Sentence examples for more likely rather from inspiring English sources

There are so many variables involved in weather that even large phenomena, like Atlantic warming, have an effect of making a change somewhat more likely, rather than definite, he said.

Hagel's critics argue that the simple fact of his nomination telegraphs that the Obama administration isn't serious about using force to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions, undermining U.S. diplomacy and making a military conflict more likely rather than less.

In 2007, another trial of an adenovirus-based vaccine was halted because it was not working, and later analysis suggested that for some men — those who had previously caught adenovirus colds — the vaccine made it more likely, rather than less, that they would get infected with H.I.V.

Ultimately, bases abroad have frequently made war more likely rather than less.

Some argue that the mere conduct of exercises serves to make conflict more likely rather than serving as an effective deterrent.

However, there is a strong bias towards pairs of old families, suggesting gradual duplication of functional modules (given more time, duplication of additional subunits is more likely), rather than duplication of entire functional modules at a time [ 33].

The more likely outcome rather is rather more reassuring.

It now seems more likely that, rather than being plunged back into a medieval deep-freeze, consequential changes in the Gulf Stream will merely slow the warming of Europe.

Given the current scandals involving steroids and human growth hormone, Agassi's infraction seems minor, even quaint, characterized as it was by late-night binges that more likely retarded rather than "enhanced" his match-day performances.

Students from less-advantaged minority groups are likely to be less well qualified for higher education and they tend to choose more likely colleges rather than universities which are more prestigious than colleges.

But it's more likely that, rather than showing solidarity with striking workers, the guards were protesting their own working conditions in the notoriously violence-prone, understaffed facility.