Sentence examples for more likely proposition from inspiring English sources

Don't expect an early night though, as the earliest both men will be in the ring will be at 4am BST, while 5am seems a more likely proposition.

But an appointed government – an ever more likely proposition – would almost certainly provoke a backlash by "red shirt" Shinawatra supporters, who have seen every government they elected since 2005 undemocratically removed.

If the Irish electorate turn up their noses at the prospect of greater European integration which seems a more likely proposition than it did a few weeks ago it could derail the whole process.

But by re-winning Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and adding Arizona (with its 11 votes), a perhaps more likely proposition than it was in 2008 when Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz).

It's indicative of the scale and nature of the problem that a woman is more likely to be propositioned for sex than a man is to be pressured into having another beer.

Research into direct democracy from Switzerland suggests that voters with less education are more likely to reject complex propositions or not vote at all; it is difficult for most voters to calculate the benefits and costs to them of complex propositions like general plans, specific plans and development proposals.

The proponents of Proposition C claim that Proposition D would more likely be subject to a legal challenge.

Similarly, the more likely the truth of a proposition, the less information it carries.

Interpersonally, the more certain the speaker is about the proposition, the more likely he is expecting assent from the hearer; and the higher the value of obligation, the more likely the speaker is expecting the hearer to respond (Croft 1994, 469).

In Botswana and Namibia, more educated respondents were more likely to disagree with this proposition, while younger respondents and those earning the same or more than their partner (or with no partner) were more likely to agree with it.

These issues are logically unrelated to each other; however, if some people are in general good at getting to the truth, then those who believe one of these propositions would be more likely to believe the other.