Example sentences for: likelier

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  • But back in the main text he says Kinsey had an "infection in his pelvic region"--probably glomerular nephritis , a different and more probable diagnosis--which would make the public "cover story" (that a strep throat caused the problem) far likelier.

  • In other British press editorials Wednesday, the conservative Daily Mail said that "public opinion is swinging in favor of an invasion" and that "the launch of a ground offensive seems likelier every day"; the Times "that it may take ground troops, backed by massive air power, to drive them [the Serbian forces] out of Kosovo"; the Daily Telegraph that Bill Clinton and Tony Blair should rapidly sanction "the Nato ground offensive that would be required to bring Serbia to heel"; and the Guardian that the West was sending a signal to Belgrade "that ground action is becoming an available option for Nato, should the air campaign bring no acceptable result, but that an opportunity remains for settlement before a decision on ground action is made."

  • But it's much likelier, Shaw writes, that she "didn't think it was a big deal" (the actual quote is from Dick Stanton, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the paper).

  • Imposing a single, federally approved standard for the kinds of constitutionally protected content that government can banish from public forums in the name of protecting minors seems likelier to skew the market.

  • Moreover, the very fact that Mount Baker is a place where people pray for heavy snowfalls makes it likelier that the locals will collect potentially record-setting data more energetically than people in other places.


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