Example sentences of "less [adj] than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bryan Gould is generally rated less European than the Shadow Chancellor , Mr John Smith ; and Mr Gerald Kaufman , the Shadow Foreign Secretary , has swung round from gut anti-Europeanism to a conviction that powerful central institutions are unavoidable — and Britain should play its full part . |
| 2 | Degreasers can , with care , be applied to aluminium surfaces as silicates are less corrosive than the caustics . |
| 3 | Real skins are much less coherent than the stereotype . |
| 4 | However , the effect of experience on temperament is still limited by the horse 's genetic traits — for example , if both the naturally placid horse and the naturally nervous horse were brought up in the same rough environment , then the placid horse would still be less timid than the nervous one . |
| 5 | It covers such a wide variety of conditions that it is less specific than a weather forecast . |
| 6 | In most secondary schools , TVEI has laid the necessary foundations ; but TVEI criteria are ( sensibly ) less specific than the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum , and planning for the latter will need to be sharper . |
| 7 | Where the nature of the disability is less specific than the example shown ( e.g. backache , virus etc ) the progress of the claim should be monitored very closely . |
| 8 | It would be easy to be intimidated here on first acquaintance , for this part of the crag is less friendly than the rest . |
| 9 | Above all , it is far less retiring than the European race and often approaches human settlements in search of the rodents that are plentiful there . |
| 10 | Second , both these latter people , and the so-called ‘ oilies ’ who pass through the local airport on the way to the oil rigs , are much less respectable than the more permanent residents in Dunrossness . |
| 11 | Flight less undulating than the true woodpeckers ; on ground , where often feeds , hops with tail raised . |
| 12 | Their seven-wicket victory with seven overs to spare was only marginally less emphatic than a crushing 10-wicket triumph in the second match on Saturday . |
| 13 | It should be possible to find out more about the woman from sources less prejudiced than the family . ’ |
| 14 | He looked her over with swift assessment , and , ridiculously , she found herself wishing she had worn something less revealing than the shorts , but it was too late to do anything about it now . |
| 15 | The actual sound ambience of this recording is less dry than the sort of sound that Philips is prepared to settle for in the same hall , and it is refreshing to hear Nicholas McGegan 's fine cast of soloists use the hall 's natural resonance to give the distinct impression that they are enjoying themselves and confirming , to one listener at least , that an important part of enjoying oneself is showing off . |
| 16 | For example , a child with language which is less advanced than the language of other children of that age would be regarded as having delayed language ; in contrast , children whose language stands out because it is deficient when compared with the way in which they perform on other social and intellectual tasks may be regarded as having a language deficit . |
| 17 | At breakfast time the general atmosphere among the residents was still subdued , but much less strained than the previous evening . |
| 18 | In Fig. 3.13A , the percentage completeness of the mandible and maxilla is similar in rank order , and , surprisingly , the maxilla is only slightly less complete than the mandible , with approximately equal proportions of both . |
| 19 | As a universal history of art Gombrich is less complete than the Honour/Fleming World History of Art , since , while including Africa , the Pre-Columbian cultures , Oceana , Islam ( mostly Iran ) and China , he omits India , South East Asia and Japan . |
| 20 | It does not necessarily follow that any individual who has not taken on the attitude of the generalized other is any less complete than the person who has and acts accordingly . |
| 21 | That is , the specialisation of the left hemisphere for language among inverters was assumed to be less complete than the right sided specialisation of non-inverters . |
| 22 | Personally , I find them less absorbing than the book that contrives to tell only one story , with as many ramifications as may be . |
| 23 | Daphne recommends mustard-yellow S ‘ Crown of Rays ’ , shorter and less rampant than the weed-like S. canadensis , for house and garden . |
| 24 | Are the differences between yoked and quiet control the result of learning or of stress — and is the learning group perhaps less stressed than the yoked group ? |
| 25 | In view of the consternation which Khrushchev 's policies aroused in the Party itself , his eventual deposition is less striking than the degree to which he succeeded in imposing his will on a reluctant leadership . |
| 26 | There is a disarming lightness to the popular No. 7 ( its Mazurka affiliation charmingly highlighted ) , but No. 10 in C sharp minor is much less assured than a few years earlier ; No. 15 commences sadly off pitch and No. 16 is less ‘ driven ’ or trenchant than in the earlier and greatly celebrated account . |
| 27 | When the test samples are less stable than the controls , interpretation is less easy since such samples may , nevertheless , be stable under the conditions of the market . |
| 28 | The duet version makes the work seem less stable than the orchestral one and I prefer the real duets . |
| 29 | This structure is less stable than the one shown for " bankers ' risk " . |
| 30 | Worst of all , finance is less discreet than the valet . |