Example sentences of "[noun] less [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spectrum of questions for which answers were sought took in everything from specifics , like ‘ Are dialogue sequences less compelling than action scenes ? ’ to abstracts querying the very suspension of disbelief principle thought essential to any form of drama viewing — especially children 's viewing . |
| 2 | It is this open structure which makes ice less dense than water , and accounts for the fact that it floats . |
| 3 | It was true that those concerned with the enforcement of the law in this country were apprehensive that the abolition of the death penalty would be followed by an increase in crimes of violence ; but their predecessors had in the past opposed for the same reason the abolition of the death penalty for offences less serious than murder and their apprehensions had not in the event proved justified . |
| 4 | Fossil fuel tax less costly than acid rain , according to Greenpeace |
| 5 | The fact that we had met Michael and Janet Roberts came up , and he was moved to explain that , with his growing acquaintanceship with the children of his friends — to several of whom he had become godfather — he had felt the need to adopt some sobriquet less solemn than Uncle . |
| 6 | In particular , the New York Times/CBS poll of Oct. 22 found that 79 per cent believed foreign policy less important than home issues , that only 37 per cent approved Bush 's handling of the economy , and that 56 per cent believed that the recession was getting worse . |
| 7 | Song less musical and flight slower than Swallow . |
| 8 | But funding has been significantly less than other programmes , dissemination of materials less effective and leadership less dynamic . |
| 9 | Software for Free evaluates the very best in low cost software making the task of choosing a lot less frustrating and time consuming , and by effectively cutting down the number of programs you need to look at it might even save you some money . |
| 10 | It 's an easy , it 's a lot less fiddly than slash and then trying to find the R and the E and then enter . |
| 11 | Too steep for tillage , the higher slopes of the hills carried innumerable sheep , and the mild , damp climate made the land less suitable than chalk downlands for the sheep fold and wheat growing . |