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times more likely to be vs times more likely being

Both phrases are not correct as they are missing a word. The correct construction should be "times more likely to be". The preposition "to" is necessary after the phrase "times more likely" to connect it to the following verb.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 684 views

times more likely to be

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to compare the likelihood of something happening in relation to another event or situation. The structure is 'times more likely to be' followed by the verb.
  • In Southern Africa young women are 4 to 6 times more likely to be HIV positive than men of the same age group.
  • Guns are 20 times more likely to be involved in an accidental or self-inflicted shooting.
  • Mobile phone use is a significant generator of distracted driving and studies indicate that drivers using a mobile phone are four times more likely to be involved in an accident.
  • Do you know women are 20 times more likely to be depressed than men?
  • We know that in state trials black defendants are four times more likely to be sentenced to death than white defendants.
  • Did the Commission know that foreign lorry drivers are eight times more likely to be involved in a serious or fatal accident on the UK's roads than British lorry drivers?
  • A driver is 23 times more likely to be in an accident if texting.
  • Adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa are 6 times more likely to be infected than boys of their age.
  • And as you all know, boys are five times more likely than girls to be labeled as having attention deficit disorder - and therefore we drug them with Ritalin.
  • You're five times more likely to get it yourself.
  • In the 1980s exposed workers were 10 times more likely to contract lung cancer than the population in general and 20 times more likely to develop mesothelioma.
  • But the people who fail are 37 times more likely to succeed the second time.
  • Because alcoholics are three times more likely to suffer from clinical depression than the general public.
  • Now that there is an economic and financial crisis, disabled people are three times more likely to lose their job than those who have no disability.
  • And the children of divorce, as I'm sure you do know, they're 10 times more likely to pursue a life of crime.
  • Data indicates that the violent criminals in the group are 8 times more likely to have terminated signals.
  • That means, given your athletic prowess, you're like a zillion times more likely to end up with a traumatic brain injury.
  • Black defendants are 10 times more likely to get a death sentence than whites.
  • But once this transplant is done, Ricky will be on immunosuppressants... Ten times more likely to get an infection.
  • After 12.5 hours, nurses are three times more likely to make mistakes.

times more likely being

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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