Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly the replacement needs to be something desirable and/or less harmful than the original habit you are seeking to break . |
| 2 | If there were such ‘ memory peptides ’ and each was present in the brain in the concentration of scotophobin , then to code for the memories of a human lifetime would demand that the brain contained a mass of peptides weighing something of the order of 100 kilograms — or rather more than the weight of an average human . |
| 3 | In 1856 the Paris Bourse alone listed the share of 33 railway and canal companies , 38 mining companies , 22 metallurgical companies , 11 port and shipping companies , 7 omnibus and road transport undertakings , 11 gas companies and 42 assorted industrial undertakings ranging from textiles to galvanised iron and rubber , to the value of about 5½ million gold francs , or rather more than a quarter of all securities traded . |
| 4 | I got £6.50 , or rather less than a fiver after deductions . |
| 5 | By not feeling personally hurt or professionally inadequate when matters get worse despite one 's best efforts . |
| 6 | The fact that the sentences of ( 35 ) would be marginal or outright unacceptable if to be were omitted is in itself a datum worth taking into account , along with the further fact that to be can also be inserted into the statement forms in ( 33 ) . |
| 7 | Sainte-Engrâce was until very recently a remote settlement , because the road into the valley was also the only road out ; as a consequence it had a fine tradition for smuggling , since the last thing Basque smugglers ever wanted was good roads along which they might be pursued by excise men far less agile or locally knowledgeable than themselves . |
| 8 | The handsomest loafer was again made by Faith Royal — lighter & less clumpy than others , and with the all round sole extension . |
| 9 | The Imperial survey had not cited a continent which was more or less populated than any of the others . |
| 10 | Some might call Connaught the Real Ireland , but I do n't see why turf-cutters are any more or less real than Midland golfers who cut a different kind of turf when they swing their clubs . |
| 11 | Is it more or less progressive if the exemption is raised from 2000 to 5000 ? |
| 12 | The activities of politicians , pop stars and policemen notwithstanding , life for most people is much the same , obviously , whatever decade it is — more or less endurable if you are young , that is , and quite the opposite if you are not . |
| 13 | But on the basis of one 's own experience , on the basis of human history and development , some of these are more possible than others , more or less likely , more or less probable than others . |
| 14 | I had more or less finished when the copper who had pulled me appeared from the back office and lifted the flap in the desk to get by me . |
| 15 | As with other intrusions , dykes form either positive or negative features depending on whether they are more or less resistant than the surrounding rock ( Fig. 5.18 ) . |
| 16 | It was on the tip of his tongue to observe that Burun was no more or less trustworthy than he had ever been , but he realised suddenly that he would be stating the obvious . |
| 17 | Nowadays , enjoys his outings with and her children who he has more or less adopted as his own grandchildren . |
| 18 | One group of sites could be seen to be more or less contemporary because they produced the same types of tool , while those which produced other types could be shown to be earlier or later in date . |
| 19 | There is no particular reason ( or at least none in anything that we have discussed so far ) to expect either side in the arms race to become steadily more successful or less successful than the other . |
| 20 | In the nineteenth century , divorce was more or less impossible except for the very wealthy , initially only through a private Act of parliament . |
| 21 | Is it more or less unified than it was ? |
| 22 | ( a ) Grounds ( Clause 19.01 ) All or any of the following may be expected to be encountered , though in any given agreement the grounds may be more or less specific as the requirements of particular firms differ . |
| 23 | Cos I was more or less going as she come in . |
| 24 | Thus the average momentary pleasure , say , of hearing Parsifal on a certain occasion must be a definite number of times more or less pleasant than that of a particular episode of sucking a boiled sweet . |
| 25 | How , therefore , can it be stupid or less good than another 's experience ? |
| 26 | Neither state is more or less truthful than the other . |
| 27 | He asked me if I 'd been to Eton , but seemed more or less satisfied when I told him I was educated at Cheltenham Ladies ’ College . |
| 28 | If you feel inadequate or less worthy than other people , try this very simple exercise . |
| 29 | What makes one meaning more ‘ real ’ , or less biased than another ? |
| 30 | Whether judges are better or less able than others to assess the merits and demerits of political policies is beside the point , because that is not their function . |