more | less + likely – English Grammar Profiler
Point 169 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:
‘(much) more/less’ to modify ‘likely’ in a comparison.
There is overlap with point 63 in ADVERB phrases: types and meanings at C1.
degree adverbs (‘slightly’, ‘a bit’, ‘much‘) to modify comparatives
A cluster search on iWeb for * * less|more likely * *:
1 , THE MORE LIKELY IT IS 4809 2 , THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE 3943
3 , THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE 2693
4 THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 2097
5 ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE 1706
6 IT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE 1272
7 YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET 1237
8 , THE LESS LIKELY IT IS 1218 9 YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 1205 10 ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE 1039 11 IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT THE 1023 12 , THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE 1021 13 YOU ‘RE MORE LIKELY TO GET 966 14 IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE 965 15 IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT 884 16 AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 854 17 IT ‘S MORE LIKELY TO BE 839 18 ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO BE 826 19 , THE MORE LIKELY YOU WILL 793 20 YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 793 21 YOU ‘RE MORE LIKELY TO BE 776 22 THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE 764 23 THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE 722 24 , THE MORE LIKELY IT WILL 718 25 , THE LESS LIKELY THEY ARE 714 26 WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN MEN 699 27 THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 684 28 , ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 622 29 PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 593 30 , THE MORE LIKELY THEY WILL 592 31 ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 574 32 WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 533 33 IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE 502 34 ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 498 35 YOU ‘RE MORE LIKELY TO FIND 487 36 , THE MORE LIKELY WE ARE 483 37 YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO FIND 479 38 FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE 462 39 THEY ‘RE MORE LIKELY TO BE 453 40 YOU ‘RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 447 41 ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GET 441 42 IT ‘S MORE LIKELY THAT THE 432 43 , THE MORE LIKELY YOU ‘LL 426 44 ARE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO BE 409 45 THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 407 46 MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 393 47 WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 386 48 WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO BE 386 49 WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 379 50 YOU ‘RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE 374 51 AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE 367 52 IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT YOU 362 53 MEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN WOMEN 355 54 THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET 349 55 YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE 347 56 , THE MORE LIKELY THEY WERE 345 57 THAT ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 345 58 IT IS LESS LIKELY TO BE 344 59 WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO BE 339 60 YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE 337 61 FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE 326 62 CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 323 63 THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP 315 64 THIS IS MORE LIKELY TO BE 312 65 MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP 306 66 AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 304 67 WERE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 296 68 IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT THEY 293 69 YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET 291 70 THIS IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN 287 71 MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 285 72 MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO BE 283 73 ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 276 74 IT ‘S MORE LIKELY THAT YOU 271 75 WERE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO BE 271 76 YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP 267 77 , ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 264 78 , AND MORE LIKELY TO BE 262 79 FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 262 80 IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT A 258 81 PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 256 82 YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE 256 83 AND IS MORE LIKELY TO BE 250 84 WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP 246 85 THIS IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR 244 86 WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO BE 243 87 YOU ‘RE LESS LIKELY TO BE 243 88 MAKES IT MORE LIKELY THAT THE 241 89 WERE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE 236 90 YOU ‘RE LESS LIKELY TO GET 236 91 WERE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 232 92 ) ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 229 93 THEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE 229 94 ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP 228 95 ARE FAR LESS LIKELY TO BE 225 96 THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BUY 225 97 WERE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY TO BE 222 98 THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE 221 99 , THE MORE LIKELY HE OR 216
100 MAKE IT MORE LIKELY THAT YOU 214