Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the far south we have Kappa Pavonis in the Peacock , which is what is termed a ‘ Type II Cepheid ’ , rather less powerful than a classical Cepheid with the same period . |
| 2 | During the seventies , Lord Hailsham dismissed the place as ‘ arguably less persuasive than a powerful leading article in The Times , or even a good edition of Panorama . ’ |
| 3 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 4 | Quota sampling is obviously less costly than a simple random sample partly because no sampling frame is needed and no call-backs to unlocated sample members are involved . |
| 5 | Much less embarrassing than a kissogram the perfect fantasy served up on a plate . |
| 6 | But an adverse ruling from a private body is much less daunting and much less publicised than a heavy award of damages by judge or jury . |
| 7 | There is a disarming lightness to the popular No. 7 ( its Mazurka affiliation charmingly highlighted ) , but No. 10 in C sharp minor is much less assured than a few years earlier ; No. 15 commences sadly off pitch and No. 16 is less ‘ driven ’ or trenchant than in the earlier and greatly celebrated account . |
| 8 | In contrast with some of the other areas discussed , these are much less tax-driven than a matter of commercial advantage . |
| 9 | However , their benefits are much less tangible than a physical product in that they can not be stored or displayed and satisfaction is achieved through activities ( e.g. transportation from one place to another rather than say a seat on a train ) . |
| 10 | In 1939 nearly everyone had a direct or indirect memory of mass warfare and mindless patriotism was much less important than a conscious commitment to the idea that aggressive fascism could not be stopped by any method short of war . |
| 11 | MV Yes , but that will still be so much better than a so-called communist or socialist society , and I do n't think people here have too many illusions about capitalism . |
| 12 | ‘ And if they have toddlers then a Farley 's Rusk is so much healthier than a biscuit . ’ |
| 13 | These comments are slightly at variance with the rather more positive reports from the specialist booksellers in The Bookseller 's Christmas roundup ( 8th January ) , although the latter were evidently expressing a degree of relief that Christmas had n't been worse while the CBI survey respondents were , at least , somewhat less pessimistic than a year previously . |
| 14 | This seemed to Preston only a degree or so less deplorable than a tube system inhabited by ghouls . |
| 15 | There is a little mark , only just larger than a needle might have made , under her left breast . ’ |
| 16 | What is perhaps more common than a share-for-share exchange is for part of the consideration to consist of debentures issued by Newco to vendor shareholders . |
| 17 | Choose a task requiring a variety of skills and experience , not those of an expert ( often an expert alone is much more competent than a group ) . |
| 18 | The relationships described here are much more complex than a simple retrospective stereotype . |
| 19 | The wattage of the tool makes it much more versatile than a basic heat gun , and a range of uses are possible — from warming plastics for bending , to soft soldering of metal pipe connections . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's so much more real than a gas boiler . |
| 21 | An upholstered stool would be much more appropriate than a coffee-table for this attractive and scholarly volume . |
| 22 | This final requirement makes it far re difficult to keep the list up to date but experience shown that a personalised approach is much more successful than a plain " to the industrial correspondent " . |
| 23 | There could even be occasions then extended coverage in a large number of regional and provincial newspapers is much more useful than a short piece in The Times . |
| 24 | 110lb ft of torque at 4400rpm may not sound like much , but in reality the G40 is so near this peak figure from idle to red line that the overall effect is much more impressive than a car that makes you wait until the revcounter is half-way round its scale before it gets going . |
| 25 | As seen in Chapter Six , both of these schemes cut serious injuries by a half , much more impressive than a reduction of one tenth in all injuries . |
| 26 | Hm. 's furniture is very much more practical than a lot of the traditional stuff that 's sold in the shops at vast expense is n't it ? |
| 27 | The row of deutzia grown as a snowy hedge in rough grass is much more effective than a single bush . |
| 28 | This alloy is naturally silvery in colour and is much more hard-wearing than a thin layer of tinning , but it requires a high degree of skill to control the casting conditions . |
| 29 | It will give us that much longer to get to know one another and it will be much more interesting than a 12-hour flight . ’ |
| 30 | And that is much more important than a championship for youth next year . |