Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] than it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight . |
| 2 | The tiny chrome box fits in the palm of your hand ; the razor is less fragile than it looks . |
| 3 | ASKING PIGS AND CHICKENS HOW THEY PREFER TO LIVE IS LESS FANTASTIC THAN IT SOUNDS . |
| 4 | When the Boundary Commission looks at these matters over every 10 years or so , demography and demographic conditions have to be considered , and it is less easy than it appears on paper simply to provide consistency in terms of the demographic relationship of the people living in the country and the number of Members representing them in the House . |
| 5 | Foreign investors are beginning to worry that the Mexican peso is less solid than it looks . |
| 6 | ( Since many farmers vote Socialist , this idea is less bland than it sounds . ) |
| 7 | Off the front tees it is less daunting than it appeared on TV , but not much . |
| 8 | This is less odd than it looks : it pays creditors to avoid the delays and legal costs of chapter 11 . |
| 9 | Presumably it eventually dies , but that is less important than it seems to us mortals ; as far as this discussion is concerned the end of the cycle is reached when the present organism reproduces and a new generation 's cycle begins . |
| 10 | Secondly , many of the subjects in the list can be studied in pairs , in ‘ joint ’ or ‘ combined ’ subject degrees , so that the overall pattern of studies is less specialized than it appears . |
| 11 | That is less bad than it looks ; in Tokyo , the stockmarket yields only 0.8% these days . |
| 12 | The line-up in the Bundesrat is less clear than it appears . |
| 13 | The casing is much wider than it needs to be , I suppose bigger looks better , and although the top is made of a substantial plastic the base is n't and tends to give under pressure . |
| 14 | Wirral Ranger Services principal officer Jim Lester said : ‘ The number of cocklers in the estuary is much lower than it has been , partly due to the cockle beds being reduced . |
| 15 | The statue is much bigger than it looks ; it is always foreshortened because of the need to look sharply upward , and is actually over 4 metres high . |
| 16 | This is much easier than it sounds but not without snags . |
| 17 | MAKING BRANDY SNAPS is much easier than it looks . |
| 18 | By acting as a substitute , a supplement , to its ostensible signified , language is always suggesting the signified is somehow other than it appears in its linguistic signifying form . |
| 19 | Despite his defeat , Labour is more homogeneous than it has ever been . |
| 20 | jetskiing across flooded fields is more dangerous than it looks , because of the hiden dangers of submerged fence posts and barbed wire . |
| 21 | CS : ‘ You can say all you like , but it 's clear that soul music is more popular than it has ever been , worldwide . ’ |
| 22 | This may sound a silly question , since this book assumes that its readers are looking for a place to live in the British Isles , but it is more sensible than it sounds . |
| 23 | In socialist France , it is now higher than it has ever been in that country 's history . |
| 24 | In socialist France , unemployment is now higher than it has ever been in that country 's history . |
| 25 | With a ruthless new breed of killers taking over the leadership reigns , the threat to the Roman Catholic community is now higher than it has ever been . |
| 26 | The traditional , massive unemployment of employable disabled people is far worse than it has ever been . |
| 27 | Getting upside-down is far easier than it looks — it just needs the right combination or circumstances . |
| 28 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |