Example sentences of "less [adj] than [pos pn] [noun] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sinopoli 's interpretation of Elgar 's First Symphony is less controversial than his treatment of the Second ( 2/89 ) . |
| 2 | Our knowledge of morbid mental states is much less definite than our knowledge of many physical disturbances . |
| 3 | His Ravel , while less unfortunate than his recording of the Left-hand Concerto , hardly counts among his most distinguished offerings . |
| 4 | Gordon 's erudition , based on the use of primary sources , extended to Europe , and his acquaintance with minor Protestant groups , such as the Mennonites , Collegiants , Anabaptists , and Familists , was hardly less intimate than his knowledge of tiny English sects , such as the Traskites and the Muggletonians . |
| 5 | Mrs Blakey , only a little less sceptical than her husband of this line of talk , nevertheless recalled how Timothy Gedge had affected her when he 'd come on to the telephone with a woman 's voice , and her bewilderment when the silence had first begun in the house . |
| 6 | But while Francis and Mary fussed about the situation in Edinburgh , setting up an enquiry into what had happened to the burgh council , in February 1560 the Protestant lords did something ideologically much less courageous than their deposition of the regent , but in practical terms infinitely more crucial : they made the Treaty of Berwick with England , and were assured of English help . |
| 7 | But psychology generally views qualitative methods ' social validity as less important than their lack of reliability . |
| 8 | It is assisted by the tradition of knowledge that values perception and disdains sensation , maintaining that what we feel is less important than our awareness of reality . |
| 9 | Councillor David Begg , Chair of Lothian Regional Council 's Finance Committee , said ‘ We hope that the introduction of the Council Tax can be less problematic than our experience of the poll tax . |
| 10 | He conveys our variousness because he includes the parts of our life that he hates , as well as those he loves , and notices the many almost unknowable communities in our midst , people only a little less mysterious than his group of Aztecs who came over in stone boats . |
| 11 | It would appear from these results that children 's grasp of the deductive mode is less secure than their grasp of the empirical and intentional modes . |