We conclude that the Flood story portrayed in Genesis is more likely of Mesopotamian than Palestinian origin.
Onan, it turns out, was guilty not of onanism but, more likely, of prudent coitus interruptus with his brother's widow.
And then there is the personal satisfaction, every day more likely, of turning Bill Clinton's home state red.
The benefit system soon became a test of an actor's success or, more likely, of his popularity.
What's more likely, of course, is that Pruitt will be moving to Washington, along with most of the rest of Trump's scientifically challenged Cabinet picks.
So, too, has the expectation of bumping into a famous artist, or, more likely, of having him or her trip over you.
Most Republican strategists maintain that voters will eventually settle on a more conventional choice, chastened by the prospect of President Carson or, more likely, of another President Clinton.
Now, he said, a July demonstration seems more likely, of cars that will have the essential Volt powertrain in last-generation Malibu bodies.
It is more likely, of course, that your umbrella was exchanged inadvertently, and so your taking an equivalent one provides a kind of rough justice.
Action would become far more likely, of course, if the mortgage industry determines that federal legislation is preferable to a proliferation of strong state laws addressing predatory lending.
Far more likely, of course, is that he's whetting our appetite for the sequel, and I'll grant him this: He does.
