adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
less
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They will be less inclined to be loyal to Delhi.
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They may be less inclined henceforth to do so.
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Some heads were temperamentally and intellectually less inclined than others to perceive education in terms of grand statements and ringing slogans.
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Change your name to Pandora while you're at it, people might be less inclined to be dismissive!
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Filbert brushes are less inclined to have a build up of colour at the edges and can be versatile.
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Workers would probably have been less inclined to support them if their protests had met with reasoned discussion rather than tear gas.
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However, after two days at Reberty's Altea Hotel, we were less inclined to take this view.
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If members see their power over Labour reduced, they may be less inclined to vote Yes.
more
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They were, however, more inclined to be cinemagoers.
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Those who strongly doubt whether the cost-benefit exercise can be adequately performed are more inclined to a rules based or structural approach.
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The Montagu case left homosexuals in Britain nervous and more inclined to circumspect behaviour.
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Other excitements took their place but I was more inclined to stare at them in amazement than paint them.
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Morris found that girls were more inclined than boys to feel shame in admitting delinquent acts.
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But for many, stories about one night-stands are more inclined to raise eyebrows than get them giggling.
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Wishful thinking made political partisans more optimistic about their own party's prospects and more inclined to forecast their opponents' defeat.
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By contrast, some Marxists are more inclined to emphasize capitalism's economic success in generating proletarian support.
so
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Also we can be talking crack, smack and Carling Black Label if we are so inclined .
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And if you're so inclined , there's potential for ticking off a few classic rock climbs along the way.
■ NOUN
plane
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This drop was overcome by means of an inclined plane , up and down which the loaded barges were carried on trolleys.
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In the event it was decided against all precedent to bypass the flights by the construction of inclined plane lifts.
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Only one of the inclined planes was built, that at Foxton.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyone inclined to mock this suggestion should note that the armed services are perhaps the most respected institution in Britain today.
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I must admit the Hockin style was inclined to be more racy than that I used for the Gazette.
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It is not easy in a country as hierarchically inclined as ours to continually question authority in a constructive way.
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It manipulates the environment, and it is able to enforce moral duties on those who are inclined to disregard them.
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More orthodox scholars are inclined to scoff at such theories.
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Or did he, as some are inclined to think, actually invent it?
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Since plaintiffs naturally inclined to value their lost property exorbitantly, defendants did have reason to think seriously about restoring it.
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When the telephone rang yet again, she was inclined not to answer it.