Example sentences of "likely to [be] [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not necessarily anti-male prejudice — men are more likely to be full-time at work and less able to look after the kids . |
| 2 | The National Child Development Study report on disadvantaged children identified children from one-parent families with low incomes and poor housing as less likely to be successful at school than other children ( Wedge and Prosser , 1973 ) . |
| 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 | Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis complicated by biliary tract calculi were more likely to be symptomatic at presentation than those without calculi . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Although it is possible to achieve some degree of change without top-level commitment , that change is likely to be ephemeral at best . |
| 7 | Families are growing smaller and greater geographical mobility means that relatives are less likely to be close at hand in times of need . |
| 8 | In relation to white British culture in particular , various factors combine to create a sense of unreliability in in-law support : the ambiguity about whether the in-laws are ‘ really ’ part of your kin group ; the possibility that the linking third party will be removed at some stage ; the expectation that in-law relationships are likely to be tricky at an interpersonal level . |
| 9 | Unigate 's midway profits are down from £43m to £42m and the full-year figure is likely to be static at £92m , further reflecting the pressures on the dairy industry . |
| 10 | You learn too , which swims are more likely to be productive at any particular time . |
| 11 | Such a definition is likely to be opaque at first reading , but what it essentially states is that communication consists of the " sender " intending to cause the " receiver " to think or do something , just by getting the " receiver " to recognize that the " sender " is trying to cause that thought or action . |
| 12 | However , sales are likely to be slow at first . |