Example sentences of "likely [subord] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asian women were more likely than others to have their membranes artificially ruptured before labour ( 8/38 ( 21% ) v 141/1333 ( 11% ) , p<0.05 ) and epidural anaesthesia ( 13/34 ( 38% ) v 263/1326 ( 20% ) , p<0.01 ) . |
| 2 | Immature babies are even more likely than others to have their umbilical cords clamped and cut immediately after birth to allow resuscitation and transfer to neonatal intensive care . |
| 3 | Sun/Star readers were more likely than others to have no preference at all in 1986 ( despite voting in 1987 ) , and at the same time , those Sun/Star readers who did have a preference in 1986 were more likely than others to change it during the next year ( Table 8.16 ) . |
| 4 | How else can one explain why women are more likely than men to take their IBS symptoms to a doctor in western cultures , whereas the opposite is true in India ? |
| 5 | The main survey showed that women were anyway much more likely than men to say they would prefer weekly payments to monthly — a factor which , as we have seen , tends to narrow someone 's choice to the exclusion of some relatively low-cost types of credit . |
| 6 | But in this connection it is worth noting here that we found women even more likely than men to say they would prefer to pay extra for credit insurance , against the risk of inability to repay : credit insurance is discussed in the section immediately following this . |
| 7 | Women were found to be more likely than men to poison themselves after receiving psychotropics , and patients aged between 15 and 29 years had the highest rates . |
| 8 | It was generally agreed that republics were now much more likely than monarchies to use them ; and this belief seems to be borne out by the facts . |
| 9 | But even allowing for this , current users of credit cards were much more likely than non-users to say they are easy to understand and use , convenient and make shopping simple ; and more likely to say that they encourage people to spend too much . |
| 10 | Users of mail order were much more likely than non-users to say it is convenient for people who are not well off , easy to understand and use , and makes shopping simple . |
| 11 | Nowadays there is a large sector which deals with far more high-powered recruitment , and men are as likely as women to find themselves seeking work through an agency . |
| 12 | Females are more prominent among the unemployed for two main reasons : they are disproportionately employed in seasonal work and , as there are now more economically active women than ever before , they are as likely as men to lose their jobs because of recession . |