Example sentences of "[art] less [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst the issue of ‘ crimes of the powerful ’ , to use Pearce 's ( 1976 ) evocative phrase , is now often portrayed as a left-wing cliche , this does not make it any the less a problem . |
| 2 | None the less a development can be seen in later classical law : . |
| 3 | The outcome was none the less a climbdown for the government , which was obliged to drop its original plan to outlaw strikes in all sectors of industry for 15 months , amid deep divisions among parliamentarians over the extent of the powers to be granted . |
| 4 | It was none the less a moment of grave concern to unbelievers of any reliable militancy . |
| 5 | It did seem a little hard that , just when things were beginning to go really well , the even tenor of their lives should be upset by the arrival of someone else — someone who , although a friend , was none the less a stranger . |
| 6 | When it came , there was nothing at all ominous in the reason for Christian 's unexpected visit … but it was none the less a bombshell . |
| 7 | But never the less a lot of them started off like that did n't they ? |
| 8 | While the Secretary of State 's announcement is good news for Yarrow and the Clyde , it is none the less a disappointment for the other three shipyards that submitted tenders , not least VSEL in Barrow , although the order for the 4.5 inch gun would be welcome . |
| 9 | This stems from the fact that the less an expert discloses of his work , the less anyone can find fault with it . |
| 10 | It is however an important part of the women 's movement , which might lack the explicit analysis of male oppression and resistance , but is none the less an affirmation of women 's allegiance to each other . |
| 11 | None the less an examination of the special reasons why the Plowden proposition is accepted as a truism in general but treated as an abominable heresy in particular may be worthwhile . |
| 12 | The figures , which are none the less an improvement on the previous year , will be discussed at United 's AGM on March the fiftenth . |
| 13 | However , it has been said that advice which is intended to have persuasive effect is not distinguishable from inducement and ‘ the fact that an inducement to break a contract is couched as an irresistible embargo rather than in terms of seduction does not make it any the less an inducement . ’ |
| 14 | The earlier the intervention the less the damage done and the less the costs of treatment . |
| 15 | The less the intelligence of a creature , the more instinctive are the behavioural patterns programmed into it and the less it possesses the capacity to learn from experience . |
| 16 | None the less the king did summon the officers of the Exchequer to join him in Oxford ; Pye 's colleague , who was also his ‘ comptroller ’ and administrative rival , the clerk of the pells , obeyed this call . |
| 17 | You have to take into account first that there , as well as here , the better the score , the less the requirement for credit and , hence , the lower the response . |
| 18 | The books have not been burnt , but none the less the talking continues , and the force of its " humanism " derives as much from the everyday exchanges ( tutorial and seminar ) as from formal critical , theoretical , or methodological notions . |
| 19 | Some data analysts prefer to use the outer quarters ( Open University 1983 ) ; the larger the number of cases the less the decision matters . |
| 20 | Efficiency is seen to be associated with threat and with enthusiasm for the process : the more efficient , the more threatening , and the less the enthusiasm . |
| 21 | The greater the attempt to cling , the less the container can respond , thereby providing confirmation of the insecurity which feels so painful . |
| 22 | In general , the less objective the perception and the more it was influenced by partisan factors , the greater the influence of the press and the less the influence of television . |
| 23 | The less the variation in speed , the more monotonous the theme . |
| 24 | The less the capacity to learn and consider , the greater is the habit instinctive . |
| 25 | And insofar as the media do ‘ mould ’ opinion their influence is probably greater the less the issue is one of direct practical concern . |
| 26 | None the less the electricity industry was fortunate compared with , for example , the coal industry , where politics had long bedevilled management relations with both government and workers , and nationalisation led to the departure of senior managers in larger numbers . |
| 27 | Asquith 's capacity to recover quickly from his infatuation , strong though it was , was much greater than she allows , but it is none the less the case that he was thrown off balance for a crucial couple of weeks , the repercussions of which were considerable . |
| 28 | If cc was a causal circumstance for e , then ( 5 ) If cc occurred , then even if there also occurred any change x logically consistent with cc and e , it was never the less the case that e occurred — or , cc began and e ended a sequence of things such that it was true of each one and its immediate successor that if the first occurred , even if there also occurred any change x logically consistent with both , then the second also occurred . |
| 29 | Third , for any checklist which claims a developmental sequence , the larger the ‘ developmental space ’ between items , the less the checklist will discriminate levels of linguistic ability , and the less accurate it will be . |
| 30 | The smaller , the smaller the ripple in the pass band but the less the attenuation in the stop band . |