely to be upset at the birth , but neither sex of the child nor separation at the birth determined the reaction . |
| 18 | Instead , their own households are more likely to be typical of the larger examples of the detached , the semi-detached and the bungalow , which are extended , in part through emulatory processes , to other sectors of our society with similar aspirations , to such a degree that these styles virtually command modern private development . |
| 19 | Of course , these are not the abilities which we pride ourselves upon , and we are much more likely to be impressed by the few things which computers do well which we do badly . |
| 20 | One possibility is that generalized latent inhibition is likely to be weaker than that produced by pre-exposure to the CS itself and thus is more likely to be susceptible to the effect of the long interval . |
| 21 | In subsequent proceedings for false imprisonment , it was admitted that the sole reason for arresting her was the constable 's opinion that ‘ police inquiries were more likely to be fruitful in clearing up the case if Mrs. Mohammed-Holgate were compelled to go to the police station to be questioned there ’ . |
| 22 | That next-door neighbour dabbler you are so concerned about is much more likely to be involved in the ‘ soft-occult ’ , and may still be open to a little reasoning . |
| 23 | The chances are you 're more likely to be involved in something . |
| 24 | A few years ago , a Government publication entitled ’ Practical Ways to Crack Crime ’ stated : ’ A stolen car is about 200 times more likely to be involved in an accident than the same car driven by its owner . ’ |
| 25 | A stolen car is 200 times more likely to be involved in an accident than one driven by its owner . |
| 26 | ‘ Those children that truant are far more likely to be involved in juvenile crime . ’ |
| 27 | At one level , then , leading abolitionists in parliament came to the conclusion that the language of practicality , of plausible calculations about population increase in the future in the West Indies if importations from Africa were stopped , were more likely to be effective on their colleagues . |
| 28 | Control of the flow of official information to newspapers and agencies and the giving of carefully orchestrated interviews to foreign correspondents were now usually more likely to be effective in moulding opinion than the mere spending of money ; and France , with its plethora of small , financially insecure and often venal newspapers , was something of a special case . |
| 29 | Open-market operations are more likely to be effective in reducing the money supply , therefore , when conducted in the bond market . |
| 30 | They are more likely to be subject to polypharmacy and the harmful interactions of potent drugs . |