Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] the less " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasingly , as penetration of the West European markets on any large scale failed to materialise , the German states looked eastwards to the less socially advanced , less well-organised societies along their borders . |
| 2 | If crime and disorder follow a U-shape pattern of long-term change , the legitimacy of the police — the extent to which they are broadly accepted as valid in mission and methods — has followed an inverse path : an upside-down U. Starting from the widespread opposition encountered at the birth of the new police , opposition gradually came to be located primarily within the less ‘ respectable ’ sections of the working class , as well as in the wider working class during periods of labour conflict . |
| 3 | Female animals were used only for the less significant peace-offerings when animals of either sex could be sacrificed ( Lev . |
| 4 | Until last year , she was known best as the less successful sister of Margaret Drabble . |
| 5 | Curiously , there is little mention of either chiral stationary phases or chiral chromatography , which are discussed later in the less relevant chapter on sample preparations . |
| 6 | Those who had previously found part of their income from ironmaking were thrown back on the less adequate resources of Wealden farming , although a small number of nomads continued to burn charcoal for the London market , camping in branch and sod hovels as they migrated from wood to wood . |