Example sentences of "than less [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The internal divisions grew more rather than less apparent , however , enhanced by the populist politics from the 1890s onwards , and the imperialist ambitions , though more and more strident , were gravely disappointed . |
| 2 | While even the richest states are anxious to attract or retain TNC investment , they are more likely to be successful in imposing conditions on their operations than less developed states . |
| 3 | When faced with familiar letter-strings in novel combinations , skilled readers perform better than less skilled readers . |
| 4 | In addition , variation in SRS will not reflect variation in LRS ( see Gadgil , 1972 ) if individuals that breed successfully show reduced success in future or are likely to cease breeding or die earlier than less successful breeders . |
| 5 | Even harder to ignore the fact that her reluctant , brooding host was all male , with an attraction rendered more rather than less dangerous by his current attitude towards the female sex . |
| 6 | The argument for this is not convincing , because relations with business remained informal and instrumental and local governments were , for a time , more rather than less troublesome for the centre . |
| 7 | Being made of metal , often precious metal , coins have tended to survive much better than less durable objects . |
| 8 | Left to themselves , without adult interference , groups of children tend to become more rather than less aggressive as time goes by . |
| 9 | If its Secretariat 's proposals are agreed to , " farming will become more rather than less intensive , global brands will erode local foods and developing countries ' food self-reliance will be undermined " . |
| 10 | Research on conformity has shown that individuals with higher levels of ability conform less to group norms than those with lower levels of ability ; individuals with strong relationship goals will identify with group norms more readily than those individuals for whom multiple , close relationships are not important ; highly authoritarian individuals conform more than less authoritarian individuals ; individuals who find it hard to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ conform more readily than those who find it easy ; and individuals with strong structure goals conform more willingly . |
| 11 | Many low income families may still face enforcement action through private bailiffs at the door , rather than less stringent repayment methods . |
| 12 | For this reason , the bones of road runners — which undergo high levels of stress — tend to be denser than less active people . |
| 13 | Judicial views on this matter are likely to vary from judge to judge and from time to time : some judges favour more rather than less judicial review ; others less rather than more . |
| 14 | The series is a variation of Hans Christian Andersen 's fable of the Emperor — and it is more rather than less pointed because here the clothes are fabulous . |
| 15 | ‘ Rich and famous families usually behave worse than less important families , ’ she said . |
| 16 | You could suspect that this is a way of making it more rather than less egoistic , could n't you ? |
| 17 | Furthermore , the highly foliated nature of the carbon-bearing granulites suggests that much of their porosity is in the form of long thin cracks rather than less compressible , more rounded pores . |
| 18 | Risky investments do usually have higher yields , and do therefore pay more direct tax than less risky investments . |
| 19 | Specifically , those situations in which drivers might normally expect to experience risk ( e.g. generally dangerous junctions or right turns ) showed the expected effect , recognition sensitivity was better for risky exemplars than less risky ones . |
| 20 | The fact that risky junctions contain generally more information than less risky ones is consistent with earlier findings . |
| 21 | It will be an ‘ entitlement ’ to children only if the teachers ' interpretation of it and their teaching style , as it is affected by its requirements , will make them more rather than less likely to be the teachers with the sorts of qualities which are likely to engage their learners , interests . |
| 22 | This did not lead him to question the principle of majority decisions ; but it did lead him to pay attention to the social , cultural and economic conditions in which the will of all , or the will of the majority , would be more rather than less likely to coincide with " the general will " , by which Rousseau meant what all of us would will if we thought of ourselves not as private individuals but as citizens identifying ourselves with the good of the community . |
| 23 | An interesting additional finding which is stressed is that it appears that such people are more rather than less likely to exhibit qualities of psychological balance and social responsibility . |
| 24 | Whatever one 's opinions of their sentences there is no doubt that the defendants received much gentler treatment than less distinguished offenders . |
| 25 | If anything , the deepening and lengthening recession made it more rather than less unlikely that the electorate would turn to Mr Kinnock as an economic messiah . |