1.   Foster parents were as likely as their wards to find a justifiable cause for bellyache.

2.   Men were twice as likely as women to perceive those violent acts as improving the relationship.

3.   Young people are almost as likely as their elders to respond in these terms.

4.   It seemed as likely as anything else around here.

5.   But since we are talking about random jumps, all points in Biomorph Land are equally likely as destinations for one of these jumps.

6.   Along the coast in Washington and Oregon, low clouds and fog are likely as ocean air gets pushed inland.

7.   An article in October in the journal Pediatrics reported that teen-agers who smoked were four times as likely as nonsmokers to develop depression.

8.   Analysts said Monday that more layoffs were likely as the two banks consolidated operations.

9.   And blacks with breast cancer are twice as likely as whites to have a form of the disease that is estrogen-receptor negative.

10.   And Greenwell, again suffering from a bad back, is likely through as a player.