Example sentences of "less [adj] than [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although VAT is slightly progressive , it is less progressive than income tax . |
| 2 | Thus carbon monoxide is less stable than nickel(II) oxide at temperatures below about 680 K whereas above this temperature it is more stable . |
| 3 | It was less popular than Peter Rabbit because itat Christmas |
| 4 | Inevitably skills analysis is more general and less definitive than task analysis although many of the same procedures for extracting evidence might be used . |
| 5 | Leading on from this , a more general point is that where the objective of the operation is rather broader than profit maximization , shareholder control is probably far less appropriate than state control ( see , for example , Baumol , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | Wet weather has meant a delayed start on preservation activities this year , since Glenburrell Bridge is less accessible than Horderley Station . |
| 7 | Such investments , though less obvious than product development costs , provide equally stiff barriers to entry . |
| 8 | Fossil fuel tax less costly than acid rain , according to Greenpeace |
| 9 | Total excise duty revenue is much less buoyant than VAT revenue ( see Figure 5.6 ) . |
| 10 | It 's less fattening than ice cream but it 's still not good for you . |
| 11 | Rather than propose ways in which representative democracy could be strengthened and improved , these authors concluded : ‘ the weight of the evidence is that a vote is much less effective than purchasing power … the market is potentially more democratic than the state ’ ( p. 65 ) . |
| 12 | A year long investigation by a US Congress subcommittee , prompted by last year 's Perrier scare , has claimed that some bottled waters may be less safe than tap water . |
| 13 | Charles was no less hurt than Alex Household at losing his part in The Hooded Owl , but his way of showing the hurt was different . |
| 14 | Such molecules are in general less abundant than ground state molecules , because of the Boltzmann distribution of thermal energy . |
| 15 | This may prove less expensive than hotel accommodation . |
| 16 | Smaller and less variable than Desert Lark , from which readily distinguished by dark bar at tip of shorter tail . |
| 17 | For drinking purposes , he concluded that well-water , with possibilities of immediate pollution , was less desirable than river water , with its natural processes for purification . |
| 18 | IBM because Novell is less threatening than Microsoft Corp and a divided marketplace will be easier for the Taligent Pink operating system to negotiate . |
| 19 | Anchor ice accumulations , being less dense than sea water , break away from time to time and rise to the surface , carrying with them entrapped and frozen plants and animals , which gather in layers under the inshore floes . |
| 20 | There are a number of reasons why maintenance research is less attractive than productivity research in general , and particularly so for marginal areas . |
| 21 | Lord Buckhurst even tried to argue , rather implausibly , that a patent of office quam diu se bene gesserit automatically became void on the misbehaviour of the holder , and that therefore this type of tenure was less secure than durante bene placito . |