Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun sg] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Engraving is like translating ; it has its own idiom , and skilled engravers became expert at transforming finished drawings or amateur sketches into plates , though engraving is a less rich language than drawing . |
| 2 | Responses differed by sector , availability of finance being seen as the greatest problem in manufacturing , but a much lesser problem than cost in the distribution sector . |
| 3 | It should be noted that morbidity statistics are generally of less reliable quality than mortality statistics . |
| 4 | Indeed , in this respect status is a less reliable control than affection , since it is usually available in more varied forms . |
| 5 | Other types of avoidable killing are either defined as a less serious crime than murder , or as matters more appropriate for administrative or civil proceedings , or as events beyond the justifiable boundaries of state interference . |
| 6 | The second was by intuition , a much less conscious process than sensation . |
| 7 | Styling is less square cut than predecessor 's but still pretty ponderous compared with others in the class . |
| 8 | However , from the gravitational influence of Mercury on the orbit of Mariner 10 a mass was obtained with 5 times less observational uncertainty than radar had yielded , to give a mean density of 5430 kg/m 3 . |
| 9 | Until that fatal weakness is overcome , I fear that the understandably-depressed Dr David Marsh will continue to find chairmanship of a professional football club a far less rewarding pastime than captaincy of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club . |
| 10 | But it is a less flexible fibre than nylon , and lacks nylon 's performance edge , ’ explains Coleman . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , with a marginally less successful Cup than League record , Athletico have never been in that position . |
| 12 | This is not to say that people will not give the support ( as we know they do and invariably at great sacrifice ) ; but it does suggest that care by the community is seen as a less attractive option than care from professionals , but with the support and involvement of the family . |
| 13 | More coiled steel than living — a poised |
| 14 | The knowledge gap between doctor and patient is not greater than that between lawyer and client — indeed there is probably much more do-it-yourself medicine than law — but the gap is less resented in medicine . |
| 15 | ‘ Is not the heat of a warm room conveyed through the vacuum by the vibrations of a much more subtle medium than air which after the air was drawn out remained in the vacuum ? |
| 16 | Provocation is the basic process of lateral thinking which is a much more specific term than creativity for the changing of concept and perceptions . |
| 17 | Few things earned more pleasant congratulation than abstinence : " No thank you , " to a second chocolate , and Maman 's face lighted gently as she snapped the lid back on the choc box before Nicandra could change her mind . |
| 18 | Heading downstream , he saw a pool in front of him , more liquid mud than water . |
| 19 | The hectic marriage alliances which he , in common with most twelfth-century potentates , engaged in showed a recognition that marriage was a more reliable weapon than warfare in realizing large ambitions . |
| 20 | Of all the possibilities of interventive reproduction , none has been the subject of more public opposition than surrogacy . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman produced a more entertaining account than life itself — and given that life has been fairly entertaining over the past year , that is quite an achievement . |
| 22 | This is a more economical service than Airmail but delivery time is longer — normally within 2 weeks in Europe and up to 12 weeks outside of Europe . |
| 23 | significant — this is usually thought of as a slightly more rigorous test than material . |
| 24 | That phrase is read narrowly to convict the accused of handling rather than theft , handling being a more serious offence than theft . |
| 25 | Shelton points out that handling is a more serious offence than theft and has a maximum of 14 years ' imprisonment . |
| 26 | He considers ( 1975 : xx ) ‘ predatory street crime to be a far more serious matter than consumer fraud , anti-trust violations etc … because predatory crime … makes difficult or impossible the maintenance of meaningful human communities ’ . |
| 27 | The sheer volume of the many assessments externally required by the Act and now under design by SEAC runs the danger of forcing the less confident teachers — indeed all of them in the first instance , as they ascend the steep learning curve — into ‘ rote teaching ’ , a much more dangerous activity than rote learning because it tends to shut down that sense of intellectual curiosity without which children are not really being taught . |
| 28 | The rule of course has in many senses a more restricted application than nuisance ; there must be an accumulation , and it must be of a substance likely to cause injury if it escapes , neither of which is essential to liability in nuisance . |
| 29 | Dinner is an even more depleted affair than breakfast . |
| 30 | In the meantime it was not a bad life — this small enclosed world , more hard work than glamour , with its private language , its unsociable hours . |