Example sentences of "[adv] likely it is that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more people get used to prodding , weighing and evaluating new planning proposals , the less likely it is that the Hammersmith effect will spread further . |
| 2 | So the more conscious we are the less likely it is that our activities become habitual . |
| 3 | They seem to have happened periodically over the last 900 million years , and may have been doing so since the early days of Earth ( the longer ago something happened , the less likely it is that we will have tripped over the evidence ) . |
| 4 | The more children there are in a family the less likely it is that the younger child will have eating difficulties . |
| 5 | The more comparable writers we study , the less likely it is that they are out of step with the norm of the language rather than Swift . |
| 6 | The larger the employer , the less likely it is that there will be an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 7 | The less constrained the genre , primarily interactional ‘ chat ’ , for example , the less likely it is that we can confidently state norms of expectation which will generalise even over the experience of the English-speaking population . |
| 8 | The further in-service training occurs , literally and metaphorically , from their school base the less likely it is that teachers will be able to sustain personal changes and motivation for innovation . |
| 9 | The more firmly he tells them and the country that , as Prime Minister , he and not they will rule , the more likely it is that he will eventually reach Downing Street . |
| 10 | The more serious the violation by the police and the less serious the charge the more likely it is that the evidence will be inadmissible , though there are occasions in Scotland where crucial evidence has been struck out in serious cases which include murder . |
| 11 | The greater , therefore , is the information provider 's knowledge and understanding of those specific tasks and contexts , the more likely it is that the information provided will be valued and used . |
| 12 | The more people have access to the telephone , the more likely it is that you will encounter unskilled telephone users . |
| 13 | Second , most workers believe that the more time they spend searching for a job , the more likely it is that they will obtain one which meets their requirements , particularly in so far as the wage rate and working conditions are concerned . |
| 14 | Her theory is that the more that control is personalised , the more likely it is that there will be friction between management and the workforce , but that continuous-process plants , because they are so highly automated , have unified impersonal control systems which minimise conflict and lead to more satisfying working conditions . |
| 15 | Rather , all items should be recognised where a sufficiently reliable measure can be obtained , although the more likely it is that an item will have an outcome of zero , the lower its recognised amount will be . |
| 16 | The smaller the number of large firms in an industry , ie the more concentrated it is , the more likely it is that the competitive process will be interfered with . |
| 17 | However , the longer you are infected and the weaker your immune system becomes , the more likely it is that you may become ill . |
| 18 | Ironically , the more striking and distinctive objects are , the more likely it is that they will have been stolen and therefore absent from the archaeological record . |
| 19 | Crimes of violence , for example , are by and large one poor person hitting another poor person — and in almost half these instances it is a man hitting his wife or lover … the more vulnerable a person is economically and socially the more likely it is that both working class and white-collar crime will occur against them ( Matthews and Young , 1986 , p. 23 ) . |
| 20 | The more we anticipate the fear reaction the more likely it is that it will occur . |
| 21 | It is possible to say on the basis of these figures that the higher the specification , the more likely it is that the housewife will be satisfied . |
| 22 | The more partners a man has had , the more likely it is that he will entertain fantasies about people with whom he has not yet had a sexual relationship . |
| 23 | The more serious the incident , the more likely it is that a judge 's professional neutrality and independence , as well as his legal training in taking evidence and establishing the facts , will be sought to command public confidence . |
| 24 | The longer a person ( here defined as the head of the household ) is unemployed , the more likely it is that he or she will belong to the general labourer or other occupational groups . |
| 25 | In general , the more persecutory and overpowering the reality principles of racism , the more likely it is that they will be ‘ totalized ’ in this way . |
| 26 | In general , it appears that the more complex the level of stimulus processing required , the more likely it is that a difference between the ears will be revealed with monaural presentation . |
| 27 | is that more similar your attitudes and beliefs are to somebody , the more likely it is that you 'll mutual attraction . |
| 28 | In other areas the general principle is that the greater the judicial element involved the more likely it is that the decision-maker must also hear . |
| 29 | The orthodox view of civil pre-trial procedure is that the more the two parties know about the real issues between them the more likely it is that a ‘ realistic ’ settlement can be reached . |
| 30 | The point being that the more detailed the categorization of the restrictions becomes , the more likely it is that qualitatively different kinds of restrictions will emerge . |