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 | In the longer term , of course , this would not necessarily have been true , simply because the loyalty , and the ability , of Gloucester 's successors were an unknown quantity , but it is significant that the terms of the Cumberland grants were less generous than those north of the border . |
| 3 | In the longer term , of course , this would not necessarily have been true , simply because the loyalty , and the ability , of Gloucester 's successors were an unknown quantity , but it is significant that the terms of the Cumberland grants were less generous than those north of the border . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Previous studies have not shown that the heater probe is less effective than other types of endoscopic treatment , whose efficacy is already proved . |
| 8 | 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. , |
| 9 | A feminist utilitarianism is even less able than other forms of feminist psychology to challenge the difficult founding concept of the psychological subject . |
| 10 | For behaviour has both been less studied than some parts of morphology , and its inheritance is generally too complex to lay bare the elementary principles . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The machinery is , I suppose , neither more nor less wonderful than other sort of modern farm equipment . |
| 13 | It is recurrent and less volatile than many types of commercial revenue . |
| 14 | Alterations to these surfaces were less expensive than any modification of the walls and had less impact on the overall appearance of the church . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Kemsley was less flamboyant than other barons of the earlier generation , like Northcliffe and Beaverbrook . |