Example sentences of "are less [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julian says the conventional sewage treatment plants being installed by Severn Trent are less efficient and cost 10 times as much to build.Severn Trent says it ca n't comment on the seven million pound claim until the court hearing . |
| 2 | As would be expected , own solicitors are less available than duty solicitors and rota schemes perform better than panels . |
| 3 | Some of their policies — notably on taxation — are less moderate than Labour 's . |
| 4 | But they forget they are less agile and machinery has changed since they last worked , and they get caught out . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | These chemicals , all relatively stable powders , are less aggressive than hypochlorite and achieve similar performances . |
| 7 | Much the same can be said for the group of surnames representing the former holding of offices , which includes such obvious examples as Butler , Chamberlain , Reeve , Beadle , Granger and Steward , but some are less obvious because time has dimmed both the memory of the office concerned and distorted the spelling of the name : Grieve = a farm steward ; Gayler = a gaoler ; Bailey = a bailiff or sergeant ; Spencer = a dispenser of provisions ; Tunnard = guardian of the village ( tūn ) pound ; Senskell = a majordomo ( seneschal ) ; Wardrop = a wardrober . |
| 8 | policy spokesmen are less ideological than policy advocates . |
| 9 | Linseed oil is used in a greater proportion for most colours , although colours such as blues and particularly whites are most made using poppy , safflower of sunflower oil because they are less yellow than linseed . |
| 10 | Linseed oil is used in a greater proportion for most colours , although colours such as blues and particularly whites are most made using poppy , safflower of sunflower oil because they are less yellow than linseed . |
| 11 | Fish oils are less saturated than animal fats . |
| 12 | Where skills are more firm-specific , however , they are less marketable and labour can not necessarily expect to resume their wage profile when they move to another firm . |
| 13 | These stages , apparently complex and certainly time consuming for both buyer and supplier , are less problematic and time consuming than the effects of buying and using incorrect or inadequate products . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And on the other side , there are political systems ( those of empires or of the European feudal societies ) in which these factors are less important than allegiance or subordination to a particular ruler or ruling group . |