Example sentences of "likely it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the more idiosyncratic his genius ( this is the case of Milton , surely ) , the more likely it is that what will be copied is his mannerisms . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Experiments have been performed to investigate , at different times of the day and night , how easy it is to fall asleep , how likely it is to wake up spontaneously , and how long volunteers can stay asleep . |
| 5 | The method concerns itself both with what the underlying unit actually is , and also with how likely it is that we are observing a real effect rather than some random one . |
| 6 | Ranch meals are invariably big and hearty , and the smaller the ranch the more likely it is you 'll be sitting down to eat with the wranglers , many of whom are great characters . |
| 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 | Perhaps I 've ‘ grown ’ — more likely it is the fact that I have a wealth of female experience that other women are writing about , like myself ( unrecognised at present … ) so I have no need to be ‘ ashamed ’ any longer . |
| 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 | It is also probably true that the more specialized the catalogue the more likely it is to be used for selection — for instance , the catalogues of local publishers , those of specialized formats ( e. g. microforms , large print books ) , or those in subject fields which are dominated by the work of one or two publishers . |
| 12 | how likely it is that you personally will be affected by the cutbacks ; |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The more people have access to the telephone , the more likely it is that you will encounter unskilled telephone users . |
| 15 | The more frequently a response is paired with a particular stimulus , the more likely it is to become a permanent relationship or habit . |
| 16 | ( 5 ) The more ducks a cat has to choose from the less likely it is to take one duck in particular . |
| 17 | So the more conscious we are the less likely it is that our activities become habitual . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The more intense the emotion , the more vivid the imagination and the firmer the expectation , the more likely it is to happen now , in this reality , in this lifetime . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ Clearly the older the child is , the more likely it is to understand the instructions it is giving and the effect those instructions will have upon their future . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | It seems to us to be an evolutionary survival factor : the more intelligent a species , the more likely it is to survive in the long term ; this is a reasonable hypothesis , but it can hardly be considered as any more than that . |
| 27 | The greater the distance , social , geographical and occupational , between those who are supposed to work together , the more likely it is that unhelpful stereotypes will flourish and that there will be fundamental misconceptions about others ' roles and functions . |
| 28 | The more complex professional action becomes , the less likely it is to have any effect . |
| 29 | The more children there are in a family the less likely it is that the younger child will have eating difficulties . |
| 30 | However , the longer you are infected and the weaker your immune system becomes , the more likely it is that you may become ill . |