Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar delay in Spain could mean something altogether different because there close family relatives take absolute priority and , no matter how important other business is , all non-relatives are kept waiting . |
| 2 | Some , the lobefins , developed armour but in the process became considerably less agile than their softer compatriots . |
| 3 | Calculations suggests that a planar lithiomethane molecule would only be 34 kcal mol-1 less stable than its tetrahedral form . |
| 4 | Less advanced learners would want something much shorter because their limited command of the language also limits their attention span . |
| 5 | Of course , there may be other reasons why it is not so detailed as our visual image . |
| 6 | Er well that does n't matter I do n't mind that quite so much cos our bearded collie loves water . |
| 7 | It was not long before the administration in practice became less dogmatic and less impulsive than its public rhetoric and even its diplomacy suggested . |
| 8 | For such times are not even necessarily the obvious ones , ‘ the visible sequences of events recorded by the chronicler ’ , they may be invisible , ‘ a complex ‘ intersection ’ of … different times , rhythms , turnovers , etc. ’ , only visible when their particular concepts are constructed and produced ‘ out of the differential nature and differential articulation of their objects in the structure of the whole ’ ( 101–03 ) . |
| 9 | She thought she had never seen anything so delicate as his left eyelid quivering above the green ball of his eye , nor anything so vivid as the scarlet spots spattering the bow of his tie . |
| 10 | These have a slightly wider range of shapes and are often much bigger than their wooden counterparts but much lighter . |
| 11 | Even in long trousers and polished shoes and a brand-new bomber jacket , he looked much younger than his nine years . |
| 12 | A natty dresser who looks much younger than his 57 years , he is everything that Americans ask for in Japanese politicians : charismatic , decisive , articulate , a natural leader . |
| 13 | Its eventual success acted as a springboard for the union boss , who looks much younger than his 56 years . |
| 14 | Given the welter of competing ideas on the subject ( the European Community has recently adopted a slightly weaker measure , while securities firms outside the EC often operate under different rules than those governing banks ) , its 1993 proposals are less likely than its 1988 rules to find ready acceptance . |
| 15 | The Norman church was much larger than its present day form , having a north transept of which the arches leading to it can still be seen . |
| 16 | Generated from the antarctic ice-sheet , they are far more numerous and often much larger than their arctic counterparts , the largest exceeding 200 km long when newly formed . |
| 17 | I could n't be entirely sure where his other arm was , but he just disappeared . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , when Henry V died in 1422 , his fleet was already less useful than its royal founder had hoped . |
| 19 | There is a lot of evidence that unemployed people tend to be less healthy than their employed counterparts . |
| 20 | 5/5 Natrel Plus , Ylang ‘ This is much better than my usual brand . |
| 21 | Midhurst and Petworth were actually less affluent than their respective market areas . |
| 22 | LIFFE 's other international products , based on US T-bonds and eurodollars , have been markedly less buoyant than its European products since 1988 and 1989 respectively . |
| 23 | It is of relevance in this context that , as will be emphasized later , urban parents tend to be better educated than their rural counterparts . |
| 24 | This relevance makes the material strongly motivating — here is an example of the way you will need to use English in a month 's time — and therefore the quality of the recording is less important than its immediate relevance . |
| 25 | In the eyes of many yeomen and labourers , the principles of either side were far less important than their economic menace . |
| 26 | The proportion of women in higher education has risen sharply in recent decades — one of the most visible gains in the egalitarian struggle — although in practice young female school-leavers are still less qualified than their male counterparts ( and this signifies , in this country , a truly parlous state of readiness for adult occupations ) ; while in the teaching profession itself , women have yet to achieve anything like parity at the higher levels , as college heads , directors of departments and university professors . |
| 27 | She looked much older than her sixty-odd years , wasted as she was . |
| 28 | Suddenly she looked much older than her fifty-two years . |
| 29 | The weight his stepfather had put on the young man 's shoulders had made David seem much older than his twenty-eight years . |
| 30 | Then Julius got slowly to his feet , looking very much older than his thirty-six years . |