Example sentences of "less [adj] than [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 This , in turn , can be traced to ageist values within society generally , which permeate social and political thinking and thereby influence the extent to which older people as a group are viewed as less important , less in need , or just less interesting than other groups of people ( e.g. Hughes and Mtezuka , 1992 ) .
2 So far as digital penetration with one finger is concerned , if this is less serious than other types of penetration , this could be reflected in sentencing .
3 Interestingly , the close scrutiny of tax returns is less likely than detailed examination of supplementary benefit ( now income support ) claims , which of course is much simpler .
4 In doing so , one must reiterate that , as mentioned at the beginning of the chapter , one is anticipating a conclusion that will be reached in the following chapter , namely that the " Mustakimzade tradition " , for all its faults , is perhaps marginally less unsatisfactory than other accounts of the origins of the Muftilik , though as has been , and will be , seen , there is very little in the way of solid evidence even for it .
5 Previous studies have not shown that the heater probe is less effective than other types of endoscopic treatment , whose efficacy is already proved .
6 New product-protecting patents were more effective than all other methods of appropriability only in drugs , while in organic chemicals , plastics , and steel-mill products , they were no less effective than alternate methods of appropriability ( see Levin et al. ,
7 A feminist utilitarianism is even less able than other forms of feminist psychology to challenge the difficult founding concept of the psychological subject .
8 Dismissal on grounds of incompetence or political differences is far less common than sudden transfers of Ministers to other departments as a result of events quite unconnected with their policies or performance .
9 The machinery is , I suppose , neither more nor less wonderful than other sort of modern farm equipment .
10 In their effects on relief positive movements are less spectacular than negative movements of base level , as the relative rise of the sea has the effect of hiding parts of the earth 's surface beneath the sea or beneath thicknesses of alluvium .
11 Kemsley was less flamboyant than other barons of the earlier generation , like Northcliffe and Beaverbrook .
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