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.

Some types of bears, such as polar bears, are more likely to attack humans when searching for food, while American black bears are much less likely to attack.

Moreover, European labor productivity figures are inflated by the fact that potential workers who would be less productive are much less likely to hold any jobs at all.

Tom is much shorter and weighs much less than Mary.

That is less likely to be the case in Scotland.

I cannot speak English, much less Spanish.

I cannot speak English, much less Spanish.

I cannot speak English, much less Spanish.

I don't know French, much less Greek.

The baby can't walk, much less run.

He can't read English, much less German.

If those principles failed the nation woefully in 1984, they are even far less likely to work in today s much changed world.

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

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

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

But another, much more important news item has received much less attention Greece exported less in 2013 than in 2012.

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

Much less work has been devoted to adaptation.

Less than a decade later, much has changed.

Less than a decade later, much has changed.

I couldn't even walk away, much less run.

Tom got paid much less than he expected.

I got paid much less than I expected.

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

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

When Americans are forced to choose between foreign adventures and higher taxes, they will be much less likely to support expensive military operations abroad.

She was likely much younger than Socrates, perhaps by as much as 40 years.

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

One person more or less doesn't make much difference.

He is not a teacher, much less a scholar.

Whoever sleeps too much has less time to live.

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.

Every year, our planet has less forest than it did before and much less primary forest.

The answer to that question is likely to be no, which is why Iraq probably will be a much less stable place a year from now.

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.

But would the U.S. go into recession, much less depression?

But the curriculum was much less meticulous concerning interrogation techniques.

I cannot even boil water, much less roast a turkey.

Tom is much shorter and weighs considerably less than Mary.

It's likely to take much longer than you think it will.