Example sentences of "[adv] likely [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authors speculate that this may be because , with a centralised collective bargaining system which is fairly remote from the workers , ‘ the less conscious they will be of the gains achieved , and hence the less likely they are to be credited to union activity ’ ( p. 109 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ; |
| 4 | The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre , the more likely we are to be able to identify norms . |
| 5 | The more often they mate , the more likely they are to be the one who fertilises the eggs , and the more certain they can be that the offspring they expend so much time and energy in rearing are theirs . |
| 6 | The more shots you fire into somebody , the more likely they are to be dead at the end of it . |
| 7 | In any case , the closer you get , the more likely you are to be killed . ’ |
| 8 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Nothing is impossible and the more unlikely the allegation the more likely it is to be true . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The deeper down a tunnel goes the more dangerous it is and the more likely it is to be inhabited by some terrible monster . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The more organized the body of knowledge appears to be , the more distinct its academic identity , and the more likely it is to be called a ‘ discipline ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The more severe PMS , the more likely it is to be noticed — over 20% had their behaviour commented on by colleagues . |
| 19 | The more complicated and far-reaching that the clause is , the more likely it is to be ineffective . |
| 20 | The further away from the making of the contract it was made the more likely it is to be considered as a misrepresentation . |
| 21 | The wider the purported exclusion , the more likely it is to be held unreasonable . |
| 22 | By and large , the more important a command ( importance being judged by the size of territorial authority , or , more appropriately in time of peace , by the numbers of men involved ) the more likely it was to be given to a man who had achieved it as a result of attendance at court . |