Example sentences of "[be] less [adj] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The establishment of compatibility is slower and it remains less stable when the two animals are both of high initial dominance ; thus two males are less compatible than a male — female dyad . |
| 2 | Are less inconstant than a Woman 's Soul : |
| 3 | They are less welcome than a troop of ticket inspectors . |
| 4 | Why should a boat be less social than a caravan , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 5 | That prospect may be less depressing than a future dominated by the BJP , but it leaves little room for optimism . |
| 6 | The BTU tax also has the advantage of being less unpopular than a petrol tax , partly because it is almost impossible to understand . |
| 7 | The top section of the mast snapped at the crosstrees as if it were less substantial than a toothpick . |
| 8 | It 's less common than a beef tapeworm , but more dangerous , because its larvae will settle into almost any part of the body , including eyes . |
| 9 | A reverberant place such as a church , empty hall or tiled kitchen is less easy than a room with some sound-absorbent furnishings , such as heavy curtains and thick carpet . |
| 10 | It covers such a wide variety of conditions that it is less specific than a weather forecast . |
| 11 | Often , to have a solid example in front of you is less daunting than a drawing . |
| 12 | And a couple is less conspicuous than a man on his own … ’ |
| 13 | By the late 1960s , the new social patterns , technologies and musical styles had been substantially assimilated into a reorganized music-industrial system : a transnational oligopoly of vast entertainment corporations , supplied to some extent by ‘ independent ’ producers ; serviced by mass audience radio and TV channels ( with some ‘ minority ’ shows and channels ) , by a symbiotically pliant music press and by related leisure-products businesses ; and directing itself at a series of separate audiences whose distinctness is less subcultural than a creature of market researchers ' consumer profiles . |
| 14 | In a unique trial comparing a non-elemental tube fed diet with steroids , Lochs et al suggested that a peptide based diet was less effective than a combination of methylprednisolone and sulfasalazine in treating active Crohn 's disease . |