Sentence examples for proved less likely from inspiring English sources

Ultimately, Basterds proved less likely to offend than an average episode of 'Allo 'Allo!

But the new study also found a remarkable corollary: those women who could disengage from the unattainable proved less likely to suffer more serious depression in the long run.Mild depressive symptoms can therefore be seen as a natural part of dealing with failure in young adulthood.

Over the study period, loan clinic clients proved less likely to report that they "always visit this clinic".

They are proving less likely to take drugs or drink than past generations.

The car insurance company Drive Like a Girl, for instance, installs on-board car computers that monitor your driving and offers cheaper premiums to those drivers who prove less likely to have an accident.

Flats on high-rise estates have proved less popular, and are more likely to have stayed in the hands of local authorities.

Other visitors proved less stalwart.

Other efforts proved less successful.

Alas, the riposte proved less than devastating.

His other statements proved less prescient.

But her questions proved less than penetrating.