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

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.

As the economy improves, failure is less likely.

As tax evasion becomes more pervasive, whole networks to help hide incomes have appeared, making it far less likely that those who break the law are punished.

The future looks far less rosy.

The informal, lower magnitude conflicts of the modern era have proved far less likely to generate commentary from courts and political departments than the wars of the past.

But the outcome is far less clear.

However, when deterrence becomes indistinguishable from collective punishment barred under international law by Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention it is far less likely to achieve its intended result.

Since then, they have looked far less safe.

Historically lax policies have become far less accommodative.

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

Price deflation is far more likely in the near term.

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.

This aspect of preparedness typically receives far less attention.

Labor migration in Europe is, historically, far less extensive.

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

But it is far more likely that they will remain divided.

But there were other policies that would have provided far more stimulus at far less cost.

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

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.

Cuts in spending, especially on entitlements and transfers, were far less likely to cause recessions than tax increases were. Unfortunately, tax hikes have predominated in many recent European consolidations, including last week s proposed Cyprus bailout.

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.

The religious demon is a far less appealing devil than Uncle Sam.

Today s strategy, however, is far more likely to lead to blowup and disorderly restructuring.

been financed thus far through international support, which is not a likely future prospect.

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.

But, in the last two decades, the story of the Somali nomad has become far less romantic and far more complex.

Russia s economic influence in Afghanistan is far less robust, but it is growing.

Thus, its genome is far less densely packed than any other known virus.

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.

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.

Second, with Likud s Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, Israel now has a government which is far less likely to be willing or able to make major concessions and evacuate hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers from the West Bank.

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.