Example sentences of "a [adj] but less [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This I regard as a possible but less natural meaning of the section . |
| 2 | The concentration of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 was significantly higher in malignant ascites ( 736 ( 213–165 ) ng/ml ) than in alcoholic ascites ( 16 ( <2–43 ) ng/ml , p<0.05 ) , and a similar but less pronounced pattern was found for plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 ( 43 ( <6- 140 ) ng ml in malignant ascites v <6 ( <6–28 ) ng/ ml in alcoholic ascites , p<0.05 ) . |
| 3 | A similar but less marked pattern is to be found in other cases of sexual violence . |
| 4 | All too typical , however , was Lord Keith 's remark in 1799 that he had given a lieutenant 's commission to ‘ the Duchess of Atholle 's friend Glen Geary … a heavy dog too ’ , while passing over a brighter but less well-connected midshipman . |
| 5 | The type of cup commonest at this time is shown in fig. 49 , by a decent but less distinguished painter , whose love of rich colour , red and white , links him to Corinth . |
| 6 | The breed originated from the Jutland Black Pied , which was known a century ago as a hardier but less productive type of the black pied lowland group and had been bred in Denmark for a very long time . |
| 7 | It had become quite acceptable for such a man , in his early sixties , to shift his money to safer investments , hand over the family home next to the workplace to his son , and move into a house in the suburbs from which he could maintain a benevolent but less taxing interest in family concerns . |
| 8 | Subpolar seas of both hemispheres are richer than polar seas , with a longer but less intense season of high productivity . |
| 9 | A third but less acceptable possibility would place the invasion slightly later than this , in the governorship of Alfenus Senecio , c . |