Example sentences of "less [adj] than a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It covers such a wide variety of conditions that it is less specific than a weather forecast . |
| 2 | The BTU tax also has the advantage of being less unpopular than a petrol tax , partly because it is almost impossible to understand . |
| 3 | And with the meditations , less perishable than a willow leaf , |
| 4 | This attitude , especially in ‘ Sophia 's ’ case , may owe something to class-distinction , that is , a duke beating a duchess with a neck of mutton might prove less illustrative than a journeyman tailor doing such a thing to his wife . |
| 5 | It 's less common than a beef tapeworm , but more dangerous , because its larvae will settle into almost any part of the body , including eyes . |
| 6 | This seemed to Preston only a degree or so less deplorable than a tube system inhabited by ghouls . |
| 7 | The massacre of the Alamo is less audience-grabbing than a Vietnam village scorched in napalm . |