That is less likely to be the case in Scotland.

The longer it s delayed, the less likely it is to succeed.

Prodi, a convinced European, is less likely to favor a weak euro.

They are posh, they're wealthy, they're less likely to have outdoor jobs, they're less likely to do manual labor, they have better social support, they're less likely to smoke so for a whole host of fascinating, interlocking social, political and cultural reasons, they are less likely to have skin wrinkles.

Unfortunately, the positive outcome appears to be the less likely one.

While people are talking, they are less likely to act precipitately.

First, they should push for new rules that make financial crises less likely and their consequences less severe.

Experience shows that international justice is less a threat to national justice than a backstop that it is less likely to replace national justice than bolster it.

As their operations are less visible, it is likely that their outward FDI, and therefore China s total, is understated.

So they're less likely to be randomly false positives, randomly false negatives.

As countries become less reliant on traditional sources of financing, they are less likely to follow foreign diktats blindly.

As things stand now, the right is likely to win the first round, but with less than 50 .

Bad perceptions only complicate future peace efforts, making a breakthrough even less likely.

On the Web, people are less likely to help animals than, say, children.

This article describes some dishes that non Russians will likely find less familiar.

Now, at last, those resources are likely to be redeployed, and the US will likely get more security by paying less.

In addition, women were less likely to use pain medications, were more likely to be satisfied, and had slightly shorter labours.

It is even less likely that China or Russia would disarm for the sake of a nuclear free world.

And every month that a child is out of school makes it less likely that they will ever return.

Such an approach won t prevent another crisis, but it would make one less likely and less costly if it did occur.

If African youth are given a better education and the means to influence their communities, then they will be less likely to be used as cannon fodder, less likely to pick up a gun, and more likely to read a book.

Less is more.

Because the expected gridlock in parliament would make reforms less likely, companies might hold off on investment, while consumers would be more likely to keep their wallets closed, because official policy would be even less clear than it is now.

How likely is that?

We chose those locations because they were less likely to be targeted by air strikes.

In some Muslim majority countries, girls are less likely than boys to get higher education.

In government (as well as in the private sector) a golden rule is that more competition and less monopoly is likely to be beneficial.

The result is a citizenry that is less likely to interpret events, even attacks, in simplistic and often counter productive us versus them terms.

People are less kind. There is less trust around.

This is most likely because of the plethora of people in Africa who rely on riparian areas for their livelihood, which is less prevalent in most of Asia and certainly less so in Australia.

If women have access to hospitals and clinics, they are less likely to die in childbirth.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

And as it turns out, the older you get, the less likely you are to divorce.

This is likely to continue.

Neither scenario is very likely.

He is likely to come.

He is likely to come.

She is likely to come.

Tom is likely be hungry.

Tom is likely be hungry.

Tom is likely be hungry.

Tom is likely be late.

Tom is likely to die.

This time, however, the report is less clear, less reassuring.

The people who are more likely to be able to afford a small dent in their earnings are the ones less likely to use that service!