Example sentences of "less [adj] than [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may say , then , that line A is less precise , less specific than line B. Line A is not swallowed up in line B , however ; it is not the case that once we have line B we can dispense with line A. Rather , line B provides the clue or the context within which the uncertainty of line A is resolved . |
| 2 | Although VAT is slightly progressive , it is less progressive than income tax . |
| 3 | Shoemaker asserts that Tunguska-like explosions should be a common fate of small bolides entering the terrestrial atmosphere , provided only that they are less strong than iron objects . |
| 4 | And for both , morbidity statistics are less accessible and less reliable than mortality data . |
| 5 | Inevitably skills analysis is more general and less definitive than task analysis although many of the same procedures for extracting evidence might be used . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | The spectrum of questions for which answers were sought took in everything from specifics , like ‘ Are dialogue sequences less compelling than action scenes ? ’ to abstracts querying the very suspension of disbelief principle thought essential to any form of drama viewing — especially children 's viewing . |
| 8 | Such investments , though less obvious than product development costs , provide equally stiff barriers to entry . |
| 9 | Fossil fuel tax less costly than acid rain , according to Greenpeace |
| 10 | School chairs tend to be even less comfortable than school beds , and I found it impossible to sit still for long — a fact which did n't endear me to irritable teachers , especially those who also resented my ‘ witty ’ ( i.e. irrelevant ) remarks . |
| 11 | The most significant finding of these reports was of the over-representation of black youths on mode B schemes — or on schemes that were less likely than mode A schemes to lead to a job . |
| 12 | Students studying on specialist IT programmes were less likely than conversion students to be in employment or to be seeking work ( Table 4.3 ) . |
| 13 | Sceptics may doubt whether anyone would read it but our survey shows that viewers take PEBs seriously and rate them only slightly less useful than news broadcasts for helping decide how to vote ( though much less useful than news broadcasts for providing information ) . |
| 14 | Sceptics may doubt whether anyone would read it but our survey shows that viewers take PEBs seriously and rate them only slightly less useful than news broadcasts for helping decide how to vote ( though much less useful than news broadcasts for providing information ) . |
| 15 | Total excise duty revenue is much less buoyant than VAT revenue ( see Figure 5.6 ) . |
| 16 | It 's less fattening than ice cream but it 's still not good for you . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Fish oils are less saturated than animal fats . |
| 19 | The statement that ‘ HIV is less transmissible than hepatitis B virus , requiring hollow needles and larger volumes of blood , ’ is misleading . |
| 20 | In particular , the New York Times/CBS poll of Oct. 22 found that 79 per cent believed foreign policy less important than home issues , that only 37 per cent approved Bush 's handling of the economy , and that 56 per cent believed that the recession was getting worse . |
| 21 | People for whom career goals are less important than comfort goals ( lower achievers in an organizational sense ) are more likely to watch others play sport ; their first sexual experiences occur younger and more frequently thereafter . |
| 22 | Balsa wood can also be smoked after it has been broken into little pieces , but some say it is even less rewarding than banana skins . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | As would be expected , own solicitors are less available than duty solicitors and rota schemes perform better than panels . |
| 25 | policy spokesmen are less ideological than policy advocates . |
| 26 | It is less boisterous than M. argenteus but like its relation is happiest in a shoal . |
| 27 | Although industrial disputes were much less common than food riots , historians have recently come to recognise that they were much more frequent than had been allowed . |
| 28 | Such molecules are in general less abundant than ground state molecules , because of the Boltzmann distribution of thermal energy . |
| 29 | This may prove less expensive than hotel accommodation . |
| 30 | Smaller and less variable than Desert Lark , from which readily distinguished by dark bar at tip of shorter tail . |