Example sentences of "[is] less [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now sailing encompasses windsurfing , dinghy sailing and ocean cruising and if you 've got millions of pounds to spend you can enter the Fastnet or the Admiral 's Cup but whatever level or whatever part of sailing you want to take up , the basic techniques are best learnt in a dinghy or sail boat because it 's less expensive and a lot more simple to operate and that 's the purpose of this video to learn the most basic techniques as quickly as possible and to be at one with the wind . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It covers such a wide variety of conditions that it is less specific than a weather forecast . |
| 5 | Often , to have a solid example in front of you is less daunting than a drawing . |
| 6 | The power of the microcomputer , with its television screen , in affecting the classroom situation is such that it is less likely that a teacher can bend a unit away from its designer 's intentions towards his own style and purpose than is the case with printed material . |
| 7 | And a couple is less conspicuous than a man on his own … ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Stabbing consenting patients goes beyond such narrow confines , is less manageable as a practice , and makes too many inroads into these basic criminal law rules . |
| 10 | After the 1979 Conservative victory , it is less clear that a party will suffer if it advocates policies which are a clear break with the past . |