Example sentences of "were less [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top section of the mast snapped at the crosstrees as if it were less substantial than a toothpick . |
| 2 | Divisions of social class were less sharp than the size and format differences of the quality and popular papers . |
| 3 | But in a pragmatist society he would have to predict whether the judges would be likely to consider his case as one in which the virtues of predictability were less important than the substance of the law , and whether , if they thought substance more important , they would think a decision for him better or worse for the community . |
| 4 | He contrasted this approach with the methods of the best Russian and German directors , who almost certainly would have made a film in which the characters were less important than the system they would be condemning . |
| 5 | However , on the basis of Table 7.5 , and recognising some of the very small numbers involved , research students in the following areas were less likely than the average to be seeking employment : |
| 6 | Rates reported by Arthur Young on his various Tours around 1770 suggest that regional variations were less significant than the type of cloth or the fineness of the yarn ( see Table 7.6 ) . |