Example sentences of "[art] [adj] and less [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternative electrostatic headphones are by nature precision assemblies and , like electrostatic loudspeakers , remain firmly in the upper price bracket except where the simpler and less costly electret principle with a pre-charged diaphragm or backplate has been used . |
| 2 | Secondly , ensuring the disadvantaged and less powerful are not excluded and are given a chance to express views by such methods as public inquiry techniques , workshops , seminars , and local opinion polls . |
| 3 | The balance , if any , is then distributed to the remaining and less fortunate , unsecured creditors on the basis of so much in the pound . |
| 4 | 1.7 Example ( 26 ) shows us the second and less common relation contributing to the unfolding of syntactic structures , which we shall call equation , adopting the obvious symbol to represent it : ( 26 ) Fitzpatrick , our neighbour , used to plant potatoes the subject exemplifies the basic pattern [ E = E ] , ( as does the underlined portion of ( 22 ) ) ; in more exact terms , what we have in this subject phrase is : As we have just remarked , equational phrases are rarer than phrases involving qualification ; and , among them , there is a very large disproportion in favour of equation between E and E , rather than between P and P. Nevertheless , the latter can be found ; two examples would be : ( 28 ) what I need is a cup of strong , dark coffee for a fast , convenient trip to the city , take the Skytram This is clearly not to say that strong and dark , or fast and convenient , are equivalent at the type level ; only that on some particular occasion of use , as here , they may be regarded by speaker , or copywriter , as equivalent . |
| 5 | The second and less sweeping challenge to Hale came from Smith J. who , whilst accepting the contract and consent analysis , suggested that the consent could in certain circumstances be revoked by the wife . |
| 6 | Daumier Drawings by Colta Ives , Margret Stuffmann and Martin Sonnabend ( £50 , $65 ) includes the rarer and less known drawings and watercolours , and accompanies an exhibition projected for the Metropolitan Museum of Art from February to May 1993 . |
| 7 | Jobclubs are aimed at the younger and less skilled end of the market . |
| 8 | This concept of dominant values will be discussed more fully in Chapter 10 ; here we can simply note the role of such values in securing the acquiescence of the subordinate and less privileged members of society . |
| 9 | Remember , though , that since the valetudinarian English gave Pau up the climate has reverted to what it was , so you need to be there on a day of reasonable weather , otherwise the Boulevard will not be tea Pyrénées at all , but only of the closer and less pleasing scene . |
| 10 | Underlying this , was the idea that if the more and less able pupils used different strategies these could be identified . |
| 11 | I found that for tie problems such as ‘ 1+1 ’ , ‘ 2+2 ’ , response times were very quick and similar for the more and less able children . |
| 12 | In response to criticism that SCS would be damaged by amalgamation with the smaller and less successful Edmonton Society , he argued that the SCS |
| 13 | Also , the more tranquillizers are used , the older and less effective the plunger becomes , therefore , gradually , the same dose of tablets becomes less and less effective . |
| 14 | This is probably because the youngest and fittest miners are involved in the more strenuous tasks at the coal face , while the older and less fit do other underground work or gain surface employment . |
| 15 | In developing countries , energy can be used wastefully by whoever has the money to use it , while the poorer and less powerful go without . |
| 16 | Hitherto the older waist-band had tended to slip on to the horse 's neck and either throttle him or prevent him from pulling hard ; hence the slower and less efficient ox had been generally used . |
| 17 | Consequently there was much disappointment in Washington when the European Community was established in 1957 without Britain , and when the latter went her own way as leader of the looser and less ambitious European Free Trade Area . |
| 18 | The former and less serious type is a breach of warranty and the latter is a breach of condition . |
| 19 | There 's sure to be one which is perfect for you , whether in wool or mohair , or the humbler and less expensive synthetics . |
| 20 | Rome had at this time little interest in the lands beyond , which lay mainly in the highland zone and were inhabited by the earlier and less civilized peoples . |
| 21 | Each household was given a number of strips scattered between the desirable and less desirable fields . |
| 22 | If the presence of the trespasser is known to or reasonably to be anticipated by the occupier , then the occupier has a duty to the trespasser , but it is a lower and less onerous duty than the one which the occupier owes to a lawful visitor . |
| 23 | The extent to which radio is able to cater for the tastes and interests of an urban , educated audience at the expense of a rural and less well-educated one is easily overlooked . |
| 24 | But a different and less well-known set of problems emerges when attempts are made to examine alternation between standard and non-standard forms . |
| 25 | Before its completion , there was a greater requirement for a lighter and less costly tank . |
| 26 | The new Patents County Court provides , hopefully , a speedier and less expensive way of pursuing smaller claims . |
| 27 | The newspaper argued that the ordinary reader , possessed of a fairer and less suspicious mind , would presume innocence . |
| 28 | A second and less well-known treaty gives the US the right to defend the canal 's neutrality . |
| 29 | THIS makes a pretty and less fiddly alternative to icing on your Christmas cake . |
| 30 | Monnet 's mission was twofold : to improve Giraud 's reactionary image in the Allied press by eliminating the most blatant traces of Vichy rule in North Africa ; and to find a formula for unifying Giraudists and Gaullists in such a way as to absorb de Gaulle 's movement into a larger and less political organization . |