Example sentences of "[adj] than [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of the firm as a cooperative family have produced a more penetrating assessment of Japanese industrial relations which shows them to be less unique than they at first appear . |
| 2 | One reason why the shift in emphasis to the broader question of determinism is less helpful than it at first appears is that ‘ the problem of determinism ’ itself lacks a clear formulation , and the difficulty of saying exactly what it consists in is reflected in attempts to relate it to holism . |
| 3 | Because the different zones of the sea are so interlinked — many creatures making use of several in the course of their lives — the ocean environment is far more vulnerable than it at first appears . |
| 4 | Some " birds " nests are hemispherical , but only on the inside ; you must cut a honeycomb with a sharp knife if you want to see the accurate hexagons of its construction ; the geometry of spiders ' webs is astonishing but much less regular than it at first appears . |
| 5 | In view of the overwhelming Palestinian demographic preponderance , this arrangement was a good deal less equitable than it at first seems . |
| 6 | Rollover risk , though now small , is therefore less implausible than it at first appears . |
| 7 | He lives down near the bottom of Wind Street , got a shop he has , a well-to-do sort of man , better off than me at any rate . ’ |