Being less developed, the thorax of an adolescent is likely more prone to this injury given the circumstances.

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.

In addition, people would be far less likely to complain that their money is being wasted or misused if they chose where it went.

As the economy improves, failure is less likely.

They are also less likely to be self employed and half as likely as men to be employers.

By contrast, older users (1) are less likely to do stupid things in the first place, and (2) are less likely to do so in range of a camera.

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

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

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

In the public domain, women are less likely to achieve senior positions.

Trial by jury, which was infrequent anyway, is being seen less and less.

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

An educated child was less likely to practice or be subject to discrimination.

The smart money is most likely being wagered on failure.

Other venues of information are likely to be less useful to the general public.

People from ethnic minorities are less likely to suffer from high cholesterol levels, but more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and obesity.

Some disasters are less likely than others, and some remedies are more costly than others.

But the bill that finally emerges from Congress is likely to have less ambitious targets.

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

Other oil exporting ESCWA member countries are less likely to favour rapid government expenditure increases.

The EU s future enlargement to adjacent territories the essence of its foreign policy in the last 15 years will become less and less likely.

Such groups are now less likely to be large, hierarchical organizations. Instead they are likely to be small groups or networks of individuals with specific skills.

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

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

Assets bubbles will not disappear, but they will be less likely to be turbocharged by leverage.

Such conduct was likely to make the Zambian plant less competitive by restricting its production capacity.

So it turns out that being paid less and praised less has its upsides for society at least.

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.

Higher equity capital requirements for banks are good for the broader economy they make financial crises (and the zombie syndrome) less likely, less severe, or both.

By minimizing associative connections with other thoughts, the threatening cognition is remembered less often and is less likely to affect self esteem or the self concept.

On the other hand, two people are more likely to be influential than one person as they are less likely to be seen as strange or eccentric.

Perhaps Italy can survive, because most of its debt is held domestically, which makes default less likely.

In principle, banks should be attracted to the proposal, because restructured loans are less likely to default.

Educated girls are less likely to fall victim to HIV AIDS, trafficking and other forms of violence.

Efforts to build peace are less likely to succeed if women do not play their rightful role.

Outside the South, female voters are less likely to be hawkish on foreign policy and more likely to support spending on health, education, and other social welfare programs.

In less than 200 years, you know, just in a few generations, we've gone from being 200 being 100 percent, 95 percent farmers to less than 2 percent of farmers.

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.

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

We are likely to see some spending consolidation, but less than in Great Britain and other European countries.

Girls who live in rural areas tend to be less educated and more likely to suffer in silence.

2) Escape loss variants (cancer vaccines that target just one tumor antigen are likely to be less effective.

A few such issues remained, but a less formal monitoring process looked likely to ensure their final resolution.

Large sums, while not critical to the success of an attack, are now less likely to be available.

Other genetic factors are being investigated, of which there are likely to be many.