Example sentences of "[art] [adj] and less [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Jobclubs are aimed at the younger and less skilled end of the market . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The former and less serious type is a breach of warranty and the latter is a breach of condition . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But a different and less well-known set of problems emerges when attempts are made to examine alternation between standard and non-standard forms . |
| 10 | Before its completion , there was a greater requirement for a lighter and less costly tank . |
| 11 | The new Patents County Court provides , hopefully , a speedier and less expensive way of pursuing smaller claims . |
| 12 | The newspaper argued that the ordinary reader , possessed of a fairer and less suspicious mind , would presume innocence . |
| 13 | A second and less well-known treaty gives the US the right to defend the canal 's neutrality . |
| 14 | THIS makes a pretty and less fiddly alternative to icing on your Christmas cake . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Although it might be very easy to steal from a friend or colleague and not get caught most people would feel this to be ‘ wrong ’ , yet such feelings may not exert such a strong influence over decisions as to whether to steal from a larger and less personal victim . |
| 17 | Although they are a larger and less tightly-knit group , this might well also apply to agency secretarial workers . |
| 18 | It is enough to say that , having adopted the character of Oliver Twist , I have been fortunate in meeting with a kindlier and less formidable response than he ; and while anyone who knows the editor 's capabilities must realise that it is not beyond his powers to write a further introduction of the same delight as that preceding Volume II , it would be unreasonable to complain that in his assessment of the situation the needs of prompt publication have been put first . |
| 19 | But an information gap is not necessarily the same as the operation of different schemata , which may be working at a deeper and less accessible level . |
| 20 | I felt that the design for this holiday picture should be a natural and less structured design than normal , so I laid out the pressed stems of eucalyptus which naturally fell into a fan shape and used that as the basis of my design . |
| 21 | " It may be the beginning of a saner and less aggressive course of action than the one hitherto pursued towards the men of the Mercantile Marine . |
| 22 | The Festival of Britain sought to persuade us of the imminence of a better and less contorted world . |
| 23 | It is interesting that , as the opportunity to paint for a specific exhibition has offered itself , a freer and less tentative approach can be seen both in subject matter and technique . |
| 24 | ‘ To Lawrence , the world is intrinsically a beautiful place , yet we will turn it into filth to get a smaller and less beautiful object out of it . ’ |
| 25 | South America also has a small tree-climbing anteater , which is a close cousin of Myrmecophaga and looks like a miniature and less extreme version of it , and a third , intermediate form . |
| 26 | A fourth and less myopic perspective is one which deals with the functions of a service for the wider welfare system or for society as a whole . |
| 27 | Lerner ( 1944 ) derives the egalitarian recipe in a neat and less restrictive manner . |
| 28 | Then night falls and , by the light of the moon , you can just make out shapes and outlines — the scene is still beautiful but in a calmer and less vibrant way . |
| 29 | Similarly with Debussy 's La Mer ; Porter found a gentler and less exciting alternative , this time the Ansermet recording , and again put Karajan in the Toscanini/Koussevitsky tradition , adding for good measure the name of Charles Münch . |
| 30 | Still less do they have time to develop them further for release to a wider and less technical audience . |